What do you think the biggest difference is(if any)

[Fountain79]

between St. Louis and Kansas City?

[pstokely]

1. sports teams?

what kind of differences do you want?

[cornermouse]

2. The Mississippi River?

:shrug:

They're both big, have gawd-awful traffic, and massive shopping centers where you can walk till you drop.

[AllegroRondo]

3. KC has better barbecue.

But STL has better Italian food.

[loyalsister]

4. major cultural difference

STL has an eastern flavor. While KC is more midwestern and even has some southern influences. Notice someone mentioned K.C. and barbeque. The outskirts have some culturally southern leanings.
I am not sure what STL would brag about first (pizza in some places?), but I remember when Panera's Bread Co. was STL Bread Company.
BTW, anyone ever notice the term for carbonated beverages used by St. Louisians vs. Kansas Citians?

[wildflowergardener]

5. carbonated beverages

We call it Soda in St. Louis. I don't know about Kansas City. Someone told me once there was this big rivalry between Kansas City and St. Louis. It was certainly the first I'd heard of it (this was a person from Kansas City.) I haven't been to Kansas City enough to know what it's like.

As for what to brag about - Ted Drewes Frozen custard is probably the big thing everyone goes to. The Cardinals are very popular here as well. Also a good, free zoo.

Meg

[loyalsister]

6. It's "pop" in K.C.

The rivalry goes back to a baseball game that I never cared about and hope gets no elaboration.

[freebrew]

7. St. Louis has great BBQ

I grew up in the area. St. Louis always had some of the best BBQ anywhere.
Always used Maul's BBQ sauce( a St. Louis BBQ tradition in my family).

St. Louis is a much older city, and has more 'society' flavor.
Also a great Art Museum, that used to be free, maybe still is.
And was basically free of bible thumpers, I'm in the Ozarks now and
Jeesh! what a bunch of religious hypocrites here.

[nickinSTL]

8. The art museum is still free...

except for special exhibits, which are free on Fridays (entrance cost paid by a business for the day...for a while it was Ford...I doubt they'll be doing it much longer, if they still are, what with the Ford plant in Hazelwood closing)

Also a free zoo, one of the top 5 zoos in the country, I think. (definitely in the top 10)

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. KC barbecue is much better

But St. Louis has the BEST Italian food anywhere.

[cornermouse]

10. I haven't ever been to the St. Louis museum

but I have been to the Nelson-Atkins Art Museum. I enjoyed it very much.

[xmas74]

11. The fountains?

KC has the most fountains second only to Rome in the world.

[Broken_Hero]

12. hmmm, for me

St Louis sucks, cause they have two teams, in which i despise...The Rams, and the Cardinals....the rams are in my Seahawk division, and i'm just a Card hater, cause my second fave team is the Astros...:P