[WILWRadio]

Flattery will get you everywhere. :-) And it's Comaha. New York is the city that never sleeps and Comaha is the city that ALWAYS sleeps.

[2Adam29]

so polite of you...

[bls5555]

Are there any lakes around Omaha (30-45 miles out or so) that a house can be bought ON or close by (walking distance) for less thatn 200,000?

[WILWRadio]

I think the closest real lake to Omaha is Lake Icaria in Adams County Iowa. That is about 60 miles to the SE of Omaha.

[tpabes]

Originally Posted by bls5555

Are there any lakes around Omaha (30-45 miles out or so) that a house can be bought ON or close by (walking distance) for less thatn 200,000?

How large a lake? There is a small lake on the northern fringes of Omaha, called Lake Cunningham. A relative of mine use to home a home in the neighborhood right by it and his house was less than 150,000 and he used the lake for sailing.

[fruitlassie]

Originally Posted by lammius

Wow. Apart from the pic of the basketball game, is everyone white?

It is still a segregated city, with the black population mostly concentrated in the NE part of the city and Hispanics in the SE, and these tend to be the poorest areas. In the suburban school districts you will find minority students make up only a tiny fraction of the school populations. There were about 5 black students in my high school out of about 2400 in all I realize that this is common throughout the midwest, not just an Omaha thing, but still, don't let the demographics suggest that it is some kind of progressive, melting-pot city. Far from it.

[tahiti]

Originally Posted by lammius

Wow. Apart from the pic of the basketball game, is everyone white?

LMAO. that was my FIRST thought after seeing all the (VERY nice, BTW) pictures! "wow, lots 'o white people out there in Omaha"

[lammius]

Originally Posted by fruitlassie

It is still a segregated city, with the black population mostly concentrated in the NE part of the city and Hispanics in the SE, and these tend to be the poorest areas. In the suburban school districts you will find minority students make up only a tiny fraction of the school populations. There were about 5 black students in my high school out of about 2400 in all I realize that this is common throughout the midwest, not just an Omaha thing, but still, don't let the demographics suggest that it is some kind of progressive, melting-pot city. Far from it.

Wow. Well even the demographics provided on Page 1 don't illustrate much of a melting pot. I was browsing the pics (they are great pics, btw. very thorough tour), and when I wasn't looking for people period, I was looking to see if ANYONE in the pics wasn't white.

I'll have to hire star_gazer or ScranBarre to do a photo tour of Jersey City one day.

[star_gazer]

I realize that this is common throughout the midwest, not just an Omaha thing, but still, don't let the demographics suggest that it is some kind of progressive, melting-pot city. Far from it.

'Nuff said.

The demographics I provided are very typical of a smaller, midwestern... predominantly suburban city. Nearby cities such as KC, Minneapolis, Denver... have only slightly more diverse populations... smaller Des Moines has still further less diverse a population.

And I certainly didn't try to make it out to be a 'melting pot'... just provided the numbers.

Once again... I'm not one of these people trying to make Omaha out as a world class city which should be compared with America's larger cities... merely to present photos and information to support my belief that it is a great smaller city. It does have some great attributes, some of which I've presented here, which distinguish it from other cities it's size... even some larger cities. That's what makes it a great smaller city.

[Synopsis]

NICE photos. Omaha's a beautiful city, clean, and has a low crime rate as far as cities go.