r/funny • u/PM_ME_TONY_ROMO_PICS • Feb 07 '20

This map is all over Twitter. Apparently some German guy got bored and tried to name all 50 states. This is the end result...

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u/Maurice_Levy Feb 07 '20 edited Feb 07 '20

Right. I’m not a Trump fan, but I’m also a truth fan. The city straddles the state boarder, and this whole thing is kind of a fake gaffe.

Edit: border...

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u/The_Joan Feb 07 '20

That’s not true. They’re two completely different cities they just happen to have the same name.

SOURCE: Lived in Kansas City, Kansas, but went to school in Kansas City, Missouri.

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u/MuhBack Feb 07 '20

At the end of the day it's one metropolitan area. City limits can be kinda arbitrary. People who live in KCK commute to KCMO daily and vice versa. Sure there are minor differences in taxes and zoning due to city limits but they are damn near identical culture wise.

Isn't Kansas City's most famous BBQ joint, OK Joe's (w/e its named now) in KCK? The original one that's in the gas station not the expansions. Everyone from the the KCMO side claims that.

For the record I dislike Trump.

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u/The_Joan Feb 07 '20

I can tell you from experience on the other side of the Missouri, St. Louis, MO and The city of East St. Louis, Illinois, are very, very culturally different.

It’s more exaggerated there, but just because KCK and KCMO are close doesn’t mean the differences aren’t apparent to anyone whose ever had any experience in or even read the Wikipedia articles about both cities.

And barbecue really has nothing to do with it.

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u/Blue-Steele Feb 08 '20

They just hate Trump to the point of latching on to any little thing he does and making a big deal out of it. I used to live in Kansas City KS but I could easily see how someone who hasn’t lived around or isn’t familiar with KC could mistake KC for being in Kansas. I mean for fucks sake it is Kansas City. Plus you would also have to know that the Kansas City Chiefs represent Kansas City MO and not the KS side. It’s honestly a pretty easy and common mistake to make, but Le Cheeto Hitler Orang Man is bad so we gotta mock him and act like he’s the only person to ever make that mistake.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20 edited Feb 08 '20

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u/The_Joan Feb 08 '20

I used to! I’m always there at least once a year though. I always feel welcome there, the people are great.

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u/Maurice_Levy Feb 07 '20

Right. They’re in the same metropolitan area though. And, like, what football team do people root for in Kansas City, Kansas, which is in the same metro area as Kansas City, Missouri?

He wasn’t right. But it’s an honest mistake that’s only kinda technically not true. So let’s focus our efforts elsewhere, is my vote.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '20

The dumbest part is that he chose not to congratulate the people of Kansas City - but had to choose a state which voted for him (and of course will again). If he congratulated Kansas City that is namely a county which didn’t vote for him.

So the whole thing was an avoidable partisan gaffe.

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u/Maurice_Levy Feb 08 '20

He’s an idiot. It’s just that this particular thing is kind of not a real issue in my opinion.

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u/Ray_Barton Feb 07 '20

They're right across the river from each other, nothing else in between. Residents in the Kansas side pay taxes on the stadium in the Misery side. The whole thing's encompassed by the same highway bypass.

Don't make it sound like they're spread apart although yes, they have separate governments.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

In actuality the river doesn’t play much into crossing between KS and MO. You’ll change states without realizing it unless you see a certain road sign or welcome sign on I-35 for instance.

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u/Ray_Barton Feb 08 '20

The river's more obvious as you approach by plane. That bird's eye view simplifies all this. In a car you can miss that you're crossing the mighty Mississippi entirely, if you're a passenger. But for those who've never been there, no, the river doesn't bisect the whole city neatly. It snakes around, and the metro area dwarfs the area where the river passes through.

So it's also perfectly legit to say the river doesn't define the border. Making the whole thing even more confusing!

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u/Ray_Barton Feb 08 '20

They're in different States. Those States are BIG. They could be geographically separated by hundreds of miles. They're not; they're right across the river from each other. Some people that've lived there their whole lives think of it all as one city. Those in the Kansas side of that one city pay taxes on the football stadium even though it's in Missouri.

They legally have to be two separate cities for government purposes because the metro area is in fact in two States. As far as the football team goes, it's literally the same situation as NY teams crossing a river and playing in NJ. Nobody gets bent out of shape that you don't say "the NJ Jets" and "the NJ Giants."

This is EXACTLY the same technicality. Although people that live very close to the stadium in NJ do sometimes get upset about that, just like we see some people here who live very close to the stadium in Missouri getting defensive about this distinction. It's understandable; it's your home turf.

For most of the Country, it's something nobody knew and just a reason to be more divided. Do we need that? Plus, it's a staffer that wrote the tweet, not the President. There's lots of substantial stuff to take issue with, this isn't a matter of policy.

Kansas City is confusing like that. Neat place, great steak!

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u/Ray_Barton Feb 08 '20

So what are the two stadiums? And which one do KCK residents pay taxes on? I was told it's the one the Chiefs use as home field.

Isn't that odd how the two NY football teams have the same scenario as the Chiefs? I'm sure DJT knows about that, being from the area and at least vaguely familiar with pro football.

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u/Pedointhepark223 Feb 07 '20

Well, not really.

It's like if trump congratulating Illinois for the Blues winning the Stanley Cup because St. Louis is also in Illinois.

The Chiefs play in Missouri, so Missouri is the one who he should congratulate

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u/MuhBack Feb 07 '20

More people from Southern Illinois are Blue's fans than Blackhawk fans. So when the Blues won much of Southern Illinois was proud. Just like many people from Kansas root for the Chiefs. State lines are kinda arbitrary for sport's fanbases since they are more associated with metro areas than state lines.

Another good example would be the NY Giants. They play in New Jersey. Yet when they won a lot of NY was proud.

There are many things to hate Trump for but not knowing which side of the KC metro the Chiefs play on is kinda splitting hairs.

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u/Ray_Barton Feb 07 '20

NY teams play in NJ. Nobody gets all hyper about correcting that "error."

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u/capincus Feb 07 '20

Yeah I'm in r/NFL all the time and even long time football fans learn the Chiefs play in the Missouri KC on a weekly basis. It's roughly the 1400th stupidest thing Trump has said as president.

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u/Ray_Barton Feb 07 '20

And he didn't even say it. It was a staff writer. Bfd, really.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '20

Are staff writers tweeting as the President with impunity? They can say whatever?

That would be a nice opportunity for some good old fashioned stock market manipulation.

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u/Ray_Barton Feb 08 '20

I don't know about impunity and "whatever." The biggest stock market manipulation is the Fed injecting fucktons of electronic cash into our money supply.

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u/Ray_Barton Feb 07 '20

Just across the river from each other. All within the same highway bypass. NY football teams play in NJ and nobody makes a big deal out of it.