Kansas City struggling to be one of America’s Favorite Cities

Last month, we told you about Kansas City’s quest to join Travel + Leisure‘s list of America’s Favorite Cities of 2009. The travel mag is only going to add five cities to the list, and back in April, KC looked like a lock, sitting in second place and trailing only our dreaded neighbors to the east in St. Louis. Things have changed. Kansas City’s dropped to sixth place, still trailing the fifth place Gateway City. And Providence. And Cleveland. Freaking Cleveland? Sad. The polls close at midnight on Friday. Make this happen … or else St. Louis wins. Or, gulp, Cleveland. And if you needed another reason to vote for KC, we’re the home of Rand Al-Thor.