Missouri and Kansas people will be relentlessly nice to you in the Kansas City area, with typical Midwestern good nature. But do not be fooled. Polite does not equal boring. Behind the charming parks, neighborhoods and 160 public fountains of this large metropolitan area of almost 2 million people is a rich, lively history and energetic presence today.
The Kansas City metropolitan area offers a wide variety of arts and cultural amenities, including internationally renowned fine and modern art museums, historic performing arts theaters, scenic amphitheaters, fine and modern art programs at area universities, and nearly 400 art organizations. There are major sporting events and well-known professional sport teams in Kansas City.
All summer long and well into autumn, water shoots, gurgles and dances amid light and sculpture from the more than 100 fountains of Kansas City. The tradition flourished to the point that today almost any major public or private construction project has to include a fountain.
Kansas City's combination of city businesses and small market good life-style combined with easy living have made the KC area a magnet for new investments, business and tourism, with an active home real estate, including ongoing new homes construction and residential real estate subdivision development.
Kansas City Missouri, combined with Kansas City Kansas is a large metropolitan area. The 2 state KC area includes the counties of Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte and Ray in Missouri, and Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami and Wyandotte counties in Kansas plus the Kansas City area also consists of nearby Lawrence, Kansas, St. Joseph, Missouri, Atchison, Kansas, Topeka, Kansas and Chillicothe, Missouri, plus a number of small communities and towns, including nearby agricultural areas.
