What Is The Worst Town In Nebraska? (Ogallala, Nelson: movers, quality of life)

[Dave1215]

Originally Posted by ColeSD

I'm stressing the word "generally" as I read this.

Funny.... I had your previous conversations in mind when I put generally in there...

[billiefan2000]

Originally Posted by ColeSD

And Grand Island is boring, IMHO.

Peach have you checked out Kearney? It's a pretty cool town.

Kearney is the poor man's Grand Island

[Ahhnrey]

Maybe the question should have been re: The Best Little Town.

[Chris19]

Originally Posted by billiefan2000

Kearney is the poor man's Grand Island

This quote gives me a chuck, but I am still wondering that the reference on why Kearney is the poor man's Grand Island.

Having been through both of the cities a number of times, I get the impression that Grand Island is a blue-collar city that has its good areas and bad areas and has been doing better in recent years (compared to the early 1990s and 1980s). Kearney is a university city with more of a white collar feel to it and is generally a progressive city in appearance. Each city has its good points and its drawbacks.

The two remind me of Sioux Falls vs. Sioux City, where Sioux Falls is the cleaner and white collared city while Sioux City is the blue collared industrial city with good areas and bad areas. Kearney reminds me a lot of Sioux Falls and Grand Island reminds me a lot of Sioux City.

[itsMeFred]

I've always had a similar opinion, Chris. Kearney seems just bit more....hmmm...Sophisticated? Mabye it's because the college is there.

[mattpoulsen]

Yeah, growing up I went to GI and Kearney a lot. The saying for Kearney is that "the only people who live there are doctors and college students." Kearney is much more white collar than GI.

[billiefan2000]

Originally Posted by itsMeFred

I've always had a similar opinion, Chris. Kearney seems just bit more....hmmm...Sophisticated? Mabye it's because the college is there.

you could say Wayne and Omaha and Lincoln and Blair are more sophisticated cause they have colleges too


Blair is a good town BTW.

[itsMeFred]

I would definitely say Wayne is more sophisticated than any other town in the area. Norfolk, included.

[mattpoulsen]

Whatever the case, the post pertained to Kearney and GI and most would agree that Kearney does carry a degree of sophistication that is higher than what you find in GI.

[Chris19]

Grand Island has potential for gaining in prominence and casting a more postive shadow than its industrial roots. The city is in a good location and has a growing economic base and could stand to gain from that. If the city attracts white collar jobs and companies, it will become diversified and progress well (Like when Sioux Falls transformed from a city of 80,000 dependent on John Morrell in the early 1980s to a city of 150,000+ now with a solid industrial base, medical sector, financial operations, services, and and up-and-coming industries such as biofuels, research, trusts, and techonology).