607 City Lifeline

In just one year, it all felt so real, yet so dreamlike, that at any moment in daily life I would find myself in a daze, questioning whether all this had truly happened. After repeated confirmation, the fact that "the Kansas City Chiefs are the defending champions" always managed to bring a smile to my face, restoring a sense of happiness.

Perhaps, to outsiders, eight whole months had passed since the Super Bowl, and the city was still basking in the glory of the championship, which seemed quite insane.

But West would say that's because they didn't live in Kansas City.

"These past years, the entire city has been struggling, as if enduring an invisible storm—with factories closing, neighborhoods crumbling, widespread unemployment, and young people forced to leave in search of survival."

"It was a slump, a gloom."

"If someone asked me what Kansas City was like, I'd say it was a disaster, no need to come here, we're all worried we'd become the next Detroit."