Should we kick Omaha out of Nebraska ? (home, live)

[Sandhills Guru]

Originally Posted by burgerflipper

Surf, I would be all for kicking you out of Omaha...

[roots'nbulbs]

The average Omahan--and, worse yet, Lincolnite, in my opinion, doesn't get that THOSE are small cities. The rest of the country groups us country mice with them. Ha!

Many also cannot wrap their brains around the fact that many rural Nebraskans drive all over Denver and Los Angeles long before they go to Lincoln or Omaha for business or pleasure. So! To the dippy sales girl who suggested that my field tripping students might be enjoying a shopping mall for the first time, Get Lost!! This is not Dorothy in Oz. Two of those kids were from San Diego, originally, and were making condescension cracks about Omaha, when you broke in with your "Let me help you hicks," spiel.

That said, it is appalling when a rural Nebraskan (who hasn't spent recent days with a lot of strangers) spouts common knowlege like no one else could know.......I know-w-ww. Most people know--w-w. This is why you are seen as arrogant if you were wondering.

Both groups mean well. People just want connection. A little behavior modification would aid the perception that we give of ourselves. I've lived both places and find you all as obnoxious as you are loveable and vice versa.

What I meant was United we stand; Divided we'd probably make fools of ourselves.

[Bosco55David]

Omaha is not a "small" city. Lincoln? Yes, but not Omaha.

[roots'nbulbs]

Originally Posted by Bosco55David

Omaha is not a "small" city. Lincoln? Yes, but not Omaha.

I see you are from Tampa. Given that I see myself as part of the 'larger' picture of Nebraska, I am thrilled that you view Omaha as "metro." Thank you. That would not have been true, years ago, and it shows the progress that the state's image has made on the national map.

I spend quite a bit of time in Orange Co., CA, each year, and the visual of Omaha that a lot of acquaintances, there, get seems to be of a rural place.

[DTO Luv]

Yes, when I walk to work from my 11 story condo building past bums, gay bars, a theather, hotels, and skyscrapers I think to myself "Ahh. How rural."

[roots'nbulbs]

...and, not to be argumentative, but I get less negativism about living in a rural area from the cashier at Huntington Beach than I would get from same in Omaha. Of course, the hay seeds would have fallen off when I took the truck racks down to accommodate PCH, but I would've trucked right on down Dodge St., with all the cows mooing in the back. Right?

[Bosco55David]

Originally Posted by roots'nbulbs

I see you are from Tampa. Given that I see myself as part of the 'larger' picture of Nebraska, I am thrilled that you view Omaha as "metro." Thank you. That would not have been true, years ago, and it shows the progress that the state's image has made on the national map.

I spend quite a bit of time in Orange Co., CA, each year, and the visual of Omaha that a lot of acquaintances, there, get seems to be of a rural place.

Actually I'm from Omaha, then moved to Council Bluffs and from there we moved to Florida.

Just in case anyone was wondering, Omaha is larger than Tampa. Tampa is 112 square miles with a population of 336,823. Omaha is 119 square miles and a population of 432,921.

[soundforlanguage81]

Jesus tap-dancing christ...what a moronic thread. To anyone who lives in Nebraska west of the 100th, Omaha is a million miles away. If you hate it so much then just steer clear.


Ahhhh the horrible crime, traffic and (gasp!) persons of different etnic backgrounds and political and sexual mindsets that tend to inhabit large cities. Damn them all. ____________________<--Insert sarcasm.

I'm not a city person at all, but suggesting that a state do away with nearly half of it's population because they reside in it's largest (and apparently most-hated) city is just stupid (joke or not).

[roots'nbulbs]

Maybe I missed something. I searched the posts and found no one saying that they loathed Omaha. I thought this thread was a metaphor for, "Why can't you be nice?" Well, so much for that..............I'm moving to another thread where I can say how much I enjoy the ethnic cafes, in Omaha. I might throw in how good the wine list is at Alley Rose in Kearney. Or, maybe I'll say that someone in Omaha would enjoy visiting Big Ole's in Paxton. But, never mind if you'd rather be about size.............

[midwesterner guy]

The thing is, to the rest of the nation Nebraska is known as a farm state. And for good reason. Nebraska ranks high within the U.S. in producing several key commodities (1st in red meat production, 3rd in corn, 5th in soybeans).

Yet many of the folks from Omaha think that outstate Nebraska somehow depends upon them. They think that Omaha subsidizes the rest of the state, when in fact most of the goods and services produced in Omaha are for consumption in Omaha. In other words, the people of Omaha spend most of their time servicing themselves.

If Omaha was kicked out of Nebraska tomorrow, the rest of the state wouldn’t even miss them—except that maybe once in a while the real Nebraskans would go to the newly formed town of Omaha, Iowa to visit the zoo.