If someone asked me where in the world i would have wanted to grow up in, i would’ve said Omaha, NE. Granted, i choose it because i know what life is like out here, and its great and simple.

Most of the popular towns in the States are busy, crammed with people, crimes happening every two seconds, and busy. Omaha is like 10 steps below that. We’re busy enough, not crammed with people but still very populated, and only a few crimes a day. I can walk down the street for a mile in this city and feel safe.

However, if your traveling from someplace like L.A. or New York, or Florida, you’re not going to get much out of this trip, because the trip here, in some way, shape, or form, involves alot of corn (on the way here, theres no farms in the city), a lot of wondering what to do other than go to the zoo and go downtown, and you’ll wonder how places like this exist.

But i’ll tell you, if you like friendly people, the second largest zoo in the States, art fests, rock music (Omaha is notorious for its underground indie rock music, think Bright Eyes), simple town life and lots of trees, then Omaha is perfect for you.

Omaha is more the place to settle down in than to visit on a vacation.

(PICTURE: The Aquarium at the Zoo!)