Andy Crouch Disses Kansas City
I am loving this book despite the fact that Andy Crouch needs to get out in the Midwest more!
Following Barack Obama’s lead, Andy Crouch has egregiously insulted “the SoHo of the Midwest” in a way that will increasingly get one punched in the schnoz as Kansas City’s downtown continues to take off. Check it and try to restrain your wrath:
Here’s a quick quiz: where on a map is the Missouri River? If you know the answer, you probably either live in St. Louis or have a lifelong obsession with geography. - Culture Making, 27
Woah, slow down there Andy. I can see the Muddy Mo’ from the windows of our 9-story loft building. I cross the Missouri roughly 4-6 times a day on 2-3 different bridges. And I live in a rapidly growing urban center that’s home to a half million in the metro area, 2 million in greater Kansas City.
Dude, recall that book and fix page 27!
In case you’re wondering, one a chapter in, Culture Making is a fantastic read.
September 10th, 2008 at 10:39 am
I find similar ignorance when foreign people talk about South Africa as if SA is just like the pictures people see of starving children in Ethiopia and other parts of Africa. They don’t seem to be able to conceptualize that we have a number a few massive cities (Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria etc.) that look and feel pretty similar to most big western cities. Cape Town has 3 million people in the greater city area, so does Durban and I think people have just stopped counting how many people there are in the greater Johannesburg area. So I know what it feels like to have your beautiful city overlooked.
September 10th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Touché! But you have to admit, this proves my point about geographical ignorance.
Glad you’re enjoying the book otherwise.
Andy
September 11th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Andy, thanks for dropping buy. If you’re ever in Kansas City, I’ll be more than happy to show you around downtown so that you can give KC some love in your next book.
I just recommended Culture Making to a seminary professor friend and told him he should use it in his “Cultural Contexts” class. You see, I’m willing to overlook your St. Louis bias since you did such a great job.
@ Stephen, maybe KC and Cape Town should team up and start a grassroots buzz campaign? People need to know we’re not living out of our pickup trucks while we watch the cattle!