The Vogue article, which has been the subject of some scorn on Twitter and Facebook, attempts to explain why locating Kansas City, Mo., can be such a head-scratcher. The first is its name. How confusing! I must remember that the next time I cheerfully admit to someone in Queens that Long Island City must be near Montauk. The second is that you likely wouldn’t know where the Show-Me State is unless you grew up there. What? As The Kansas City Star responded, “Missouri’s sly plan to hide in the dead center of the United States has been ingenious.”