KANSAS CITY 'CREATIVE CLASS' FACT CHECK: ACCLAIMED COMICS WRITER KELLY SUE DeCONNICK FLEES COWTOWN WITH FAMILY TO ESCAPE RAMPANT CRIME!!!

Kelly Sue DeConnick is one of the most successful artists to ever pass through Kansas City but her stay didn't last long because of a crime coming to her front door step.

We hear a lot about the "creative class" flocking to Kansas City because of the toy train which is a myth that's completely unsupported by independent data. However, this testimony about scary Kansas City crime driving very successful people away from this town is far more powerful than political and developer sales pitch rhetoric.

Check it:

Leaving Kansas City: A Comics Writer Fed Up With Crime

Deets:

"In 2009, in the midst of the recession, crime became a problem in their neighborhood. There was a rash of muggings, their house got broken into, their car got broken into four times. The final straw was a high-speed chase that ended at the tree in their front yard. The car was just inches away from their front steps, and DeConnick found the missing gun in the bushes a few days later while playing with her son.

"At that point, DeConnick and Fraction were writing full-time and had the freedom to move wherever they wanted. DeConnick says she misses the supportive comics community in Kansas City, and she has no ill-will against the city — it just wasn’t the right fit for her family."

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