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Two of the best smaller metros in the country. I really like them both.
1. Downtown - Greenville
2. Recreation - Tie
3. Walkability - Omaha
4. Economy - Tie
5. Bars/Restaurants - Omaha
6. Transportation Car and Public - Omaha
7. Climate - Greenville
8. Scenery - Greenville
9. QOL - Greenville
10. Where would you rather live? Greenville. I really like its location a lot. It's in the foothills of SC, very pretty setting. Close to the mountains/Asheville. Not too far from the ocean. Sandwiched between Atlanta and Charlotte.
I used to live in Iowa - been in Omaha several times, but not super familiar.
Other than the Omaha zoo and maybe the economy, Greenville is hands down a nicer place. There isn't anything like Falls Park anywhere near Omaha, much less lakes like Jocassee or the mountains of WNC anywhere near by. Omaha's weather is far more extreme.
You'd be hard pressed to get me to live anywhere on the Plains again.
I like Omaha itself, but not the location. It's soooo isolated from pretty much any major city, with the exception of KC, which is major in someways and in others, it's not. Greenville being pretty much anywhere on the east coast gives it the "location" advantage.
Other than that, Omaha wins on everything else, except for weather and scenery. Where would I rather live? Omaha.
I've never been to Omaha or to much of the Mid-West with the exception of Chicago and Kansas City (was impressed with KC).
Greenville's location is not just it's proximity to major cities. Greenville/Upstate SC is the largest metro closest to the Blue Ridge Mountains/Appalachians. I live near downtown Greenville and am 45 min to elevations greater than 3,000 feet and am 75 min to downtown Asheville. As a side note: Asheville and Greenville share the same television market - my ABC station is out Asheville and television weather is always divided between "Upstate SC" and "Asheville/NC Mountains".
Weather here from early June thru mid Sept is hot and humid. But, I can drive 45 min to Caesar's Head State Park (still in SC) at 3,200 feet and temps will be 10-12+ degrees cooler. I recall a summer heatwave here 5+ years ago. Caesar's Head was at a comfortable 82 degrees...driving back to Greenville the temp shot up to 97 degrees.
(another side note: tornadoes are rare in Upstate SC - we are "protected" by the Blue Ridge Mountains. We have much less severe weather compared to the Dixie Alley of AL, MS, and TN)
Upstate SC is also fortunate to be adjacent to the most concentration of waterfalls east of the Mississippi. The average elevation of Greenville is 1000 feet. As noted above, the "Blue Wall" rises more than 2,000 feet north of Greenville creating 50+ large waterfalls. Great hiking nearby.
For beaches: the nearest beach is Folly Beach (adjacent to Charleston) and is 3 hours 15 min. Hilton Head is 3 hrs, 30 min and Myrtle Beach is under 4 hours. All of these times are with no stops.
I plan to take a break from life in 2 years and will definitely visit Nebraska. I am intrigued by the Sand Hills and western Nebraska.
Last edited by drfranklin; 06-30-2019 at 08:35 AM..
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