Mark It doesn't have the world's wealthiest man, Bill Gates, like Nebraska - neighbor to the north.
In fact, the only dramatic thing about Kansas is the weather!
World famous for one thing ---------------TORNADOS!
So, Kansas is known for something that leave ignorant and cowardly people to regard it as some God-forsaken no-man's land filled with......
....hillbillies, farmers and hicks. (Think Cousin Eddie in Christmas Vaction - "He was a big, burly man in a Winnebago with Kansas tags!")
Tell someone you live in Kansas, especially on the coasts, or at any kind of tech gathering & see faces twist in wonder - "Are you okay?"
But that's what makes Kansas special. Everyone thinks they know all there is to know about the state, even if they've never been there.
