Comments on: Our Next Stop: Downtown Omaha http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/05/09/our-next-stop-downtown-omaha/ The Oklahoman's Steve Lackmeyer covers downtown OKC brick by brick. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Nick Roberts http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/05/09/our-next-stop-downtown-omaha/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Nick Roberts Mon, 12 May 2008 04:19:36 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/05/09/our-next-stop-downtown-omaha/#comment-208 Omaha is nice, and Ryan, think of what people say when they are practically forced out of their assumptions about Oke City. Like I said Omaha is nice. Something that we need to envy, it simply is not. I think OKC is strides ahead, both economically, downtown-wise, sports-wise, colleges-wise (Creighton is no OU), health-wise, and everywhere else. Granted, Omaha being an urban city, does have a more established urban environment. Their downtown is seeing about 1,400 new condo units, which is a lot. Sounds like even more when we say "we could learn from Omaha." The reality is that Omaha has about half the urban boom that OKC has, when dollars and cents, unit counts, etc are all added up. Also DT Omaha was never nowhere near as "lost" as OKC's was once. Omaha is nice, and Ryan, think of what people say when they are practically forced out of their assumptions about Oke City.

Like I said Omaha is nice. Something that we need to envy, it simply is not. I think OKC is strides ahead, both economically, downtown-wise, sports-wise, colleges-wise (Creighton is no OU), health-wise, and everywhere else. Granted, Omaha being an urban city, does have a more established urban environment. Their downtown is seeing about 1,400 new condo units, which is a lot. Sounds like even more when we say “we could learn from Omaha.” The reality is that Omaha has about half the urban boom that OKC has, when dollars and cents, unit counts, etc are all added up. Also DT Omaha was never nowhere near as “lost” as OKC’s was once.

]]> By: Ryan McNeill http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/05/09/our-next-stop-downtown-omaha/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Ryan McNeill Fri, 09 May 2008 17:30:53 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/05/09/our-next-stop-downtown-omaha/#comment-209 Nice. But it's still Nebraska. I can't think of a single reason to live in Nebraska. Unless I grow corn. Which I don't. Thank God. Amen. Nice. But it’s still Nebraska. I can’t think of a single reason to live in Nebraska.

Unless I grow corn. Which I don’t. Thank God.

Amen.

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