Mayor of Lincoln and his crew are lazy and inept and would be best for city if they resign. (Omaha: low crime, roughest)

[MattDen]

Anyone, considering moving to Lincoln I would recommend Ashland, Gretna or some place in Sarpy or Cass county. Ashland is visually appealing, half way in-between Omaha and Lincoln. Even Waverly and Eagle are okay. But Lincoln is in very, very bad shape. It isnt even the county, its this city they have major fiscal problems they have many, many extremely run-down neighborhoods of trailers and small shacks that cause property tax to run up for the small amount of people in this who live in stable neighborhoods and the infrastructure is horrid. Its just a horrifically run city overall.

Haha, alot of people thought Seng was bad. Buetler runs this city like crap, it would be nice if Fahey was able to run both Lincoln and Omaha or if Daub could be the city manager and the mayor was just a ceremonial position or something. After mistakes like Buetler no wonder this is one of the reddest states in the country, I am a liberal and yet I would never if I were remaining in this state would vote for a Dem unless it was Fahey (I didnt like him at one time because he didnt seem visionary and a bit eliteist but he has really put Omaha on the map big time)

Buetler isnt going to be any better, the man is lazy and should resign from office as he seems unable to improve his city. If he is familiar with the widespread blight in Lincoln which is becoming as bad as parts of the 16th and 24th corridors in north Omaha and if trends will exceed Omaha's blight with-in a few years of months why doesnt he do anything about it.

Just running through the neighborhoods of this city is disguesting experience with trash everywhere, homes that look like they are about to collapse, sidewalks collapsing, roads in terrible shape.

Even around Highway 2 and 48th which is a crown jewel area the infrastructure and area was not well maintained at all and was like Sun Valley back in Denver which is considered of the the roughest neighborhood in the state of Colorado.

I did however notice the mayors Woods Park area was in great shape though, while much of the rest of the same area of town struggles with abandoned lots and buildings, tons of litter, decaying rodents and even animals, broken beer bottles. Its just a nightmare.

Its amazing that animal control is so overwhelmed and the cities property tax base is so pathetic despite having very high property tax rates (quadruple the property tax rate of Colorado Springs) that they cant even pick up dead animals which are a public health hazard.

The problem is the mayor the people who run this city need to tell the people who have families that its very expensive to educate and that they need to reside in expensive homes rather then those ugly wooden shakes those large families reside in some of the eastern neighborhoods of town.

[Sandhills Guru]

Not sure what part of Lincoln you have been driving through to state what you have stated. We have two daughters that live in Lincoln and neither of their neighborhoods fit this description.

I get into Omaha also and can find areas of that community that look run down and in need of help, just like most any town across this nation.

So what is your problem any how? Besides not caring for Lincoln or its mayor?

[Sandhills Guru]

Please hurry in your move to Ohio so you can start bad mouthing that area and leave Nebraska alone.

[MattDen]

They do keep the areas around the University of Nebraska Lincoln, South
27th and Sheridan and the southern new devolopment areas very clean.
Woods Park is also very, very clean after all its the mayors neighborhood.
Lincoln cares about cosmetics, it doesnt care about being an economic engine or a liveable city. Thats what I admire about Omaha they arent cosmetically appealing overall as a city but they care about economics and liveability (having a good interstate system, good infrastructure, increasing the tax base, being a fiscally stable city as opposed to having year after year structutal budget deficit like Lincoln)

They do keep some neighborhoods very clean. The University area kept clean because they want to put on a good image but downtown especially east of O that retail corridor has very little demand and is blighted and just south its very, very vacant and boarded-up with abandoned buildings, lots overwhelming the landscape.

Lincoln overall is a very blighted, unappealing place. They have their nice areas but its just as bad as Omaha when it comes to blight and many, many larger cities dont have the blight problems and run-down neighborhoods Lincoln has.

Alot of the budget deficit issues in Lincoln are because of the fact way too Lincolnites live in small shacks, trailers and the city has way too much vacant land within its municipal boundries unlike other city which have lots more very high property tax base neighborhoods then Lincoln has and not as many very, very low property tax cesspooles of old trailer parks, old run-down shacks, vacant lots.

[racechick73]

This guy MattDen, has waaay too much time on his hands. He apparently gets off from putting down Lincoln and trying to rile people up. MattDen, you should get a job or something.

[Sandhills Guru]

Well soon we will be blessed in Nebraska and Ohio will be damned.

[racechick73]

If you take note of his other posts, he likes to bash other areas, too. And have you noticed how LONG posts are?? He must have a lot of time on his hands- scary- these are the people that end up shooting up a post office or something!!

[mattpoulsen]

Mattden,

Grow up! Your posts concerning Lincoln are now completely laughable. If you somehow think people are reading your posts in a serious manner you are sadly mistaken!

The vast vast majority of Lincoln is an excellent run-of-the-mill midwestern city. Middle class, clean, low crime, and excellent public schools. Period! Anyone who has been throughout all of Lincoln would agree with this assessment. Yes, they could work on economic stimulation, as could many cities. But to characterize Lincoln as "unliveable" is absolutely ridiculous!

[mattpoulsen]

Mattden,

I also love your characterization of Beutler being lazy! He was in the military, went to Yale, served in the state legislature (for very little pay), and then got elected mayor. How is that lazy???

Plus, he has been mayor for a few months and you claim he runs this city like crap. That's just absurd. He hasn't had time to do anything! Get a life.

[MattDen]

I just dont see what Lincoln has that Gretna, Ashland and Waverly wouldnt. Especially Ashland which is one of the nicest towns in eastern Nebraska. People get priviledge I guess to live in Lincoln in a city with severe budget problems that doesnt have its act together!

Lincoln's Lancaster County per-capita according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis 3% below national average, Omaha's Douglas County 20% above. So Lincoln is more lower-middle class.

As far as clean, I run alot and this town is very unsanitary. They keep the area around the university very clean and the northern part of downtown adjacent to the university very clean and the neighborhood where the mayor lives Woods Park is usually very clean. But the rest of the city tends to be very, very dirty with lots of litter, its one of the dirtier cities in the midwest outside of the university and northern downtown areas.

Omaha is cleaner then Lincoln, even North Omaha is cleaner then a majority of Lincoln. Then again from having a lower violent crime rate then Lincoln in 2005 to per-capita income being 20% above the national average (25% above Lincoln) and seemingly weekly economic expansions into the metro it seems like Omaha is going through a major economic and social transformation while Lincoln is going down the wrong path to put it lightly.

I do think Fahey in Omaha despite the fact I initially didnt care for him has been a very stable, good mayor for Omaha the combination of Daub and Fahey over the last decade has obviously put the city on the national map.

Beutler on the other hand is a dove, Id like to see him really aggressively cut the bus system, libraries and parks and close all the community centers. The tax base in this city is not nearly enough to continue with the pork and the mayor needs to be a leader and make it loud and clear. Lincoln is a city unlike affluent Omaha which can only afford the essentials only this a bare-bones type of city and the people need to realize that some places arent affluent to have luxuries like Omaha, Boulder and Greenwich, CT have.

Anything less then major cuts with this huge strutural budget deficit is nothing more but a tap-dance by Beutler and the city council. Luckily, because of Omaha's stronger economy because of Fahey and Daubs leadership they dont have to worry about crummy city services like Lincolnites do.