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Post by Aj_June on Jan 26, 2020 1:11:57 GMT
I was reading wikipedia page of Kansas City Chiefs and it read "The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri." I felt totally baffled because I used to think Kansas City must be the capital of Kansas state. I first came to know about this place called Kansas when I watched the famous 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz. At first when I read that Kansas City is in Missouri I thought what is wrong with my eyes. Then after a bit of research I came to know that there are actually 2 Kansas City. Or is it just 1 divided by a state border?
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Post by Aj_June on Jan 26, 2020 1:20:09 GMT
It's one city divided by a state line. So it's two cities when it comes to politics and jurisdiction. So what kind of place is it? Have you been to the region? Once upon a time there was a man I was in contact with who had visited about 46 US states. That person told me that Kansas is one of the most boring places in the US? Although I do love to be in place like it shown in The Wizard of Oz.
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Post by Catman on Jan 26, 2020 1:21:33 GMT
The city is quite nice. The state is actually more boring that Nebraska.
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Post by Aj_June on Jan 26, 2020 1:21:50 GMT
It's one city divided by a state line. So it's two cities when it comes to politics and jurisdiction. In India there is a city called Chandigarh which acts as capital to two states - Punjab & Haryana. But it has been made a union territory. So I don't think one would ever see an address such as Chandigarh, Punjab. It do be only Chandigarh because it is a union territory.
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Post by Aj_June on Jan 26, 2020 2:03:16 GMT
In India there is a city called Chandigarh which acts as capital to two states - Punjab & Haryana. But it has been made a union territory. So I don't think one would ever see an address such as Chandigarh, Punjab. It do be only Chandigarh because it is a union territory. You know the U.S. is a federal republic so the states have a certain amount of independence from the feds in Washington DC. What is a "union territory" in India? "A Union territory is a type of administrative division in the Republic of India. Unlike the states of India, which have their own governments, union territories are federal territories governed directly by the central Government of India."
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Post by Aj_June on Jan 26, 2020 2:04:00 GMT
So what kind of place is it? Have you been to the region? Once upon a time there was a man I was in contact with who had visited about 46 US states. That person told me that Kansas is one of the most boring places in the US? Although I do love to be in place like it shown in The Wizard of Oz. I have family in Nebraska. Kansas and Nebraska are on the broad flat great Plains. I've never been to Kansas. But people from that area are the quintessence of middle whitebread America. Good people, but not very exciting. When did your Greek relatives came to the USA? I am assuming before 2 generations?
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Post by koskiewicz on Jan 26, 2020 15:12:36 GMT
Do you have any idea how many towns of Springfield exist in the US?
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jan 26, 2020 15:33:12 GMT
I got curious and looked it up
According to Wikipedia 33 cities in the US are named Springfield, in 25 different states 5 of them are in Wisconsin. And there are at least 36 Townships named Springfield and 11 of them are in Ohio.
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Post by politicidal on Jan 26, 2020 16:48:46 GMT
The ideal setting for a new take on the Dickensian classic:
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
I suspect Kansas City, Missouri would be the equivalent of London whilst its Kansan counterpart is Paris.
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