I finally have to admit it... Missouri is #1

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by Dr. noonanbeermefever

Hey now you can't like both states anywhere near equally dammit. Nevermind that they look basically alike, are both more rural than metropolotan, both ag based, feature the same type of weather, etc. This is about choosing sides! This is about how my wheat field is cooler than your pasture land!

Not sure how you figure that.

Missouri is around 6 million people. 2.5 million live in the MO suburbs of St. Louis. 1 million live in the MO suburbs of Kansas City. 0.5 million live in the Springfield area.

Almost 70 percent of the state lives in a metropolitan area. That just SCREAMS rural.

You're right about Kansas, though. Get outside of Johnson County, and it's about as rural as it gets (save for the monstrous metropolis that is Wichita).