{"id":1628,"date":"2012-12-27T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2012-12-27T14:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beltmann.com\/?p=1628"},"modified":"2012-12-27T09:00:47","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T14:00:47","slug":"5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-kansas-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/st-paul\/5-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-kansas-city\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things You Probably Didn\u2019t Know About Kansas City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beltmann.com\/2012\/12\/5-things-you-probably-didn%e2%80%99t-know-about-kansas-city\/kc5things\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1630\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1630 lazyload\" title=\"Beltmann Relocation Group\" data-src=\"http:\/\/blog.beltmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/kc5things-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/st-paul-movers\/kansas-city-movers.htm\">Kansas City moving company<\/a> we love offering good information about our local city. Before you book your move, you\u2019re probably researching the area to see if it is someplace you would like to call home. Well, if you\u2019re still undecided here are a few things that you probably didn\u2019t know about the city that might make the decision easier.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>#1 Kansas City is the 29<sup>th<\/sup> Largest Metropolitan Area in the U.S. <\/strong>With more than 2.1 million people this city is bigger than you think!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>#2 It\u2019s BBQ Crazy. <\/strong>You may have heard about Kansas City\u2019s famous BBQ, but did you know the city actually has more barbeque restaurants per capita than any other city in the nation? So, pack your fork and get ready for some tasty dinner options!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>#3 KC Has a Lively Night Life. <\/strong>A little bit of history \u2013 did you know Kansas City ignored prohibition in the 1920s? This led way to numerous jazz clubs and gambling halls \u2013 some that are still in operation today!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>#4 It Has a Sweet Tooth. Did you know that KC is home to the world\u2019s largest chocolate maker?<\/strong> Yes, Russell Stovers has its global headquarters in the heart of Kansas City and produces over 25 million pieces of chocolate each year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>#5 It Has a History in Fashion. <\/strong>In 1949, it was estimated that nearly one in seven Americans (at any given moment) wore clothing made in Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo attributed to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/table4five\/\">Elizabeth\/Table4Five<\/a>\u00a0via the creative <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">commons license<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As your Kansas City moving company we love offering good information about our local city. Before you book your move, you\u2019re probably researching the area to see if it is someplace you would like to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[39,40,19,20,35,36,38,33],"class_list":["post-1628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moving-tips","tag-activities-kansas-city","tag-living-kansas-city","tag-moving-tips","tag-moving-to-kansas-city","tag-new-job-kansas-city","tag-packing-kansas-city","tag-recreation-kansas-city","tag-relocating-kansas-city"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/st-paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/st-paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/st-paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/st-paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/st-paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/st-paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/st-paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/st-paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beltmann.com\/st-paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}