Now I Understand Why There Are 12 Million People in Dallas-Houston and Only 2 Million People in Kansas City...
At first glance, when you consider that Kansas City is located on a major natural transportation route and in the middle of four states of the best farmland in the world, the fact that Dallas and Houston--located in the middle of scrub, in transportation nowheresville--has six times Kansas City's population is distinctly odd.
It puzzled me.
Not any more...