Lincoln, Nebraska

Katesashark
2y ago
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I grew up in Boston, my husband is from Cincinnati. We moved here for his job as a professor with UNL and Lincoln was very much a culture shock for us. Everything I have read here rings true for my experience.

There aren’t any bad schools in Lincoln (former public teacher here ❤️) There are poorer performing schools but that has much more to do with confounding factors than it does the school system.

You can park downtown for $8 a day. Hear the symphony orchestra for $15. Take in a minor league ball game for $10.

We own a house near downtown, but the law school isn’t downtown; it’s on east campus. My mortgage for a four bedroom house - including insurance and interest - is less than my rent was for a one bedroom apartment in Boston.

Nebraska isn’t a place people want to visit and there isn’t a lot to do here apart from the stuff you can do anywhere in the US, cute coffee shops, movie theaters, live performances and concerts, sports galore… in the summer there are street festivals with live music and food…

Anonymous
2y ago
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I moved here for college from Illinois, and I was originally intending to leave this state after college but I met my wife and ended up staying. Lincoln and the state really grows on you and you have all of the creature comforts you are looking for. My friend graduated from the law school at Nebraska and he says that was the best decision he ever made. Also, the job market for lawyers/attorneys in this state is very good due to a lot of older generation lawyers in small towns are at the retirement age and looking for people to hand the keys to, which was what my friend did and now he is a county deputy attorney.

The amount of outdoor activities from spring to fall is great, the haymarket has a farmers market every Sunday in the summer. There are baseball games that are cheap to watch, the Lincoln zoo is great to walk around. Some people go to the sunken gardens to enjoy a taste of nature while working one school or to take a break. Plenty of small coffee shops dotted around town and the night life is great, O street is mostly for college students but the haymarket is for adults out of college so that depends on the crowd you want to be around.

I also would recommend not getting an apartment downtown or near downtown since its expensive and the law school isn’t near downtown but on the east campus.

MoreCowbellFever
2y ago
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My wife and I moved here from Phoenix. I’ve also lived in Orlando and Sydney. Lincoln isn’t all that bad to be honest. It’s safe, has a good park system, bike trails, good schools, all the stuff you might expect from a college town. There are also decent food options, especially southeast Asian food, but it’s not quite as good as a big city as far as range and quality.

The winters are kind of ruff for me, but summer is pretty nice to be honest, people here don’t really know what hot is. It’s moderately humid and averages in the low to mid 90s but is nice in the morning and evenings. I can let my dog out without a timer here in the summer, couldn’t do that in Phoenix, however I have had to use a timer in the winter a few times here.

Additionally Lincoln isn’t very far from Omaha, I think they might even be closer together than San Antonio and Austin. And Kansas City is only 3 hour drive. Between the three you can usually see any band on tour you can think of and find any stores you might need to go to.

Adventurous-Rich2313
1 yr ago
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It’s not that great, IMO. Lincoln Reddit will mostly disagree. But I think you should hear both sides.

the summers are hot and humid. The city work on roads is pathetic.

Not much for affordable housing, there is even a program called neighbor-works, for low income residents, but with inflation I got told no, on multiple houses, I tried to buy with them, because it was over budget to get the house where it needs to be.

The food isn’t great. People here are fine accepting chain restaurants and tend to avoid local restaurants. Or aren’t willing to spend $30 on a dinner because “they might not like it” so chick-fil-a thrives and local restaurants struggle.

Generally a blue city living in a red state(I won’t get anymore political than that.

Taxes keep going up, some of the highest in the country I think number 9 for the state of Nebraska in property taxes.

The road infrastructure is pathetic, if you need to go across town, Almost every major road turns into a 1 lane each way at some point in the city. I think O street for about 20 blocks is 3 lanes each way.