Welcome to Kochville, a.k.a. Wichita, Kansas | The New York Times

[@joeschf11]

I live in Wichita no one has ever called it Kochville and there are many other employers like Cessena, Hawker, Spirit typical NYT piece

[@Nobody-cw3ri]

literal air capital of the world and they aparently view us all as Koch shills

[@colin4758]

@@Nobody-cw3ri it's ridiculous

[@sbalman]

Me too. I was born here almost 70 years ago. Have never heard anyone call Wichita that term. I think they (Koch) are pretty horrible though.

[@josephg1431]

Non one here calls it koch ville

[@twistercuber]

i know right

[@logamos3172]

Big facts

[@gamewizardks]

Wichita's Sedgwick County Zoo is one of the best kept secrets in the nation.

[@Vanagons4Eva]

I honestly have no idea what was the point of this. Koch industries is located in Wichita and they donate what seems like a lot of money to people to spread their name around.

[@Jimsranch]

I have never heard the term Kochville as a description of my adopted home town.

[@65slick49]

Ron Baker cameo at 1:56

[@gamewizardks]

I saw that too. LOL.

[@Coco-qz7fn]

"policies that drive people into homelessness?" What a BS statement!

[@tondamcgoo3212]

This is a piece of nonsense. Kochville...really?

[@flying_oyster]

There's another largest private company Cargill in Wichita. I think that woman's daughter just can't get job

[@j719440]

Liberal NY Times BS.

[@neckereckasaurus3816]

No one calls us kochville

[@TalladegaTom]

It's one drop of good into a bucket of bad.

[@_.13_]

I'm born and rasied in Kochville, I love it here highly recomend it🙃🙃

[@NashHinton]

I would never work for slimeballs.

[@garrettfalls7953]

Koch

[@dellalyn9918]

You mean the NYT?

[@nohopeequalsnofear3242]

The lying times....

[@doowael]

Tripe

[@Brap-pl2me]

Koch industries is known in Wichita to be an excellent employer. Also been generous with community organizations, Nobody calls the city Kochville.

[@angelasandridge2985]

Hi

[@SirBool]

I wish Koch would quit acting like they own this city I've lived in Wichita for my whole life and not once have I heard anybody call it Kochville its Wichita people I guess koch made there own little nickname for the city

[@markjudd585]

No. The New York Times did that.

[@mccartherable]

They are an honorable family. Wichita is proud to have them.

[@jennifergriffin5530]

Say what you will about the Koch's but they are genuinely good people. My fil has worked for them for decades, handling their home security. They've done more for the community than the media implies. Btw nobody calls it Kochville, that's absurd, just like NYT.

[@sbalman]

I think Koch is horrible as do so many people in the world.

[@jennifergriffin5530]

@@sbalman You're entitled to your opinion, even if it differs from mine. Have a fantastic evening.

[@sstchan924]

Sadly a man blessed with good fortune missed the opportunity to do a lot of good for millions-of people passed with his fortune quietly with barely a ripple.

[@heatherremlin8607]

MONEY! The root to all evil ...now, could I get a loan?

[@korloq8968]

Back when The New York Times made reliable news videos and wasn't biased in politics.

[@michaelpreston233]

Koch Suckers aka, The GOP.

[@belialuedke1880]

Truly liked this. :)

[@777Brad]

This piece says that Koch employs only 1% of Wichita's population. Then that woman said that her daughter thinks that her only employment opportunity is to work for Koch. So then 99% of Wichita is unemployed? Ridiculous!

[@ironmaiven]

Her daughter is clueless lol. Wichita is a very innovative place, with more than just Koch industries. I’m a native but I’ve lived all over the US and Wichita is a true gem 🖤

[@OhPhuckYou]

Wichita is a stagnated shithole, but that is not because of the Koch brothers, and they're by far not the only. employer. That woman was running on all of her talking points to a TEE.@@ironmaiven

[@Brap-pl2me]

@@OhPhuckYouYou’re as ignorant as that girl is.

[@davidchmielecki2967]

I lived in Wichita for a year.I moved back to Las Vegas on July18,2018.My birthday is July 21 and I did not want to spend another birthday in Wichita even though My lease on my Apartment endedJuly 31.I thus paid for days that I was no longer there.What a shithole city I found it to be.It is the worst place that I ever lived.It is dormant,no life.No vigor.It is a city of the Walking Dead.

[@mistaincredible2573]

I can’t say you’re wrong there’s nothing to do

[@OhPhuckYou]

AMEN @davidchmielecki2967

[@dellalyn9918]

So if you're not being entertained by going to the beaches, mountains or perverted clown shows, you're so pathetic you can't figure out on your own something to do...yes, Vegas is where you should thrive...lol

[@davids5656]

what was the point of this video? that the kochs donate money but are shady? give us some examples? I'm largely indifferent to the family, but after watching this I learned nothing with no facts or opinions, just a couple disparaging statements. This video had no gravitas and I can't believe someone wasted time to come here and make such a useless piece, at least get your money's worth and make a point. And as others have said, no one calls it Kochville, haven't heard that in 40 years of living here. As someone who's traveled to 40 countries and 35 states, there's plenty to do in Wichita, and there is tons of opportunity. I don't know what that one lady's daughter wanted to do with her career, but this town is full of really awesome jobs in all kinds of industries. I've been to many of the world's largest cities, who would want to deal with the crime, the traffic, the high costs, the lack of space, etc. The wifey and I have our schedules so booked with events, dinners, adult ed classes (wine drinking!) that I don't have time to do regular chores and some of my hobbies. Sure, it isn't Tuscany or Cali Wine country, but I can get a nice 2,500sf house for less than $200k and enjoy all kinds of fun activities without worrying about a huge crowd or a line to get in to anything. long live Wichitawesome!

[@pgredsolocup]

No one calls it Kochville

[@phodailey]

Please dont call us kochville. Mr New Yorker

[@princeleighton3378]

They do nothing for the area

Like what should they do?

[@johnmahlmann6382]

One of the most dangerous men in the US. Good friend to Rupert.

[@dellalyn9918]

Nahhh, that would be the clintons, obamas, biden's, and all the commie leftists that wear their woke clown suits screaming equal rights for all those who want to destroy the country...open borders, and pedophiles that want to read to small children and use women's bathrooms while pretending to be women... sending our troops into proxy wars, perverting our churches while trying to destroy Christians...

[@rangodenalo6185]

@@dellalyn9918nice cope inbred . Trump and Jeffrey Epstein are best buddies ! Go back to McDonald’s billy .

[@joei1382]

Raised in Wichita. I didn't even know anyone who worked at Koch. Now Learjet on the other hand...

[@GeneDexter]

Ms. Jarvis is mistaken. It isn't the Company and what it offers. It's the Koch Brothers we question.

[@mccartherable]

Good family

[@lynngraham2934]

All they have to do is say they are not bad, they don't have to prove it.

[@MansaKimani]

Noah Chomsky's Requiem For An American Dream' comes to mind when i see this.

[@menassies3224]

Love the kochs charles is one of my heroes

[@krazzielaosboi]

Never heard anyone called Wichita “Kochville” in the 13 years I’ve lived here LOL

[@omgsolikevalleygirl]

That's how you do it - you do a couple of good things so people almost think they can trust you.

[@ahzzz-realm]

Being a great provider has nothing to do with their political trash opinions.

[@t1dmpedsnurse59]

Koch doesn’t help as much as this video makes it out to be. Also they have some shady business practices.

[@vDarknessFalls]

Well you see, the Koch brother's have an oil refinery right on the Texas shores. They import 500 THOUSAND barrels of oil a DAY from Venezuela to their plant. The Koch brother's also manufacture JET fuel. Venezuela stopped selling oil to our country, and stopped using the US dollar as trade currency. Now our government is over there "Spreading democracy". Ex secretary of state Rex Tillerson, is a major shareholder of exon gas, partnered with shell, a Petroleum based company in the UK. The UK have Venezuelas gold reserve. BOTH companies, exon and shell, make gas, refined from Venezuela oil. Oil that Maduro stopped selling to our country, because we sanctioned them very heavily for "Overcharging" oil, causing the Koch brother's to lose money. Well the Koch brother's make jet fuel. Who in this country needs jet fuel?? You guessed it. Our military. Now we're in Venezuela. Fun fact, the Koch brother's donated 250 MILLION to Trumps 2020 campaign. Why? Because trump is going to get their oil back, from Venezuela. Pay attention to how many people die there. "Rebels", aka, civilians doing everyday jobs, just like you and I.

[@OhPhuckYou]

This aged like milk.@@vDarknessFalls

Think the agenda driven author of this didn't do their research.

[@hallabalooza]

Friedrich Dürrenmatt - The Visit

[@purpleflametarot39]

So why is Kansas begging people to move there?

[@kirtreeves7777]

Wichitians are proud to be the Air Capital of the World, having Stearman, Beech, Cessna, Lear form here, and also having large plants for Boeing build everything from B29 to B52, and Airliners also. Oh and the home to Coleman (camp gear), and Pizza Hut also started here. Yes Koch is here, and yes Koch sponsors such things as Americans for Prosperity, and donates huge sums to the GOP, but not all Wichita folks are blindly loyal to Koch. Our city is quite a rich mixture of culture, beliefs, and clearly we have spawned many a extrordinary entrepreneurs thru our history.

[@chrismoody1342]

TOTAL LEFT HIT PIECE.

[@NashHinton]

Aww... Were you expecting a fluff piece?

[@NashHinton]

This was actually quite neutral.

[@joecombs7468]

Could you have found anyone MORE to the Left of Karl Marx to interview?

[@kentallard8852]

They should have visited the site of the Bircher book shop Charlie ran in Wichita in the 1950s.

[@businesseast]

Charles Koch saved wichita ! If was not for Charles Koch Wichita would be in a deep coma like slumber!!!