I would move back to KC in heartbeat, if I could.

for the article link BTW.

Visited KC 2 years ago on a road trip and enjoyed the BBQ, Kaufman Stadium (which unfortunately wasn’t too kind to my visiting team), the campus of KU and the Truman Library. Interested in the Chiefs primarily because of Tony Gonzalez (fellow Cal grad), but want to see the AFC West in general rise up and truly equalize the conference and league.

But I love KC!!!

in Topeka, ‘blogging’ from Nor Cal

Raised in Denver, CO; born in Manhattan, KS

I’m from Cherryvale Kansas. I lived in Olathe though from 1989 to 1994. Go KC

I am a KC native but I have lived other places. In the past 15 years I’ve also lived in Texas, South Florida, St. Louis and briefly in the UK. Currently I live in Los Angeles but still follow the Chiefs.

This is an interesting topic for me as I am currently thinking about moving back to KC since it’s a much more affordable city to live in. I think there is a bad perception of KC nationally — people seem to think the town is just a bunch of outhouses. I think it’s exciting the see the Downtown area making a comeback. However there are many things KC could improve on and I would love to see some real leadership. KC will never been New York or LA due to it’s size, but there is no reason why KC can’t be a world class smaller city if the city government would have some vision. I wish KC people were way less suburban. Personally I hate the suburbs and would love to see KC offer a lot more culturally stimulating venues for its citizens. Casinos are not culture. KC desperately needs a better mass transit system.

The people are great as is the food. I would love to see the people of KC demand great things from their city leaders. And I scratch my head as to how you guys voted that imbecile in as your mayor. That guy has got to go.

in topeka now for law school….topeka should be last on that list. topeka should be last on a lot of lists.

Lived in Independence, Lee’s Summit. Wound up in Wellington, Mo and stayed there. Back home in the area, (Cameron) 30 min. north of KC on I-35 after a few stops At Ft. benning, Ga.; Ft Hood, Tx, Camp Doha Kuwait and Ft Leonard Wood, Mo.

Born in Great Bend.
Raised in Wichita.
I’m in college at Manhattan.
I love going to KC with friends on the weekends. Good city.

But.. I might just have a biased opinion towards Kansas in general because I don’t know any better. (:

Raised in the burbs of Detroit…. Family all lives in Fairway KS.

Its my first post so…. GO CHIEFS!

Born in Des Moines, Iowa
Raised in Shawnee, KS
Living in Tulsa, OK
Lovin the site. Been visiting since my brother sent me a link of the Hitler/King Carl vid.

raised in Manhattan, moved to Fort Smith, AR.

Currently reside in Nesbit, MS about 15 minutes south of Memphis. Parents were transferred here in ’59 from KC. All my relatives still live in KC. I spent most every summer raised near Hardesty and 23rd or something like that. Anyone who is familiar with the Fire Dept there might remember my grandfather Harley Tompkins was a career firefighter for KC and was fired by the Mayor when he had a heart attack on the job. My grnadmother and her daughters picketed City Hall to get him some kind of job back. All this went down about the time I was born in ’61.
I loved visiting KC and still do when I can. I have been to many games since my Aunts use to work at the Stadium as tour guides. Many, Many wonderful childhood memories of Municple Stadium and Arrowhead. And hopefully a few more to come! :)

the ONLY chiefs fan in toronto i can tell u that much

but im damnn proud

lived North of the river for 32 years. Moved to St. Paul in 2004 (wife insisted we live closer to her parents).

Spent ten years in the Navy all over the place, came back home =)

To see some more people repping Brookside on here.

I see 3 of us so far.

Born and raised in Garden City, KS.

Now, I’m in Hays (KS) going to college. I’m working on the 6-year plan for my 4-year degree.

Planning a trip to see them next season in the SEA OF RED the best place in NFL

born and raised in NYC transplanted here in 2002.

Springfield, MO

Moved to Chicago at 2, Hawaii at 6, and Los Angeles at 8. Stayed in California since then, living in various parts up and down the state. But considerin how unaffordable this place is and how wretchedly $@#%ed our state government is, I might end up on the relocation path soon. Perhaps I’ll give KC some serious consideration.

Born in Detroit, but spent my “formative” years in KC watching the Royals through the late-80s to early 90s, and of course the Chiefs resurgence in the ‘90s. Regarding the Forbes survey, the majority of those polled obviously haven’t been to any of these cities. I’ve found that KC, Cincy & Minneapolis are all great cities and I can’t see how anyone who’s spent significant time in any of them would say that.

Born and raised just south of San Jose, CA. When Montana became a Chief, I did too :) and i’ve been bleeding red and gold ever since. I visited KC just to watch a Chiefs game a couple years back. It was one against the Ravens if any of you painfully remember their first home loss in December in many years.

The people who voted KC in the bottom 5 obviously have never seen or heard of Oakland. If it weren’t for the A’s I would never go anywhere near Oakland.

Been to KC a lot over the last 4 years and love it.

but now I live in Chicago. I would die living in KC. I look at KC as a great city to raise kids or retire. As a young 24 year old 3D motion graphics artist the quality of companies in KC is really low. I have dreams and fortunately I would never meet those dreams in KC.

used to walk through westport to recycled sounds as a kid

now i’m retired in arkansas until i run out of money.

Born and raised in KC – Raytown, actually. Went to school in Kirksville (go Bulls rugby!), and moved out to San Diego for work.

Man, I miss the BBQ. Where are the good places now? I grew up on Gates and Jack Stack in Martin City, with some Arthur Bryant’s thrown in for good measure. I come back every now again, but I have lost track…

Sunny San DIego, CA. Never have been to KC but plan to someday before the good Lord takes me. My wife has family there so the place to stay is set. I just have to get out there. Can’t wait to see the sea of red.

I grew up in KC, went to Rockhurst, but was recruited out of state and live in Los Angeles Area now. My family still lives in the KC area—Jackson County and yes, I am a season ticket holder.

My dad’s side of the family resides mostly in Marceline, MO though, so I’ve been all over in MO. We kind of started trying to go to one Arrowhead game a year a couple years ago, so we go spend a weekend enjoying some of the best BBQ and the best NFL team. Don’t know how we did it but we happened to luck out and go to the one home game the chiefs won this year.

All my life.

http://www.arrowheadpride.com/2008/1/5/20448/63709

Grew up in Western Iowa. Love the Chiefs and Royals. Almost ended up living in KC (still love to visit) but ended up getting a better offer here.

….and now Tulsa, OK.

Born in raised in KC, but have found it is a nice place to visit and/or have family from, but I will never move back. I can’t really explain why.

However, still love it and have much pride.

Spent summers there between 1983 and 1990. Attended many royals games but never experienced Arrowhead except for a Monsters of Rock concert.

2 1/2 Hours south of KC…

Born and raised in Pittsburg, KS (Home of the Pitt State Gorillas) and still have fond memories of going to Arrowhead and standing/yelling for 90% of the game. The vibe at the Jets & Giants games is underwhelming in my opinion….they don’t hold a candle to the game day environment at Arrowhead.

Did a little over 20 years in the Air Force’s world tour. Retired and moved back to KC, live around the Northland now.

I became a Chiefs fan early on. When I was around 11 yrs old my father would take my brothers and I to the practices at William Jewel. I got to watch the likes of Lenny Dawson, Bobby Bell, Willie Lanier, Buck Buchannan, Ed Podolak, Fred Arbanas, E.J. Holob, etc practice. Still have all their autographs to. He would take us to Municipal Stadium Downtown on occasion to watch a game. I don’t know if Lanier63 remembers this or not, but you used to be able to stand near the sidelines during the game. Ahhh… yes those were the days.

i was born and raised in Joplin Mo but joined the military and am curently living in Japan. I love missouri and would like to live in the KC area once i retire.

Born and raised in Davenport, Iowa. Been to KC once for the Thanksgiving evening game in 2006. Great time!! Would come back anytime!

Born and raised in KC til abt 20. Went to 5-6 games a year with Dad. Love Arrowhead and the Chiefs. I catch some hell here weekly during season.

Born in Manhattan, also lived in Wichita. Never have seen a game in Arrowhead. Defend the Chiefs against the likes of bandwagon Steeler fans, arrogant Bengal fans, and pathetic Browns fans.

Born in KC, but moved to Canada when I was a toddler. My dad was on a work term there when I was born.

raised in Joplin, MO

live in Parkville, MO

This Chefs fan is from the 64110, right off of Paseo and 39th, had a drug house at the end of my street growing up that kept getting boarded up, it would sell after a year or so, get a fresh coat of paint, and then within a few months get boarded up again. Put that on repeat for my formative years…

So, I decide to buy a house in nice, safe, streets-are-immaculate-15-seconds-after-it-snows, Johnson County, and what do you know but two weeks after I move in this girl 2 blocks down stabs her sister’s boyfriend because he was trying to get the two sisters to stop arguing, and he dies on the spot.
So much for the safety of “The County”. I should have never left the Missouri side…
I spent 4 years in CT going to college and will never go back to the East Coast. I might go west or south-west for a while, but I definitely wouldn’t mind just staying in KC.
And yea, I had OK Joe’s this past friday, gotta love it.

3 hours and 27 minutes from 1 Arrowhead Drive

Only been to KC a couple times (Worlds of Fun!), but my dad’s a Chiefs fan, so I’ve always been one. I did live in Lawrence for 1.5 years, though. That’s pretty close! And I was born in Rolla. Anyone here know Rolla?

There’s actually a pretty big group of Chiefs fans down here, check out their website at :

http://www.chiefsfansofdallas.com/

Thanks for keeping us all in the loop, and we can’t wait to shick the kit out of the Cow-girls next year!!!!

Jam most in Brookside, work in JoCo, represent Eugene, OR

Live in Saint Louis now, born and raised in KC. Still proud of my hometown!

… very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented…….the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we’d make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum… it’s breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it.

You should have named this post “Calling All AP Retarts”

well i meet my wife in kc back 2003 have never been to arrowhead only seen my chiefs on tv. whe get the nfl games here in sweden. but they hardly show the chiefs any !!! hoping the 2009/2010 season gonna be a good one !!!

these southerners have no clue what BBQ is. Born and raised in OP, 95th & Nall, went to college at Rockhurst, go HAWKS, best damn university on Troost. Own a small biz in BR, can’t wait till I make my first millions, definitely gonna get a condo in the Western Auto Building, that will be my lair until the day I die.

Sport my red & gold & powder blue evry chance I get. Grew up with season tickets for Royals and Chiefs. Went through the Bill Kinney/Todd Blackledge years and the World Series the good and the bad. Section 123 at Kauffman, Section 321 at Arrowhead, tailgated everychance we could, start with biscuits and gravy and Bloody Marys and end with Brats and Beers, those were the days.

Will give the LSU people credit for their tailgating skills, they start the night before.

Baumholder, Germany (3 years)
Baghdad, Iraq (15 months)
Baumholder, Germany (2 years)
Fort Sill, Oklahoma (2 years)
Camp Hovey, Korea (22 months)
Fort Sill, Oklahoma (1 year)