KC has a lot going for it. The Plaza was always awesome, their downtown certainly is bouncing back with new towers, redevelopment, etc. Google Fiber is awesome, and i'm jealous of that. BUT.. when it comes down to it, St. Louis is the BIGGER city. More history, more incredible neighborhoods, more amazing architecture, more business overall (9 fortune 500 in STL to 1 in KC..), a million more people. KC, please get over your little sister syndrome. It's like people in Springfield MO saying we're growing faster than STL! Well, STL can say we're growing faster than Chicago! which is technically true, but only because the cities are already both much larger. Again, KC is great, and certainly has grown a lot in the last ten years, but even people FROM KC that move here know that STL is the BIG CITY and honestly the better city, has far more going on and far more different neighborhoods.
Denver is certainly a boom town and has been for 20-30 years. The geographic location next to the mountains could not be cooler. Colorado as a state is amazing, and I even think parts of MO are great, but obviously not as cool. The city itself is certainly clean and has a vibrant downtown, but overall, St. Louis is a FAR more beautiful city. better housing stock, historic neighborhoods, more parks, etc. The "nice" areas of Denver look like Dogtown. There is ZERO CWE, Lafayette Square, Soulard, Clayton, U City, old north. There is a complete lack of "green" in Denver. Also, please tell me what area in Denver looks as architecturally cool as the CWE whether it's the highrises on Lindell, to the amazing houses on Portland Place to Maryland/Euclid. LoDo? It doesn't exist.
Overall, I think bashing Detroit, St. Louis, Cleveland, Newark, New Orleans, Baltimore is a veiled way at being racist in 2016 without being overtly racist; by bashing the cities with larger, poor black populations. Obviously much needs to be done to fix this inequality problems, but please don't bash these cities and then run to the WHITEST cities in America: austin, nashville, denver, etc and then belittle cities with actual diversity and history.
Denver is certainly a boom town and has been for 20-30 years. The geographic location next to the mountains could not be cooler. Colorado as a state is amazing, and I even think parts of MO are great, but obviously not as cool. The city itself is certainly clean and has a vibrant downtown, but overall, St. Louis is a FAR more beautiful city. better housing stock, historic neighborhoods, more parks, etc. The "nice" areas of Denver look like Dogtown. There is ZERO CWE, Lafayette Square, Soulard, Clayton, U City, old north. There is a complete lack of "green" in Denver. Also, please tell me what area in Denver looks as architecturally cool as the CWE whether it's the highrises on Lindell, to the amazing houses on Portland Place to Maryland/Euclid. LoDo? It doesn't exist.
Overall, I think bashing Detroit, St. Louis, Cleveland, Newark, New Orleans, Baltimore is a veiled way at being racist in 2016 without being overtly racist; by bashing the cities with larger, poor black populations. Obviously much needs to be done to fix this inequality problems, but please don't bash these cities and then run to the WHITEST cities in America: austin, nashville, denver, etc and then belittle cities with actual diversity and history.
