The population of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area is just under 2 MILLION people, making it the 29th largest metropolitan area in the country (just ahead of Las Vegas).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_Metropolitan_Area
You live in a suburb! :-)
You would think that I live in a suburb but this town is anything but a suburb. I’m telling you, I don’t live in KC. It truly is this ridiculously small town with the older generation hanging out watching everything that goes on. Everyone knows each other and whether you attend the Catholic Church or the Methodist Church in town. They’re all of Slavic descent and it will be at least 10 years before we fit in. We’ve been here two years (attended the church for 3) and we’re still the new people that bought ‘the Sullivan’s house’. It is not just another suburb.