# Questions about Kansas City **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-kansas-city/624180 "2012-06-05T17:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-kansas-city/624180/1 "2012-06-05T17:42:22Z")
Is it legally one city or two? Does it have two mayors? Do people driving from one side to the other have to be cognizant of crossing state lines? Am I forgetting other interesting questions? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-kansas-city/624180/2 "2012-06-05T17:44:54Z")
Wanna buy a souvenir piece of the Kansas City Wall? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-kansas-city/624180/3 "2012-06-05T17:46:33Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Wanna buy a souvenir piece of the Kansas City Wall? I’d rather have some of that barbeque that I hear so much about. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-kansas-city/624180/4 "2012-06-05T17:49:51Z")
Two cities: Kansas City, MO and Kansas City, KS. Two separate governments. Incidentally, the [government](http://www.wycokck.org/) of Kansas City, KS is unified with that of Wyandotte County, KS. Many times you are cognizant of crossing the state line, because the divider of much of the KS/MO border south of the Missouri River is State Line Road. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-kansas-city/624180/5 "2012-06-05T17:54:01Z")
Can you buy fruit on one side of that road and drive it to the other side? (For that matter I know of a guy whose house is half in Massachusetts and half in Rhode Island. If he tosses an apple from one side of his house to the other, is he breaking the law?) ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-kansas-city/624180/6 "2012-06-05T17:58:30Z")
As far as I know, there is no restriction on the transport of produce. Cigarettes maybe, since the difference in taxes between Missouri and Kansas is so great. > [@tdn](#): > > Can you buy fruit on one side of that road and drive it to the other side? > > (For that matter I know of a guy whose house is half in Massachusetts and half in Rhode Island. If he tosses an apple from one side of his house to the other, is he breaking the law?) Sounds like a great way to stick it to the man! Have some friends over, pour some drinks, and chuck apples back and forth 😃 ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-kansas-city/624180/7 "2012-06-05T18:26:06Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Can you buy fruit on one side of that road and drive it to the other side? Does any state besides California have restrictions on importing produce? I did find a site that tells you how to get around the stops, but for an entirely different reason; it’s a ferret support site, and apparently any ferrets found in cars entering California can be taken from their owners. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-kansas-city/624180/8 "2012-06-05T18:27:23Z")
Well, I know that everything’s up-to-date there. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-kansas-city/624180/9 "2012-06-05T18:48:10Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Does any state besides California have restrictions on importing produce? **tdn** ’s question made me wonder if he’s from California. There’s been no ceremony whatsoever involved in crossing any of the state lines I’ve ever crossed (beyond a sign saying “Welcome to \_\_\_\_\_”), which include the KS/MO state line. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-kansas-city/624180/10 "2012-06-05T18:52:06Z")
BBQ is excellent, but don’t let it keep you away from [Stroud’s](http://www.stroudsrestaurant.com/). Amazing fried chicken and cinnamon rolls! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-kansas-city/624180/11 "2012-06-05T18:53:44Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Well, I know that everything’s up-to-date there. Dammit. That’s what I was going to post. Do they still have the burly-q? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-kansas-city/624180/12 "2012-06-05T19:01:13Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Do they still have the burly-q? Yep! For fifty cents you could see a dandy show! ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-kansas-city/624180/13 "2012-06-05T19:08:28Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Does any state besides California have restrictions on importing produce? Florida has inspection stations for trucks containing produce or livestock; presumably they’re looking for something. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-kansas-city/624180/14 "2012-06-05T19:10:44Z")
_And she went about as far as she could go!_ In some places the river separates the two cities, in some places it’s just walk across the street. Back when my sister was in pharmacy school, from the University of Kansas, the liquor laws were much stricter in Kansas, although now they are looser. When the pharmacy students, doing an internship at the KC campus, wanted a drink after school, they’d just walk across the street, State Line Road, and go into the bar! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-kansas-city/624180/15 "2012-06-05T19:12:05Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > **tdn** ’s question made me wonder if he’s from California. I was under the impression that it was illegal to bring produce across any state lines. I guess now that I was mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-kansas-city/624180/16 "2012-06-05T19:40:59Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Well, I know that everything’s up-to-date there. I beat ya to it in a different thread, tho! The freeways there suck! imho, ymmv Some friends I have there talk about the taxes. Live in one state, office in the other, sell in both, that kind of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-kansas-city/624180/17 "2012-06-05T19:48:30Z")
> [@Cheez\_Whia](#): > > BBQ is excellent, but don’t let it keep you away from [Stroud’s](http://www.stroudsrestaurant.com/). Amazing fried chicken and cinnamon rolls! I was told just last week to not go if there’s a wait, because it’s not _that_ good! Now I have to go and see for myself! > [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I beat ya to it in a different thread, tho! > > The freeways there suck! imho, ymmv > > Some friends I have there talk about the taxes. Live in one state, office in the other, sell in both, that kind of thing. How long has it been since you’ve driven around KC? They’ve done a ton of improvements and adding extra lanes to improve bottlebecks on the interstates. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-kansas-city/624180/18 "2012-06-05T20:01:38Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > I was told just last week to not go if there’s a wait, because it’s not _that_ good! Now I have to go and see for myself! > > How long has it been since you’ve driven around KC? They’ve done a ton of improvements and adding extra lanes to improve bottlebecks on the interstates. that’s good news. mid/late 90s ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-kansas-city/624180/19 "2012-06-05T20:15:29Z")
Any time a city crosses state lines (Texarkana is probably the second most famous example), it is actually two cities with two separate governments. Cities exist by the authority of their state government and can’t span states. > [@Sicks Ate](#): > > Many times you are cognizant of crossing the state line, because the divider of much of the KS/MO border south of the Missouri River is State Line Road. Which is funky, because the first thing the Missouri River does after it strikes the boundary meridian is (going upstream) bend back east. So parts of Kansas City, KS are farther east than parts of Kansas City, MO.