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[Toe]

1 hour ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

Nearly half of the official Omaha Metropolitan Area is in Iowa.

 

If by 'nearly half' you mean 'nearly 13%' then you're correct.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha–Council_Bluffs_metropolitan_area#Counties

[Hedley Lamarr]

22 minutes ago, Toe said:

 

If by 'nearly half' you mean 'nearly 13%' then you're correct.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha–Council_Bluffs_metropolitan_area#Counties

Tell me that guy has never been to the Omaha metro without telling me that guy has never been to the Omaha metro. 

[SouthLincoln Husker]

1 hour ago, ColoradoHusk said:

Due to the more diverse that Omaha has, I think "state pride" may not be something that a lot of Omaha kids think about.  The way Omaha is growing, it's not just people originally from Nebraska or graduated from UNL, so that "state pride" or "Love for Dear Old Nebraska U" may not be something that the parents have.  Heck, I am a former Nebraskan and UNL graduate that has spent to 20+ years living outside the state.  My "state pride" has been more tied back to Nebraska, rather than Colorado, Illinois, and Texas (the other states I have lived).  It's not a "bad thing", it's just the way it is.  Frankly, I think it's unfair to the Omaha kids to say "they don't have state pride".

It's just not the kids, it's the people in general.  And it's not all, but a lot.  My nephew grew up in western Nebraska and he coaches in Omaha.  He will tell you the same thing.

[SouthLincoln Husker]

1 hour ago, Born N Bled Red said:

 

I agree with this. Omaha as a whole feels like they are above the rest of the state including the University. 

I would not say above, just not part of. 

[SouthLincoln Husker]

1 hour ago, ColoradoHusk said:

Cuz everyone who lives west of Lincoln are a bunch of hicks!!!! 

No west of Omaha.  They don't understand God's country!

[ColoradoHusk]

10 minutes ago, SouthLincoln Husker said:

It's just not the kids, it's the people in general.  And it's not all, but a lot.  My nephew grew up in western Nebraska and he coaches in Omaha.  He will tell you the same thing.

But you are going off of your nephew's point of view.  This is an endless debate, but it's unfair to say that "Omaha kids don't have a state pride" like it's a negative thing.

[Guy Chamberlin]

43 minutes ago, DrinkinwitTerrellFarley said:

I don't think the small city Omaha citizens derisively call "Counciltucky" is anywhere close to 1/2.

 

I was talking about the geographic area. For some reason the OMA has almost half its square mileage in Western Iowa, maybe about 150,000 people.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha–Council_Bluffs_metropolitan_area

 

I'm okay raiding the riverboat casinos for some of our stolen tax dollars, but I don't think we need to target Council Bluffs for anything else. 

 

 

[Huskinator]

17 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

But you are going off of your nephew's point of view.  This is an endless debate, but it's unfair to say that "Omaha kids don't have a state pride" like it's a negative thing.

I agree completely.  You also can’t go off just my point of view as a citizen of Omaha.  I can tell you for a fact what Omaha doesn’t think they are better than anyone else in the state… they just have their own crap to worry about.  

[ColoradoHusk]

2 minutes ago, Huskinator said:

I agree completely.  You also can’t go off just my point of view as a citizen of Omaha.  I can tell you for a fact what Omaha doesn’t think they are better than anyone else in the state… they just have their own crap to worry about.  

Exactly.  It's not that one area of the state is "better than the other", it's just that each area/city has their own stuff that is unique to their area and they have different things to worry/think about.  It's different perspectives and points of view, and unfortunately it can be hard for people to understand other people's perspectives and points of view.

[Huskinator]

4 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

Exactly.  It's not that one area of the state is "better than the other", it's just that each area/city has their own stuff that is unique to their area and they have different things to worry/think about.  It's different perspectives and points of view, and unfortunately it can be hard for people to understand other people's perspectives and points of view.

Biggest difference…. Can someone please tell my mother that when she comes up to Bellevue… it’s not like auburn Nebraska… it takes 40 mins to get there from west Omaha.  It’s not just across town. Gosh!!! Lol

[admo]

43 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

But you are going off of your nephew's point of view.  This is an endless debate, but it's unfair to say that "Omaha kids don't have a state pride" like it's a negative thing.

25 minutes ago, Huskinator said:

I agree completely.  You also can’t go off just my point of view as a citizen of Omaha.  I can tell you for a fact what Omaha doesn’t think they are better than anyone else in the state… they just have their own crap to worry about.  

[Toe]

Damn, there's some dense people in this thread. 48% of the geographic area of the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area is in Iowa, and 13% of the population is in Iowa.

 

Now class, who can tell me which one of those figures is actually relevant in this discussion? I'll give you a hint: do you think Mickey Joseph is recruiting people to play football, or do you think he's trying recruit a plot of land to pull itself up out of the earth and come play football for the University of Nebraska?

[Huskinator]

3 hours ago, Toe said:

Damn, there's some dense people in this thread. 48% of the geographic area of the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area is in Iowa, and 13% of the population is in Iowa.

 

Now class, who can tell me which one of those figures is actually relevant in this discussion? I'll give you a hint: do you think Mickey Joseph is recruiting people to play football, or do you think he's trying recruit a plot of land to pull itself up out of the earth and come play football for the University of Nebraska?

I’ll take plots of land for 1000!!!!

[Dogs In A Pile]

 

 

[SouthLincoln Husker]

10 hours ago, ColoradoHusk said:

But you are going off of your nephew's point of view.  This is an endless debate, but it's unfair to say that "Omaha kids don't have a state pride" like it's a negative thing.

Again read my post. I said all people.  And I have several customers in Omaha and 90% are high maintenance.  You are reading between the lines with very little knowledge