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Post by airman on Mar 30, 2007 18:39:15 GMT -6
since the topic of nebraska has been brought up a lot the past few days. I would like to know where the nicest part of nebraska is. I am not talking tumble weed country. I am talking like is omaha a nice place to live or lincoln or in that area? what is housing prices like in nebraska?
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Post by coachjimmer on Mar 30, 2007 22:59:08 GMT -6
I used to live in Bellevue which is just a few miles south of Omaha while worked at Offutt Air Force Base and attended college nearby. Like davecisar said, Omaha is a nice city.
Henry Doorly Zoo is great - you gotta check out the world's largest indoor jungle at the zoo. Plenty of things to do at the zoo. The zoo is right next to a baseball stadium, the site of College World Series. Somewhere in between Lincoln and Omaha, there is a zoo-owned safari where you and your family could drive through and do some wildlife view.
There is a SAC (Strategic Air Command) Museum which is just north of the safari. The SAC museum has lots of planes where you and your family could touch, sit in the cockpits, etc. Of course, there are other museums to go to.
Lots of great shopping centers and malls to go to.
If you are an outdoor guy, there is a plenty to do such as fishing, hunting, camping, boating, etc.
If you like gambling, go to Council Bluffs Iowa next door. I don't gambling, but I'd go for buffets.
If you like food, Omaha got great steaks! There are plenty of great restaurants in Omaha.
Be aware that the people in Omaha and elsewhere in Nebraska live, breath, sleep and die Nebraska Cornhuskers football. They would talk about NU football 24 hours a day 365 days a year. If you don't believe me, go to a NU spring ball and see how many people will show up. Overall, people in Omaha area are generally nice.
Weatherwise - too friggin' cold in wintertime and too hot and humid in summertime.
Nebraska legislature seems to love to spend money on education but I am not sure if that is a case right now.
I don't know much about HS football in Omaha area.
I hope this post helps...
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Post by rbush on Mar 31, 2007 11:00:17 GMT -6
Kearney Nebraska, where I'm attending college, is a pretty nice place. It's in the south central of the state along I-80, about 2 1/2 hours from Lincoln, 4 or so to Denver, and I know Kansas City isn't a terribly long drive.
It is very, very much a middle class town. Good bit to do, since the there's a DII school here. It's a quite town, but the people are very friendly and it's relatively young.
For high school sports the Kearney High boys track team won the state title 11 years in a row, and the football team won state this year. I know basketball and wrestling were pretty solid this year. There's a Catholic school in town that made the football playoffs and whose girls won state basketball, but I don't really know much about them.
Coachjimmer is right about the weather, it dips below 0 in the winter and hits the 90's in the summer. Also, and this might be different further east, the wind here can be plain nasty.
All I can say about where I'm from, in West Nebraska, is this. GREAT Mexican food.
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Post by senatorblutarsky on Mar 31, 2007 22:29:27 GMT -6
(not sure what "tumble weed country" is... I lived in eastern Colorado- tumbleweeds originated in my yard.. if you mean "wide pen spaces"... ignore first paragraph).
Most people see Nebraska on I-80... and determine it to be flat and boring. Northeast Nebraska is quite a contrast. Northeast (from Sioux City to Spencer, south to O'Neill to Norfolk) is an area with rolling hills and is very scenic in many places (not kidding... I grew up in the foothills of Colorado, lived within 100 miles of Yellowstone for 6 years, lived near Pikes Peak for 6 years... and I live here on purpose and appreciate the scenery). Hunting, fishing, camping and all water sports are a big part of the recreation here (Missouri River/Lewis & Clark trail) Not many large cities in the area: Norfolk, South Sioux City are the only 2 over 8,000 in this part of the state. (Sioux City, IA and Yankton, SD are nearby area towns)
Housing- like anywhere the cities are more expensive, but on a national scale housing prices are pretty low. Both areas are becoming more expensive, but you can still get a nice place for under $90,000.
High school football is great in Nebraska. before that starts a fight, we are not Texas, California, Florida, Louisiana, Ohio, etc...
Nebraska has 313 schools that play football. 28 are in class A (largest), 32 in class B (2nd largest)... meaning 253 small schools, 247 playing football here (of those, half 11 man half 8 man... 12 6 man schools). Football is not played in 20,000 seat stadiums... but it is played in a lot of towns of 300. Nebraska is 9th or 10th, I believe, in NFL players per capita. It is not big time football... but is where small time is big.
I was a HC at a 5A school in Colorado... I am (back) at a Class D school (1A / 8 man) in Nebraska. Football is a MUCH bigger deal here.
Teacher's pay is "not good" on a national scale- but it is all relative... you might make $5,000 less a year here, but you will pay $12,000 less in housing costs than Colorado (so more money to go to Vegas... or whatever it is you do).
Lincoln and Omaha are cities (I am not a city guy... though I grew up in one): there are nice places and not so nice... but overall, they are not bad as cities go. A lot of nice "bedroom" communities around both Lincoln and Omaha.
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