Grew up and live in KC- Ted’s accent is much more mid to south rural Missouri/middle rural Kansas than KC. If you met people here with that accent, I can almost guarantee they moved to “the big city” from somewhere smaller.
KC’s accent is very neutral- look at Paul Rudd, Rob Riggle, Heidi Gardner, or David Dastmalchian.
A better famous parallel might be Walt Disney, who grew up in rural Missouri with a twang before coming to KC as a kid.
Grew up and live in KC- Ted’s accent is much more mid to south rural Missouri/middle rural Kansas than KC. If you met people here with that accent, I can almost guarantee they moved to “the big city” from somewhere smaller.
KC’s accent is very neutral- look at Paul Rudd, Rob Riggle, Heidi Gardner, or David Dastmalchian.
A better famous parallel might be Walt Disney, who grew up in rural Missouri with a twang before coming to KC as a kid.