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Similarities between Kansas City and Kuwait City

Please enjoy the third in our series of Comparison and Contrast essays created by our Level 3 Writing & Grammar students during the Spring 2023 term.

What places are different between Kansas City and Kuwait City? Visiting Kansas City, and Kuwait City can be fascinating, such as malls. There are many places to travel in Kansas City and Kuwait City, such as coffee shops. This essay addresses the similarities, and differences between Kansas City and Kuwait City, such as weather, growth in population, and tourist attractions.

Firstly, Kansas City is hot in the summer; however, Kuwait City even is hotter. Kuwait City is extremely hot.  Kuwait is beneficial place for swimming in the pool and tanning. Also, Kansas City has activities to enjoy in the summer, such as swimming in Longview Lake, and tanning at apartment complexes, since many apartment complexes have pools. Kansas City can reach 120 Fahrenheit. However, Kuwait City has reached almost 140 Fahrenheit. These are the first comparisons between Kansas City and Kuwait City.

Secondly, the population grew “between 2010 and 2017” (Huth) in Kansas City compared to Kuwait City. The population in Kuwait City was nearly 3 million in 2010. However, Kansas City had “2 million” (Huth). The population grew in Kuwait City by nearly 1,250,000 residents. Nevertheless, Kansas City “grew nearly by 120,000 between 2010 and 2017” (Huth). On the one hand, 83 percent of individuals live in Kuwait City are Kuwaitis. On the other hand, 89 percent of individuals who live in the Kansas City area (both Missouri and Kansas) are from the United States. These are the second comparison between Kuwait City and Kansas City.

Furthermore, Kansas City has many tourist attractions compared to Kuwait City. Kansas City has beneficial tourist attractions, such as the Plaza and Legends. In comparison, Kuwait City has places of entertainment to visit for tourists, such as the Avenues Mall, and 360 Mall. Kansas City and Kuwait City both have fascinating places to visit. However, these places are different in Kansas City and Kuwait City, such as the sizes of malls, and stores sells different products from each other, such as Rolex watches. These are the last comparison between Kuwait City and Kansas City.

In conclusion, these are the three similarities, and differences between Kuwait City and Kansas City. Some individuals are not fascinated visiting Kuwait City in the summer due to boiling temperatures. Differently, some tourists are not fascinated visiting Kansas City in the winter due to freezing temperatures. I highly recommend tourists to visit both cities, and compare the differences.

The right image of Kuwait City’s skyline, created by Maryam, was downloaded through the Creative Commons and was resized and cropped to fit this format.

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