Abstract
Now more than 1,800,000 people live in the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The area straddles the border between the states of Kansas and Missouri. Moreover, the area consumes part or all of eight counties and all or part of one hundred sixteen incorporated municipalities. By far the largest municipality is Kansas City, Missouri (KCMO) with a population exceeding 450,000. Spread out over 320 square miles, KCMO now includes parts of four counties and continues to grow in both population and area as new territory is annexed. Roughly half of KCMO lies north of the Missouri River and half south. The area south of the river generally is older and much of it is served by combined sewers. KCMO extends from the old downtown and industrial areas along the river southward some 18 miles characterized by newer and newer developments. The Northland generally is much younger in character and continues to undergo rapid urbanization.
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