I live near the kc metro but work all over the city. This child was killed near 63rd and Paseo. There's a saying in KC that you don't go east of troost street, which is only a block or two west of this murder. West of troost, is places like brookside and waldo, mission hills, and the country club plaza to the northwest. It goes from nice houses, clean streets, manicured grass, to absolute filth, homeless people, drugs, houses that look like a wolf could blow over in just a few blocks.
Why should white communities care about black communities when the black people don't take care if their own community? It's sad. Call me racist or whatever, but the only reason to go to prospect avenue is for drugs or the food. There's some amazing restaurants, but I'd get out of there well before dark. It was an eye opener for someone from rural Kansas. Not a business without bars on the windows, that should tell you something.
The history of the Troost dividing line is a bit more complicated. I wish it was easy to find a non-biased study that talks about it but honestly everything out there is probably woke claptrap unless you get a book from before the 80s or maybe 90s from the library.
I live near the kc metro but work all over the city. This child was killed near 63rd and Paseo. There's a saying in KC that you don't go east of troost street, which is only a block or two west of this murder. West of troost, is places like brookside and waldo, mission hills, and the country club plaza to the northwest. It goes from nice houses, clean streets, manicured grass, to absolute filth, homeless people, drugs, houses that look like a wolf could blow over in just a few blocks.
Why should white communities care about black communities when the black people don't take care if their own community? It's sad. Call me racist or whatever, but the only reason to go to prospect avenue is for drugs or the food. There's some amazing restaurants, but I'd get out of there well before dark. It was an eye opener for someone from rural Kansas. Not a business without bars on the windows, that should tell you something.
The history of the Troost dividing line is a bit more complicated. I wish it was easy to find a non-biased study that talks about it but honestly everything out there is probably woke claptrap unless you get a book from before the 80s or maybe 90s from the library.
Maybe this one: https://www.google.com/books/edition/J_C_Nichols_and_the_shaping_of_Kansas_Ci/HaWzAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0#ba_cen=lat_e7:%20390063606%0Alng_e7:%203347586283%0A&ba_loc=66216