Right now we wanted to share one more recession indicator for our cowtown and info that tracks for anybody who steps outside of their SUV and walks on Kansas City streets. THE KANSAS CITY HOMELESS POPULATION TRENDS UPWARD!!! Arctic temperatures have overrun local homeless shelters and it's obvious that KCMO and surrounding metro cities have seen more homeless emerge in this area thanks to bad policy and rougher economic conditions overall. "Methodology from Built For Zero, a program that works to end homelessness in cities nationwide, estimates 4,000 people and families are considered homeless in Kansas City. That number has put Kansas City, Missouri, at the top of a list no city wants to be on — we have the largest homeless population per capita than any other city in America. "