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1.5 B for the land and towns, 0.4 for the publically financed, but privately used amenities, and the rest for the dam.iamjacobm wrote:I thought thats where the 2 billion dollar price tag came from.S33 wrote:Moving the residents of Ashland is one thing, but good luck buying out the farmers.
To me there seems to be a lot going on for me. Â I don't know about you, but I have gone to countless events and concerts this year. Â Maybe you need a major league team besides college sports or a mountain or an ocean to not be bored? Some people need a major league team besides college while others need a mountain or an ocean to have a good time in their life. Â Other people like me are very diversified in taste which don't require any of the three.S33 wrote:Lake Ashland could be used as a good way to temporarily retain locals who naively stick around and hope that onthere will one day be something |expletive| mildly entertaining to do around this town besides get wasted a a Royals game.... sorry, storm chasers.
Concerts, restaurants and bars. Been there, done that - and yeah. It's nice every once in a while, but there are so many more things I enjoy doing that Omaha cannot provide.Erik wrote:To me there seems to be a lot going on for me. I don't know about you, but I have gone to countless events and concerts this year. Maybe you need a major league team besides college sports or a mountain or an ocean to not be bored? Some people need a major league team besides college while others need a mountain or an ocean to have a good time in their life. Other people like me are very diversified in taste which don't require any of the three.S33 wrote:Lake Ashland could be used as a good way to temporarily retain locals who naively stick around and hope that onthere will one day be something |expletive| mildly entertaining to do around this town besides get wasted a a Royals game.... sorry, storm chasers.
One thing I have noticed with people in your very same arena S33 is how they just continuously complain about how bored they are, but they continue to stay. Why stay here while you twiddle you thumbs thinking to yourself why can't you seem to find anything to do? You seriously should go find a job in Florida, Texas, Nevada or California and really get you life together!
Have to disagree. Â There is so much going on around Omaha lately that it's difficult to take it all in. Â Maybe you need a hobby.S33 wrote:Lake Ashland could be used as a good way to temporarily retain locals who naively stick around and hope that onthere will one day be something |expletive| mildly entertaining to do around this town besides get wasted a a Royals game.... sorry, storm chasers.
I play with model trains and crochet oven mits.HuskerDave wrote:Have to disagree. There is so much going on around Omaha lately that it's difficult to take it all in. Maybe you need a hobby.S33 wrote:Lake Ashland could be used as a good way to temporarily retain locals who naively stick around and hope that onthere will one day be something |expletive| mildly entertaining to do around this town besides get wasted a a Royals game.... sorry, storm chasers.
Try adding sweaters. ÂS33 wrote:I play with model trains and crochet oven mits.HuskerDave wrote:Have to disagree. There is so much going on around Omaha lately that it's difficult to take it all in. Maybe you need a hobby.S33 wrote:Lake Ashland could be used as a good way to temporarily retain locals who naively stick around and hope that onthere will one day be something |expletive| mildly entertaining to do around this town besides get wasted a a Royals game.... sorry, storm chasers.
Definitely agree that there is a paucity of outdoor things, but part of that is due to the lack of insight into using the natural resources we have effectively. Â How many people boat in Mo? Â A few, but if you don't have a big engine, you aren't going to be safe in that river. Â Can we use the river some way that would allow more people to participate in river based outdoor activity? Â We have a shotgun range, but how about a real shooting center like GI has? Â Tons of people shoot, it would consume maybe 500 acres, and it would take very little to get it built. Â We could do that. Â The Platte and Elkhorn rivers are also sources of outdoor activity, but like the Mo, we don't use them well. Âricko wrote:I agree. This project would be a real shot in the arm for the area. Omaha can't import an ocean or mountains, but a mega-sized recreational lake that also provides hundreds of megawatts of hydro-electric power would be a win-win project----although I don't think it's gonna' happen. The biggest gripe I read about Omaha from newcomers on various forums revolves around the lack of outdoorsy type stuff to do in the area. I don't necessarily buy into the criticism, but it seems to be a common complaint out there.
S33 wrote:Concerts, restaurants and bars. Been there, done that - and yeah. It's nice every once in a while, but there are so many more things I enjoy doing that Omaha cannot provide.Erik wrote:To me there seems to be a lot going on for me. I don't know about you, but I have gone to countless events and concerts this year. Maybe you need a major league team besides college sports or a mountain or an ocean to not be bored? Some people need a major league team besides college while others need a mountain or an ocean to have a good time in their life. Other people like me are very diversified in taste which don't require any of the three.S33 wrote:Lake Ashland could be used as a good way to temporarily retain locals who naively stick around and hope that onthere will one day be something |expletive| mildly entertaining to do around this town besides get wasted a a Royals game.... sorry, storm chasers.
One thing I have noticed with people in your very same arena S33 is how they just continuously complain about how bored they are, but they continue to stay. Why stay here while you twiddle you thumbs thinking to yourself why can't you seem to find anything to do? You seriously should go find a job in Florida, Texas, Nevada or California and really get you life together!
As far as "getting my life together", who are you to say that? You know nothing about me. For what it's worth, I stick around Omaha for family, work, and girlfriend. Do I plan on being here until I retire? Heck no. But that sure doesn't mean I'm not in a position to point out that many Omahans are content only because they don't know any better. The others, well, they are content because Omaha serves their needs.
 HuskerDave wrote:Have to disagree. There is so much going on around Omaha lately that it's difficult to take it all in. Maybe you need a hobby.S33 wrote:Lake Ashland could be used as a good way to temporarily retain locals who naively stick around and hope that onthere will one day be something |expletive| mildly entertaining to do around this town besides get wasted a a Royals game.... sorry, storm chasers.
Look, I get it. There is something missing here for you. But you did say that we are all naive for thinking that there is anything to do here. I have moved away to other places and have chosen to come back for more than just economic reasons. I would not have come back if Omaha didn't have a lot going on entertainment wise. I cannot wait for you to move somewhere and realize exactly what we do have here in the O besides a top 3 standard of living. You will see that Omaha is a thriving entertainment community that is only to continue to get better. As a city we cannot focus on what is impossible to import, but to focus on what is possible like events, festivals and using the landscape to our advantage which can be a more important factor than having the ocean or mountain nearby. Omaha does this well and continues to look for more opportunities.S33 wrote:All joking aside, you do realize that millions of people relocate because they may not be entirely enthused by the entertainment/landscape/climate/politics, and etc, of their respective city, right?
Believe me, I do get out and try to enjoy the farmers market, CWS, jazz on the green, events at the Qwest, including at least 6 Creighton games a year, getting blasted at Midtown Crossing with my Affliction T-shirt on (joke), and so on......
It bores me. The thought of winters make me cringe. The absence of any living organism during our winters is depressing. Not being able to boat on a lake larger than my neighbors swimming pool is annoying. Lack of pubic transportation or decent sports options. Do I go on?
That said, I do not completely dislike Omaha, but it most certainly bores me as it seems like I've done all these same activities for the last ten years like I'm in the |expletive| movie groundhog's day. I'm a restless person and wouldn't mind a change of scenery - where's the problem in that?
LOL. Thanks! Sorry. I am going through a very tense period where I had just finished school and will be leaving my company of 5 years as I had just landed a web-application development job.S33 wrote:Erik,
I'm going to build you a cute little booth you can set up at the airport. When new visitors arrive, they will stop and take your survey, and pending the results of the survey (your opinion), you can grant entry based upon your findings of who is or isn't a good fit for the city.
Think of it as your own little Ellis Island, but, instead of turning away people with disease, you can block those who think the Slowdown is lame. :;):
The Legislature's Appropriation Committee killed a bill (LB808) Monday that would have funded an environmental study of a hydroelectric dam project on the Platte River near Interstate 80.
The bill, introduced by Omaha Sen. Scott Lautenbaugh, asked for $2 million to address the feasibility of the dam and the various recreation and tourism benefits of a lake in the Platte River valley.
Such an 80-acre lake would have flooded most of Ashland and thousands of acres of farmland in Saunders County.
Please don't pass up this softball.Brad wrote:"member" revival
I'm trying to figure out how an 80 acre lake covers thousands of acres...The Impaler wrote:Looks like the project was killed again:
Such an 80-acre lake would have flooded most of Ashland and thousands of acres of farmland in Saunders County.
Seth wrote:I'm trying to figure out how an 80 acre lake covers thousands of acres...The Impaler wrote:Looks like the project was killed again:
Such an 80-acre lake would have flooded most of Ashland and thousands of acres of farmland in Saunders County.
Yeah, that's what I figured, I was just poking fun at the copy-editing in newspapers these days.Axel wrote:It was probably supposed to be 80,000 acres, so 125 sq miles.