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Old 07-08-2008, 01:47 PM
 
Location: Omaha, NE
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There seems to be a horde of people telling me that Omaha is a nothing to do cow town and there is nothing to do..

Basically being an Omaha-advocate my whole life, I guess its time to find out what I am missing...

Please tell me what I am missing in my life that I can find elsewhere outside of here..
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Old 07-08-2008, 02:36 PM
 
Location: WA
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Maybe you should visit some other cities and see for yourself.
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Old 07-08-2008, 02:41 PM
 
Location: Omaha
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oh geez.. saddle up boys. I see a shootout on the horizon.
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Old 07-08-2008, 02:46 PM
 
Location: Englewood, Near Eastside Indy
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I don't know, do you have it that bad?
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Old 07-08-2008, 02:48 PM
 
Location: WA
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But to answer your question, I could start a list:

Mountains/Beaches/Lakes/Good hiking
A downtown area (that consists of more than 3 tall buildings)
A decent art museum
Historical sites (other than "The mormons passed through here")
A Major Sports franchise
Racial diversity
A large university that can offer cultural opportunities
Freedom from tornados


The zoo gets A++ though.
But, if you're satisfied with your choice to live in Omaha, there's no real reason why you should have to defend that choice. Especially not against random people on the internet.
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Old 07-08-2008, 02:58 PM
 
Location: Omaha
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just a few corrections. bold phrases are correct. Italics are my additions.

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Originally Posted by seattlenextyear View Post
But to answer your question, I could start a list:

Mountains/Beaches/Lakes/Good hiking
A downtown area (that consists of more than 3 tall buildings)
A decent art museum (Joslyn Art Museum, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts)
Historical sites (other than "The mormons passed through here")(Union Pacific Started here, Malcom X was born here, etc)
A Major Sports franchise
Racial diversity (Omaha is actually more diverse than the nation -according to Wikipedia. Omaha is 78% white while the United States is 80%)
A large university that can offer cultural opportunities(both University of Nebraska at Omaha and Creighton University offer a wealth of hands-on cultural programs)
Freedom from tornados


The zoo gets A++ though.
But, if you're satisfied with your choice to live in Omaha, there's no real reason why you should have to defend that choice. Especially not against random people on the internet.
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Old 07-08-2008, 03:07 PM
 
Location: Jersey City
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maybe you should visit some other cities and see for yourself.
iawtc
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Old 07-08-2008, 03:09 PM
 
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From the sticky "Please read before posting" at the top of this forum:

The General U.S. is for questions not specific to any one state or city.
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Old 07-08-2008, 03:12 PM
 
Location: Jersey City
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From the sticky "Please read before posting" at the top of this forum:

The General U.S. is for questions not specific to any one state or city.
IAWTC too
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Old 07-08-2008, 03:22 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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A downtown area (that consists of more than 3 tall buildings)
A decent art museum
Historical sites (other than "The mormons passed through here")
So, the more tall buildings a city has, the better it is? Just looks at Detroit, and we have a lot of things downtown, we have a good art museum (Joslyn) and We have plenty of historical stuff, Lewis and Clark landing, Malcolm X's birth place, Gerald R. Ford's birth place etc.
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