[noe_7kl]

What about the limits of Benson??

Is it in the middle of North Omaha??

I still do not get how Omaha neighborhoods work.

[Dave1215]

Some of the neighborhoods were actually small towns who's history goes back to the start of the region... Omaha as it grew eventually annexed them (Benson, Florence, Millard, Elkhorn, etc)....

Benson is not in the middle of "North Omaha" if using that term in the traditional sense... "North Omaha" is actually now northeast Omaha south of Florence and north of downtown...

Geographically I guess Benson probably is the midlle of the northern section of town. The actual boundaries of Benson would be about 72nd to Fontenelle and Western to Ames. Here is a link to the Benson Neighborhood Assoc.

As you move west the names you hear of neighborhoods are generally subdivision names and not names of old towns.

[billiefan2000]

DowntownBenson.com :: Omaha's Classic Neighborhood :: Welcome

[gwander]

We wanted to explore the Benson area a couple of weeks ago (on a SAturday morning) but we could not find anyplace to park and finally gave up. All the spots on the street were taken and all the side roads (at least the three or four we turned down) had no parking signs on them. We'll have to come back another time to try again, because it looked interesting. I guess not enough parking is a good problem to have, as it means that lots of people were there.

[Arizona Dude]

There is an old area just East of the University of Arizona with some nice old homes. There are no-parking signs there, too. I have seen a couple of places around town where you are not allowed to park unless you live there. Otherwise, I suppose that the residents could not park.
I came here from Omaha in 1944 and Tucson was really nice for years, all laid back. It's nickname is The Old Pueblo. Just this week, the mayor and some businessmen want to call it something else because they think that the name is too old and dusty, and will not attract business.
They can go jump. Plenty of us who grew up here like the name. It identifies the town in a nice way. I don't know why no-one would want to open a business here, simply because of a nick-name.
Lots of people have opened businesses in New Amsterdam, ignoring idiots like Bloomberg, who is the mayor there. Actually, Tucson is way too big, as there is a water problem. There are too many Easterners and Northerners coming here, plus quite a few from South of town, if you get my drift.
I think that I will print my list here.
If you are thinking of moving to Arizona, don't, because we have:
1)poisonous snakes--our two baseball clubs are the Diamondbacks and Sidewinders
2)scorpions
3)black widow spiders
4)tarantulas
5)no water
6)lots of forest fires
7)mountain lions running loose
8)wild pigs
9)rabid coyotes
10)tens of millions of cacti
11)unbearable heat--many weeks over 100 degrees
12)wages are some of the lowest in the country
13)all military bases are targeted by Russian hydrogen bombs ( never dismantled )
14)centipedes
15)Gila monsters
16)millions of red or black fire ants
17)no really good jazz stations
18)fatal flash floods if it rains
19)some of the highest gasoline prices in the USA
20)vultures
21)West Nile virus
22) dust storms
23)bobcats walk the streets, sometimes 3 at a time
24)illegal aliens--400,000 or more, at last count
25)brown recluse spiders

I may have missed a few things, but, you get the idea.