what is going on everyone why don't we take a look at the Big O Omaha Nebraska
the Big O is kind of the unofficial nickname for Omaha the real nickname is
the Gateway to the West and that came about because of its location during the
push West in the 1850s it was sort of the jumping off point for pioneers
heading to California Oregon Utah Colorado and the rest the state's out
that way and stop typing st. Louis is also known as the Gateway to the West
they both have let it go Omaha is home to 400,000 people and five
fortune 500 companies which for most of you is a surprise if you're not from
Omaha you probably already know that it isn't a bad place to live most of the
country knows very little about the Big O a good percent of the population
probably have no idea where it is on a map here it is right here
just kidding here it is right here when it comes to population the move-in and
move-out rate in the state of Nebraska is at a loss for every 100 people that
are moving 53 are leaving while only 47 are moving in Omaha isn't like the rest
of the state it's closer to 60 inbound 440 outbound you might be thinking about
making that move to Omaha right now but before you pack up the wagon you should
watch my top ten reasons not to move to Omaha Nebraska
number ten taxes there are taxes everywhere and I get that the Nebraska
State sales tax is only five point five percent which is relatively low when you
compare to places like San Francisco New York Los Angeles those places charge you
your firstborn in taxes just to buy a fricking car in Omaha they also have an
additional local tax rate which brings up the whole sales tax thing to seven
percent now that wouldn't be bad if they just stopped there but they also have a
pretty high property tax of one point eight three percent now when you get all
that together all in all it's not terrible it isn't terrible if you live
someplace where you expect that kind of treatment like California New York San
Francisco and even Hawaii this is Omaha Omaha Nebraska living
cheap is one of the main reasons people moved middle America or stay in middle
America number nine lack of public transportation many major cities
throughout the country have mastered public transportation Omaha is far from
one of them within the city there's only the Omaha rapid bus transit or the O R
BT and that's the only thing offered no light rail no streetcar
they do have an amtrak station but that's not gonna help you get across
town you'd think with all those fortune 500 companies in Omaha they demand it
for their employees I get the feeling they'd go back to
horses before they'd get a light rail system number eight potholes during the
wintertime the roads get pretty beat up by the weather by the time the snow
melts and the spring gets here there's always fresh new potholes that'll ruin
your day this wouldn't be an issue if the Omaha City government would actually
fix them they don't and it's not like you have a whole bunch of options to get
around the city like I said they only got that bus thing no train or anything
you need a car and you need to keep a little extra money and savings for
alignments and things like tires and such number seven it's freaking boring
many residents and visitors complain that there's nothing much to do in Omaha
they're not close to any mountains lakes oceans amusement parks I mean you can
only go to the same Waffle House or country-western bar a handful of times
before you find yourself crying in the parking lot while you reflect on your
life and what you did wrong in a past life to put you in Omaha they're
thinking to yourself I must have been a really bad horse breeder or something
number six the weather the weather in Omaha just sucks unless of course you
already live in Alaska the Arctic Circle or
Vermont well in that case it's it's kind of pleasant but for everyone else the
weather here blows in the winters temperatures can get as low as 10
degrees or lower with the windchill factor and all that making you feel like
you probably should have moved to like Arizona or the Sun summers are slightly
better with the temperatures rising to about 90 degrees the only downside is
August is the month they get most of their rain and it's about six inches so
now you have August which is hot humid lightning storms which is always a good
time and of course you always have the possibility of a tornado here in Omaha
isn't that fun number five bad driving Omaha drivers are some of the worst in
the country since the way of life here is kind of laid back and country-ish the
residents tend to drive a little bit slower than the speed limit which could
aggravate a lot of people from other states there's also a ton of complaints
about drivers lacking the ability to merge I have two friends that are cross
country truckers they both confirmed Omaha is one of the top five places they
hate driving anywhere near out of seventy five of the most populous cities
Omaha has the most reckless driving tickets duis and citations for
distracted driving good times in Omaha number four the food scene the food
scene in Omaha is um well it's not really thing they don't really have one
and it may be due to a couple things the lack of diversity or maybe the fact that
microwave dinners here are huge this is the home of the TV dinner in 1954 CA
Swanson & Sons invented the TV dinner the rest of the country was inventing
cool things like tetracycline optic fibers computer hard drives and modems
Omaha invented way to eat horrible airline food in the privacy of your own
home in Omaha today it's estimated that twenty three percent of the population
eats a microwave dinner every single day there's also a major amount of weight
loss centers here I they may have something new with each other I don't
know maybe with those weight loss centers they could do a crossover
promotion thing with some drug and alcohol rehab places they might be able
to you know they might not be on this list in a few years they might have
better food and less DUIs who knows maybe then get Geico again number three
its flattened you're not gonna find any interesting scenery in Omaha the highest
elevation of the city is only a thousand feet which also is the highest elevation
in the entire city from this we can tell that there's
hardly any hills within the city so good luck trying to go mountain biking or
hiking this is not the place you want to go for a hike you might as well just go
wander around a field someplace cuz that's your best option for some outdoor
activities here I'm sure you can go to a monster-truck pool or something like
that but as far as going for a hike or mountain biking and things like that no
doesn't happen in Omaha number two crime Omaha has crime just like any
other major city there are 4,500 crimes per 100,000 residents which brings the
overall crime rate to 65 percent higher than the national average the hell Omaha
you're America's heartland you're not supposed to have any major crime the
total year-over-year crime has increased 10 percent over the last 10 years
one recent incident included a group of thieves who stoled a residents retaining
wall brick by brick yes they're stealing bricks in Omaha it's not like these are
gold or silver bricks they're not even new bricks these idiots told old used
bricks they need some wealth management classes or something if they're that
desperate doesn't even make sense and number one corn Husker fans Nebraska
doesn't have a professional football team like a handful of other states so
football fans in Omaha and pretty much all of Nebraska focus all that football
fan energy into the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers and before you say
it stop typing I know the schools up there in Lincoln it doesn't matter
Omaha's infested with their fans - now why is this bad that depends on you they
are a great football team and a great University always a top-tier program
it's really not them it's the fans they are 90% of the time obsessed they got
the flags shirts car decals tattoos and the ever-present idiot who feels the
need to yell go big red wherever they may be Walmart a school play Chuckie
Cheese Church back of a police car while drunk driving while reading the auto
insurance cancellation notice anywhere they're just plain nuts and if you've
moved there you'll have to deal with this stupidity daily I'm sure I saw
someone yell go big red three times I was only there five hours and it wasn't
even the same dude
all right so that's my top ten reasons not to move to Omaha Nebraska I hope you
guys enjoyed it in reality Omaha and the entire state of Nebraska is really good
state they've got some quirks like everyone else and some problems that
they might be able to get over someday but not really a big deal all in all
it's a good state good people these are just some of the things you might want
to keep in mind before you move there don't forget all the links below
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