What do you like/dislike about Lincoln, Nebraska?

[aerahrtlu]

The good:
*Lincoln always amazings me when I remember how many people actually live here. It never, atleast to me, seems like 250,000 people live here. Except maybe at rush hour.
*Decently cheap housing. Even my husband and I can find a starter house within our price range.
*FOOTBALL! Need I say more? Hehe
*(This is personal) But all my family and friends live around here.
*The school system could be better, but it's decently strong.
*Crime isn't the bad here compared to other places.

And the bad:
*As a teenager it seemed boring. I, of course, could have been looking in the wrong places. I always felt like there could have been more activities aimed at teenagers. It seemed like too much of a "college" town and not young teen friendly enough.
*The potholes.... ick.
*It's not that progressive. Though, this also could maybe be a small good thing.
*With such a high college age population, some jobs are hard to get.

That's all I can think of... Of course there are more, on both sides.

[Gunluvver2]

I left my home state of Colorado to go to College in Nebraska in 1964. Some of the things that I liked about Lincoln in the 1960's:
Great car racing. Midwest Speedway on N 27th St (about where WalMart sits now).
Great motorcycle racing. Same place but on Friday.
Great bars. I can't remember the name of any of them. I wonder why?
Always lots of beautiful Ladies.
Decent Movie Theaters and many great movies.
Drive in theaters..
Great fast food places.
Street racing in Lincoln was wild & woolly!
Decent fishing but not as good as the West end of Nebraska.
Husker football. Fun in the 1960's but not as awesome as the 1970's.
Great music on the radio but most were out of State stations.
Lincoln was 50 times as big as the small town I grew up in. I loved all the people.
Hunting was so so.

Things that I like & dislike now about Lincoln:
Still some decent car racing.
No motorcycle racing worth a hoot.
Thank God todays kids are not into street racing like I was!
Lots of beautiful Ladies but I am old enough to be their Grandpa! What a bummer.
More fast food places than ever but few decent sit down places.
More Movie Theaters than ever but very few good movies.
Too many bars and drunks. I haven't had a drink at a bar in years.
Some good fishing but still not as good as Western Nebraska.
I still like good music but I get it from a CD now.
Husker football is still good but not great like the 1970's. That may change!!!
Hunting is better but I can't walk too good now. Oh well.
Lincoln is 100 times bigger than my old hometown now. Getting too big.

Just things from my P.O.V.
GL2