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(Pondering aloud) However, I wonder if the reason there is no central fireworks display in KC is the lack of a real nucleus for the city. From my own visits as well as your descriptions, the downtown does not exactly draw people. There is The Plaza, though I don't know if you would consider that downtown or not. In a city that is as sprawling as KC--isn't KC proper something like 40 miles from north to south?--there is probably a worlds of fun display, Kauffman Stadium display, Olathe display, all on the fourth.

Out here, where suburbs begin less than 5 miles from the heart of the city, it is easy for visitors to walk or hop on public transit to get to a prime viewing area. Imagine the congestion in KC when every family hops in their own car and tries to find a parking spot downtown.

Anyhow, I think this is lacking anything resembling a unified point but I think the lack of a central (and grand) display on the fourth is a symptom of society's desire for space and belief that they should be able to drive anywhere and everywhere they desire to get.

I could be completely wrong, though. Chicago is large in population and square miles but has a nucleus and the advantage of a great public transit system and still they have their largest show (Navy Pier) on the third.

Like I said, this was just an extemporaneous writing, I have no answers yet. But come back to Boston, we'll give you great fireworks on the Fourth.

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