I'm not sure why they would name an entire city after a Peyton Manning audible call, but there you are. (Such a dad joke…ugh.)
Omaha is a good place. In any practical sense, Omaha is a success. The living conditions in even the worst parts of the city seem acceptable, which is more than I can say for most cities I've been in. The infrastructure seems solid. There is no evidence of labor shortage keeping venues closed. No significant issues with homelessness. Folks seem generally friendly, but not overly familiar. All in all, Omaha seems like a fine place.
That said, everything everybody says about it being non-descript is true. The landscape is truly boring: mostly flat, as expected, but lacking the depth of greenery that can make such a landscape attractive, ala Michigan.
One big advantage it has is that its main industries are clean industries. Omaha is big in telecommunications, with many call centers located there (although one wonders how this is standing up to off-shoring). Insurance and financial services are even bigger, I think. The military has installations also.
There are museums and theaters and restaurants and parks, including a world class zoo, but none of it is ostentatious in the slightest and there appears to be no impetus to attract broader attention.
You have a solid economic base of largely high-skill work. You have an environment that doesn't attract any attention. It will bring in the sort of people who value a steady, if a bit conservative, life and generally just want to get on with the business of living and growing. And that's what Omaha appears to be.
I admire that. I am very pro-Omaha. It's nice to find a place that pretty much eschews all the fashionable nonsense that dominates the world. If I was past my youth and settling into a career and being a grown-up, Omaha would be a great place to do it.
