Leave it to Beaver Land
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1/25/2014
Omaha is the embodiment of the 1950's lifestyle where mom still wears an apron and runs out to greet dad when he gets home from work. Everyone gathers for a dinner of meatloaf and mashed potatoes then it's time to play a board game. Dad mows the yard on Saturday afternoons with the old push-reel type mower with a pipe in his mouth. You get the picture-bland, boring, dull, provincial-that's Omaha to a T. Because it is so provincial and residents have so little by which to compare it, they think it's a cosmopolitan place because it has a few ethnic restaurants and some funky arts and crafts stores in the Old Market. Ah, the Old Market, people mention it as if you're supposed to know immediately what it is-like the Empire State Building or the Golden Gate Bridge. As opposed to the New Market, or Sam's Market or Joe's Market ? Terrible weather and landscape, there are no forests, no mountains, few lakes, no ocean. A place utterly devoid of an ounce of charm. Life is way, way too short to spend it in a place that offers so little. Unless UNL football is the standard by which you live your life, avoid Omaha and Nebraska, there are 49 other states and
numerous other countries from which to choose !
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