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The shops at Tuileries Plaza in Kansas City, MO

Kansas City, MO is a Great City for College Grads

Kansas City, MO, balances affordability and economic growth like nobody's business. It's also earned a reputation as one of the brainiest cities for college grads to settle, according to Mortgage Match. But it's not all business in Kansas City, which offers the bright Power & Light District, complete with more than 50 bars, shops and venues, and a surprsisingly lively jazz scene. Median resident age: 35 Married: 46% Single: 54% Median household income: $52,574 Median rent for a two-bedroom... Read More »

Subtropolis Is the Largest Underground Business Complex in the World

In Kansas City’s Northland‚ business is taken to another level – literally. The region is home to SubTropolis‚ the world’s largest underground business complex. “SubTropolis was created through the mining of a 270 million-year-old limestone deposit‚” says Dick Ringer‚ assistant general manager of Hunt Midwest‚ the developer of SubTropolis. “In the mid-’60s‚ someone thought‚ ‘this would be an ideal place for storage and warehousing oper ations.’ In 1980‚ the Lamar Hunt family and Jack Steadman... Read More »