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Um, he was BORN there - its his hometown, of course he would choose it. I highly doubt someone from say New York (assuming they don't want to live in NY) became the worlds richest person would choose Omaha to live. On a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being New York London Paris and Tokyo, 1 being a gross little villiage - Omaha would be a 4 in my books. Non of your poll choices match what i think Omaha is.
You obviously are not familiar with Omaha's 3 malls!
Not world class? You must be joking. I am talking about Omaha, Nebraska not Omaha, Texas.
Excuse me..
Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom?
FIVE Fortune 500 companies?
Home to the 2008 U.S. OLYMPIC swim trials
Home to the COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
A scant 50 miles from UNL, home to the greatest college football team ever
An awesome zoo?
Home to the richest man in the universe?
Home to several famous black people?
The birthplace of PRESIDENT Gerald Ford?
Access to an interstate that spans the width of the country (I-80)
The tallest building between Denver and Minneapolis (nothing in Texas counts because it is too far south)?
More insurance businesses than you can shake a stick at?
3 major malls (five if you count our two outdoor ones)?
Home to a major Midwestern airport with TWO terminals?
Streets that number past 204th (we are THAT big and awesome)
I could go on and on.
If you were driving down I-80 in eastern Nebraska (as everyone reading this has no doubt done at least a few times) and were low on gas, you'd think Omaha is important enough.
All these Omaha haters really need to stop. Your envy of our town is obvious.
Envy?
Dude, no one is hatin' on Omaha. And you could go on about how good of a city Omaha is. I could go on about how good my city is. But even you have to admit that when "world class city" comes to mind, it's a city that the WHOLE WORLD KNOWS.
NYC, Chicago, L.A., Houston, Vegas, Seattle, Miami, San Fran..... those cities come to mind.
Don't start gettin' defensive just becase I don't think Omaha is just the greatest town in the world. It's not like next year, Omaha will be more important than Chicago, then set its sites on New York the year after...... Omaha just doesn't have that much of an impact on this country.
And like I said, I understand. I love my city too much myself.... but I don't accuse someone of hatin' my town just because they say something I don't agree with.
Um, he was BORN there - its his hometown, of course he would choose it. I highly doubt someone from say New York (assuming they don't want to live in NY) became the worlds richest person would choose Omaha to live. On a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being New York London Paris and Tokyo, 1 being a gross little villiage - Omaha would be a 4 in my books. Non of your poll choices match what i think Omaha is.
Billiam, I think you will need to start your own poll then. My scale goes from 1 to 10 with 1 being the awesomest.
I did not include any places lower than 10th Best City on Earth because I didn't think anyone would vote Omaha lower than 10th. I can, however, understand the couple of people that voted 10th before I clarified that this poll was for Omaha, Nebraska, not one of the half dozen or so imposters.
I can only assume that your apprehension to vote Omaha #1 City in the World can only be based on a lack of knowledge of Omaha. My suggestion is that you check out this thread... https://www.city-data.com/forum/omaha...our-omaha.html
and then come back and adjust your vote accordingly. I think you'll find a #1 or at least #2 vote much more comfortable.
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