Our sisters



Not news, just an interesting fact I wanted to confrim . . . I knew Kansas City had a sister city program but I never knew all of the towns involved. Here's a quick list which includes the year they were added:

  • Seville, Spain (1967)
  • Kurashiki, Japan (1972)
  • Morelia, Mexico (1973)
  • Freetown, Sierra Leone (1974)
  • Tainan City, Taiwan (1978)
  • Xi'an, China (1989)
  • Guadalajara, Mexico (1991)
  • Hannover, Germany (1993)
  • Port Harcourt, Nigeria (1993)
  • Arusha, Tanzania (1995)
  • San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico (1997)
  • Ramle, Israel (1998)

    Obviously there's a pretty heavy Mexican influence but I'm glad to point out that since the recent wave of anti-immigrant (anti-business) sentiment that most (brown) people from any of these nations would be unwelcome in Kansas City. Natch.

    • Comments

    1. Anonymous5/27/08, 7:44 AM

      My gosh I could dine on Paris for hours, only coming up for brief gasps of air.

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    2. Anonymous5/27/08, 4:42 PM

      the only thing served at that restaurant anon is crabs.

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    3. Anonymous5/28/08, 1:49 AM

      In Sevilla the main avenue leading out from the train station is called Avienda de Kansas City.

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    4. Anonymous5/28/08, 2:03 AM

      Emanuel Cleaver's sister city was all of South Africa

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