I've always had fun in Omaha (Lincoln: rain, friendly, live)

[CA central coast]

I have a good friend from Omaha. He briefly lived in California as a teenager before returning to Nebraska. I've been back to Omaha 3 times in the last 10 years to visit and I've always had a great time. I think the night life is great. The first time I visited, he took me to the mall. He told me not be surprised if we're approached by women. I thought no way. He said that it's not like CA, if a girl likes you, she'll say it to your face. Within an hour he was asked on a date. That doesn't happen in CA. The next time I visited, he took me to a club. Women sat at our table and introduced themselves, I couldn't believe it, that NEVER happens out here. At another club, he told me some women invited us to sit at their table, I honestly thought he lying. He wasn't. It was a big culture shock. People just aren't like that in CA. I think Omaha is a great city and the people are wonderful and friendly. Not standoff-ish or snobby. Love Omaha.

[star_gazer]

And then to repay you for your complementary story... we go off and ignore you.

Thanks for sharing!

[ehenningsen]

it's about to get a whole lot more fun too! I promise you that!! Thanks for letting us know, I always enjoy to hear the points of view from outsiders (well, the good ones anyway )

[Synopsis]

Omaha is a cool city. After researching Omaha based on a lot of bashing, I found that the negatives are mostly untrue. You have a nice city in Omaha, Nebraska; don't take it for granted and don't let anyone put you down. I could live there and be VERY happy.

[star_gazer]

A decent amusement park is one amenity we could really use here. That would go a long ways towards helping shore up the 'brain drain' problem (although recently, we've actually seen a net gain on that front... but we could still use significant improvement). For the life of me, I cannot figure out why someone can't see the 1.2 million people between Omaha and Lincoln as a viable market. Although I understand amusement parks haven't been great money makers as of late as well.

[Go Ne]

Though it would help, we would draw tourists from Iowa and Eastern Nebraska and other places if it was that good.