by RockHarbor » Fri Apr 15, 2016 12:46 am
Welcome to Omaha (if you end up moving here)! I grew up here, and I'm way more impressed and happy with the city now, than I was growing up. It's a great, ongoing progressing town, with a lot of civic pride. I've heard it said it is "a town that draws people back" (if you moved away), and I can see why that is said. If one grows up here, and happens to move away, it often seems to keep a solid place in one's heart.
In my view, Omaha totally has "welcoming arms" to newcomers. It isn't staunch & old & ultra-traditional and has a "Keep out!" sign, like some of the Eastern cities are known to feel like. It feels more welcoming to the newcomer to me -- like a growing western city, such as Denver, is. Yet, it isn't as uncaring & impersonal as some newer, very-fast-growing cities of the West may feel (say, like Southern California, or Phoenix), imo. This is the Midwest, and we are known to have some of the friendliest folks around.
As far as cons: Being from California, I'm not sure how you would feel about Midwest winters. But, we aren't generally as frigid & cold as, let's say, Chicago or Cleveland are. Plus, I don't care if people believe in this "global warming" or not: Our winters are overall milder, and just not like they used to be. In fact, I think this helps in Omaha's population growing so much. Not only is the city more attractive than it ever has been (imo), the weather is overall milder than it ever has been (to me). So, I would think that helps in more people staying here. (This year, I saw buds on trees coming out before April 1st, and that is somewhat unusual around here. About 3-4 years back, I remember I was writing a check on April 1st, and I put "May 1st" accidentally, it was so green & vibrant out already.)
Anyways, no mountains, no ocean, no warm winters. But, there is a definite beauty here all the same... It's a beauty & feeling that California (with all its beauty & varied landscapes) just can't offer. Rolling green land, with big cottonwoods along streams & rivers, under a great big sky, with an afternoon thunderstorm storm rolling in... The song of the prairie meadowlark on the breeze... (Now, I'm sounding almost cheesy...lol) Anyways, each place in this country has its unique, local charms, imo, and Nebraska is no exception.
Welcome to Omaha (if you end up moving here)! I grew up here, and I'm way more impressed and happy with the city now, than I was growing up. It's a great, ongoing progressing town, with a lot of civic pride. I've heard it said it is "a town that draws people back" (if you moved away), and I can see why that is said. If one grows up here, and happens to move away, it often seems to keep a solid place in one's heart.
In my view, Omaha totally has "welcoming arms" to newcomers. It isn't staunch & old & ultra-traditional and has a "Keep out!" sign, like some of the Eastern cities are known to feel like. It feels more welcoming to the newcomer to me -- like a growing western city, such as Denver, is. Yet, it isn't as uncaring & impersonal as some newer, very-fast-growing cities of the West may feel (say, like Southern California, or Phoenix), imo. This is the Midwest, and we are known to have some of the friendliest folks around.
As far as cons: Being from California, I'm not sure how you would feel about Midwest winters. But, we aren't generally as frigid & cold as, let's say, Chicago or Cleveland are. Plus, I don't care if people believe in this "global warming" or not: Our winters are overall milder, and just not like they used to be. In fact, I think this helps in Omaha's population growing so much. Not only is the city more attractive than it ever has been (imo), the weather is overall milder than it ever has been (to me). So, I would think that helps in more people staying here. (This year, I saw buds on trees coming out before April 1st, and that is somewhat unusual around here. About 3-4 years back, I remember I was writing a check on April 1st, and I put "May 1st" accidentally, it was so green & vibrant out already.)
Anyways, no mountains, no ocean, no warm winters. But, there is a definite beauty here all the same... It's a beauty & feeling that California (with all its beauty & varied landscapes) just can't offer. Rolling green land, with big cottonwoods along streams & rivers, under a great big sky, with an afternoon thunderstorm storm rolling in... The song of the prairie meadowlark on the breeze... (Now, I'm sounding almost cheesy...lol) Anyways, each place in this country has its unique, local charms, imo, and Nebraska is no exception.