NYC mayor blasts Kansas, saying it ‘doesn’t have a brand.’ The Sunflower State disagrees

Who needs the coasts when you can live in the heart of America? That was the sentiment on social media around Kansas on Tuesday after New York City Mayor Eric Adams blasted the state seemingly out of nowhere, and New York Times bureau chief Emma Fitzsimmons tweeted about it. Adams said that “Kansas doesn’t have a brand,” while talking about a recent international trip when people in the places he visited knew about New York. The mayor — who previously and notoriously told people who moved to Brooklyn to, “Go back to Iowa!” while talking about gentrification in the city — is apparently also cri...