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Originally Posted by Rachael84
Everyone can have their own opinions. If you were born and raised in Omaha and don't have much to compare to it, then yeah, you'll think there's a lot to do. But if you're from a big city, it may seem more dull. It all depends where you come from.
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I live Downtown Omaha and have many friends that live down here that are locals and transplans from bigger and
better cities and they are quite happy here.
I'd give my Downtown a 7/10.
I live and work Downtown and don't have a car and it suits me well. There is plenty of restaurants, bars, and clubs to go to and plenty of places I still haven't been in the over 2 years I've lived down here.
The Old Market is great, but it's far from being the only place to go for things DT. That's just where it's the most concentrated. There are many nameless pockets of activity Downtown frequented by DT residents and others who know where to go.
Downtown Omaha has over 8,000 people in the just the downtown and we have 2 dedicated grocery stores with numerous small markets and specialty shops and bakeries. We also have great parks Downtown and along the river with big open areas and bike trails that are part of a network from here to St. Louis. It's a very recreational Downtown.
We have a good arts scene. Jun Kaneko has his museum and workshop down here and his warehouse is the next block over from my house. Omaha also has the countries largest artist-in-residencey with people coming from all over the world to develop their abilities in Omaha. The arts community puts on many free events throughout the year that are well attended by the public. The Hot Shops are a popular place in town with glass blowing and other arts in the physical sculpture medium.
There are also plans to turn a now vacant part of north Downtown into another large artist colony for all mediums with the artists educating the public. Saddle Creek Records is HQ'd Downtown and they bring national tours and put on popular local shows as well. Their is also a new 3 screen independant theater downtown which has Alexander Payne (famous local director, Sideways, Election, About Schmidt, Citizen Ruth) is on the board of directors and he is a Downtown resident as well.
I could go on about the good but there are somethings I would like to see get better. Most of them are in the process of changing now.
-Infill of surface lots should always be a priority.
-A first run theater. They're building one in Midtown which isn't really far from me but I would like to have one Downtown as well.
-Better transportation around DT. There are shuttles in the daytime but not eny other time. Downtown covers a large area and hoofing all over the place can get tiresome. The plan for streetcars is in the funding stage but will be starting the next year or two.
-I would like to see more male clothing stores. Lots of stuff for the girls but only Urban Outfitters and Amercian Apparell for guys. And I'm not a toothpick
-The homeless. I hate homeless people here. The stupid churches are always feeding them in the park so they all just swarm there and hang around. They're disgusting.
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