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AustinChief 07-02-2013 02:39 PM

What's up all you KC snobs!!!
 
http://www.travelandleisure.com/arti...iest-cities/15

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America's Snobbiest Cities
14 (tie) Kansas City, MO
The city’s trio of big museums and the Kauffman Center—home to the city’s symphony, ballet, and opera—are proof that this city cares about more than just its famed barbecue. And while such cultural attractions are indeed state of the art, they remain accessible; Kansas City won the survey for affordability.
What's funny is that KC beat out Austin (19). Having spent considerable portions of my life in both.. this study is completely off base. Don't get me wrong, I love Austin but people here are EXTREMELY proud of the town, to a point that is annoying as hell. KC on the other hand has never come across as a "snobby" city even though it has plenty more reasons to be.

[the biggest surprise was Minneapolis at #4.. WTF? I can't imagine anyone in Minny being proud of well, anything.]

kysirsoze 07-02-2013 02:43 PM

It's a weird list. Their criteria seems to be which cities have the most "high culture" attractions that are also widely available. Doesn't sound like snobbery to me. Their descriptions read like praise for the most part, but I think they just threw the snobby thing on there to draw internet traffic.

Ace Gunner 07-02-2013 02:43 PM

I've been to Austin -- there is nothing in that town to be snobby about :)

loochy 07-02-2013 02:52 PM

I don't think the article writers understand what snobby is

sd4chiefs 07-02-2013 02:54 PM

I just knew before I looked that San Francisco would be number one.

DaFace 07-02-2013 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by loochy (Post 9788792)
I don't think the article writers understand what snobby is

Agreed.

cosmo20002 07-02-2013 02:58 PM

The success of our professional sports teams has made us feel superior to the rest of the country and insufferable to others.

AustinChief 07-02-2013 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Buzz_TinBalls (Post 9788758)
I've been to Austin -- there is nothing in that town to be snobby about :)

Apparently you don't like women... or bars. There is the live music as well but that shit annoys me so I don't count it.

BlackHelicopters 07-02-2013 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by cosmo20002 (Post 9788814)
The success of our professional sports teams has made us feel superior to the rest of the country and insufferable to others.

No doubt.

Sannyasi 07-02-2013 03:17 PM

Minneapolis has a pretty good music scene but I don't know how that is enough to push them up to number 4.

Fish 07-02-2013 03:44 PM

Poopycock? All right then.......

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Radar Chief 07-02-2013 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by sd4chiefs (Post 9788803)
I just knew before I looked that San Francisco would be number one.

It’s all the smug emanating from there.

KC native 07-02-2013 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by AustinChief (Post 9788818)
Apparently you don't like women... or bars. There is the live music as well but that shit annoys me so I don't count it.

Well there is one huge blight on the city....ut

scorpio 07-02-2013 03:54 PM

Spent a week in Austin a couple years ago. I can't believe that's supposed to be the nice part of Texas.

Deberg_1990 07-02-2013 03:56 PM

Did they mean KC or Overland Park?

ChiefsCountry 07-02-2013 03:57 PM

And no St. Louis on the list either. St. Louisians are way worse than Kansas Citians.

Stewie 07-02-2013 03:58 PM

It's funny that all the significant money in this article comes from the Kansas side.

Radar Chief 07-02-2013 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by scorpio (Post 9788921)
Spent a week in Austin a couple years ago. I can't believe that's supposed to be the nice part of Texas.

Spend a week or so in west Texas and it’ll make more sense.

bishop_74 07-02-2013 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Buzz_TinBalls (Post 9788758)
I've been to Austin -- there is nothing in that town to be snobby about :)

So your saying you have a mullet, like to wear jorts, and a wife beater. Got it. :thumb:

DaneMcCloud 07-02-2013 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by AustinChief (Post 9788734)
http://www.travelandleisure.com/arti...iest-cities/15
What's funny is that KC beat out Austin (19). Having spent considerable portions of my life in both.. this study is completely off base. Don't get me wrong, I love Austin but people here are EXTREMELY proud of the town, to a point that is annoying as hell. KC on the other hand has never come across as a "snobby" city even though it has plenty more reasons to be.

Did you ever live in or did you grow up in Johnson County?

BigMeatballDave 07-02-2013 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar Chief (Post 9788936)
Spend a week or so in west Texas and it’ll make more sense.

What? You don't like the smell of crude oil with wind farm scenery?

Canofbier 07-02-2013 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by AustinChief (Post 9788734)
the biggest surprise was Minneapolis at #4.. WTF? I can't imagine anyone in Minny being proud of well, anything.

Have you ever been in Minneapolis for an extended period of time? I've lived here for almost a year now, and I think that the city has a ton to offer (food, entertainment, etc...).

AustinChief 07-02-2013 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Canofbier (Post 9788968)
Have you ever been in Minneapolis for an extended period of time? I've lived here for almost a year now, and I think that the city has a ton to offer (food, entertainment, etc...).

In all fairness no I have only visited and was not impressed. I don't think it's a giant piece of crap or anything but I just never saw much of value there. Very "meh" type of city to me. It's like Omaha but without the beef.

Mav 07-02-2013 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Buzz_TinBalls (Post 9788758)
I've been to Austin -- there is nothing in that town to be snobby about :)

Its not the AUSTIN part, that is causing people to be snobby.....its the TEXAS part........

AustinChief 07-02-2013 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by KC native (Post 9788920)
Well there is one huge blight on the city....ut

Whatever you big purple toad. UT provides a never ending supply of marginally interesting but definitely gorgeous coeds. Slightly better looking than TCU girls with less attitude and less religion.

Donger 07-02-2013 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by scorpio (Post 9788921)
I can't believe that's supposed to be the nice part of Texas.

It IS the nice part of Texas.

Mav 07-02-2013 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by AustinChief (Post 9789088)
Whatever you big purple toad. UT provides a never ending supply of marginally interesting but definitely gorgeous coeds. Slightly better looking than TCU girls with less attitude and less religion.

Oh, I like this, a transplant on transplant beat down about whos college is less douchier. I LIKE IT.....

Grabs popcorn.

AustinChief 07-02-2013 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by scorpio (Post 9788921)
Spent a week in Austin a couple years ago. I can't believe that's supposed to be the nice part of Texas.

Depends on what you consider nice. Also, its not hard to beat out El Paso, Dallas, Houston or San Antonio. You just need to not suck ass entirely and you are better than those crapfests. Fort Worth is actually not bad though.

Austin is all about a freaking ginormous nightlife. I have spent considerable time in New Orleans and it doesn't even come close to Austin's nightlife. Austin's downtown scene is just huge. In KC terms, combine the Plaza, Westport, Power and Light, Martini Corner and take them times 5 and you are getting close to just the walkable downtown bars of Austin. It's staggering really.

AustinChief 07-02-2013 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Maverick91579 (Post 9789092)
Oh, I like this, a transplant on transplant beat down about whos college is less douchier. I LIKE IT.....

Grabs popcorn.

woah woah woah, I'm a U-M guy. I just appreciate UT's contributions to the Austin nightlife.

AustinChief 07-02-2013 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 9788955)
Did you ever live in or did you grow up in Johnson County?

Nope, nor do I consider it part of KC. May as well be talking about Olathe or Lawrence. yes I know that is biased of me but **** OP. :D

stonedstooge 07-02-2013 05:39 PM

Beaker fans in KC probably shot it up several places

notorious 07-02-2013 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar Chief (Post 9788936)
Spend a week or so in west Texas and it’ll make more sense.

This.


Last time I checked, land is still $35/acre south of Pecos.


Prime real estate.

Mav 07-02-2013 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by AustinChief (Post 9789105)
woah woah woah, I'm a U-M guy. I just appreciate UT's contributions to the Austin nightlife.

Just not gonna let me stir this shit up are ya?

KC native 07-02-2013 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AustinChief (Post 9789088)
Whatever you big purple toad. UT provides a never ending supply of marginally interesting but definitely gorgeous coeds. Slightly better looking than TCU girls with less attitude and less religion.

I have a policy on Texas schools that I did not attend. **** them. Austin is a cool city though. A little full of themselves but all Texans kind of are.

crazycoffey 07-02-2013 06:21 PM

Hard to believe St Louis isn't on the list, when I first moved here I thought everyone was rude

SAUTO 07-02-2013 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by crazycoffey (Post 9789171)
Hard to believe St Louis isn't on the list, when I first moved here I thought everyone was rude

You thought right
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TribalElder 07-02-2013 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by stonedstooge (Post 9789107)
Beaker fans in KC probably shot it up several places

Hahahahahahahaha

teedubya 07-02-2013 06:33 PM

Wait... so we are the #2 most redneck... and the #14 most snobby?

We are snobby rednecks. Noice!

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/top-t...9#.UdNwjT5ATwU

http://www.wedding-cake-toppers.com/...ake-topper.jpg

Rasputin 07-02-2013 06:36 PM

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f7...huttlecock.jpg



What other city bost about its shuttlecock more than Kansas City?



A statue of a shuttlecock screams snob town.

MahiMike 07-02-2013 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Buzz_TinBalls (Post 9788758)
I've been to Austin -- there is nothing in that town to be snobby about :)

you must hate music and films.

AustinChief 07-02-2013 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KC native (Post 9789161)
I have a policy on Texas schools that I did not attend. **** them. Austin is a cool city though. A little full of themselves but all Texans kind of are.

I feel about the same way. Oh and Austin and Ft Worth are about the only cities in the state that I can stomach for very long.

blaise 07-02-2013 09:38 PM

I've lived in several cities on that list and spent a good deal of time in some others. I love Dallas, but Dallas is more plastic and snobby than any of the cities on that list I've lived in or visited.

KC native 07-02-2013 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by blaise (Post 9789761)
I've lived in several cities on that list and spent a good deal of time in some others. I love Dallas, but Dallas is more plastic and snobby than any of the cities on that list I've lived in or visited.

There is a good contingent of people in Dallas that try to make Dallas like LA.

AustinChief 07-02-2013 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by KC native (Post 9789764)
There is a good contingent of people in Dallas that try to make Dallas like LA.

Unfortunately Austin has it's California castoffs as well. Mostly NorCal, San Fran types.

KC native 07-02-2013 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AustinChief (Post 9789774)
Unfortunately Austin has it's California castoffs as well. Mostly NorCal, San Fran types.

Yea, the sad thing is that it isn't the transplants. It's mostly people from Dallas.


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