Originally Posted by Silverado
Well, here in Nebraska, it's a little bit of everything as far as weather....hot summers, cold winters, and everything in between. Sometimes, even flipped a little...warm (relatively) winters and cooler summers, but still....humidity is a little too high, too often, but....
Cost of living is relatively low, although property taxes are too high (of course, which tax isn't too high?). Although, if you get outside the city limits, it's even better.
Employment is varied....lots of small companies, plenty of big ones (ConAgra Foods, Union Pacific, Blue Cross, Mutual of Omaha (yes, the Wild Kingdom people), Level 3, Kiewit Construction, UPS, etc, and plenty of middle sized companies as well.
Best zoo in the country, College World Series is here every year (if you like baseball...I don't), and the Cox Classic is here as well (if you like golf...I don't).
Good medical facilities (another set of good employers) and the biggest draw, the schools. If you want your kids to get a good education, Nebraska consistently ranks high in the school systems.
A couple drag strips less than an hour away. Mid America Motorplex is 15 minutes south of here...they run lots of SCCA stuff out there, Porsche Club has one of their weekend deals there, so does the Viper Club (of course, it helps that Woodhouse, the largest Viper dealer in the world, is here). They also have some open-to-the-public weekends (for a fee of course).
Casinos across the river in Iowa...lots of fishing/boating/water sports spots at varying distances (from 10 minutes to a couple hours....5 hours to the Ozarks, etc), plenty of golfing too.
With I-80 running East/West and I-29 running North/South right here, driving is great...3 hours to Des Moines/Kansas City, 5-6 hours to Minneapolis, 8 hours to Chicago/St Louis, about 10 hours to Denver. Our Airport is big enough for service, but not too busy, so flying times are less than an hour to KC/Chicago, 2 hours to Denver/Houston, a little over 2 hours to Phoenix/Vegas, etc.
More importantly, within a 30 minute drive, there are a dozen Chevy dealers, all wanting to outsell the other guy, so getting a deal on the new Camaro will be easy enough.
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