Driving in Omaha, Nebraska 4K Street Tour - Downtown Omaha

The drive begins westbound on I-480 Missouri River Bridge into Downtown Omaha. Enjoy the ride!
OMAHA, NEBRASKA
Omaha is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 10 mi (15 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 40th-most populous city, Omaha's 2020 census population was 486,051.
Omaha is the anchor of the eight-county, bi-state Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. The Omaha metropolitan area is the 58th-largest in the United States, with a population of 967,604. The Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) totaled 1,004,771, according to 2020 estimates. Approximately 1.5 million people reside within the Greater Omaha area, within a 50 mi (80 km) radius of Downtown Omaha. It is ranked as a global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, which in 2020 gave it "sufficiency" status.
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[@gnolan4281]

When I grew up there I never had the feeling that downtown Omaha was a ghost town because almost no pedestrians is all I knew. Now, 43 years after I moved away that's exactly the feeling I get; ghost town because since then I've lived in and travelled around dozens cities where the downtown area is swarming with people on the sidewalks especially in Latin America where I live now. But, in Omaha nobody ever came up to me and asked for money EVER. I never knew there was such a thing as homeless people. There was no grafitti and still not, looks like. I used to go downtown with my dad and when he parked he would just leave the keys in the ignition. Nobody was gonna steal your car. We did have a key to our front door, I think, but we never locked it. Nobody was gonna come into your house. It was a beautiful way to grow up. The Big O.

[@RoadTourBySlipstream]

And it’s still a great city. I wish to add, this was a Sunday. Not uncommon to see things a bit slower in these Midwest cities on Sundays.

[@benjohnson2205]

you didn't grow up in North Omaha that's why!

[@gnolan4281]

My mom grew up in North Omaha. She spent her childhood at Miller Park school. Is that North Omaha enough for ya?

[@gnolan4281]

My mom grew up in North Omaha. She spent her childhood at Miller Park school. Anyway, I'm taliking about the early 1950's when I was a kid. I'm gonna be 78 next month. So consider that in those days things were different. As an adult I lived North of Hamilton on 35th and got burgled. @@benjohnson2205

[@benjohnson2205]

how old is your mom? 70 or 80 if so that's why you speak that way!@@gnolan4281

[@SigmaRho2922]

The only interstate we drove on in omaha was interstate 80 which lies south of downtown.

[@RoadTourBySlipstream]

Cool. That’s the main (and only) East + West highway, most people travel that. Thanks for watching!

[@professorfoozle]

Still looks like a very nice city. The downtown looks similar to Salt Lake City, but without the homeless drug addict zombies. I didn't see any homeless tents along the way. We need to see more of the main city and residential areas. Would like to see the bad areas of the city too. The city has great potential. Population growth should be much greater than it is. The very cold winters is probably the most compelling reason for people not wanting to live in this nice city.

[@RoadTourBySlipstream]

We agree! It’s a great Midwestern city. And they are building a new tall skyscraper for the HQ for Omaha Mutual. We pass that site and you can see the banner advertising that. Thanks for watching!! Please subscribe to our channel if you haven’t. We have 150+ video tours and growing every day.

[@Mr_fox19]

Thank u❤

[@hljav787]

What month was this filmed in?

[@bull215]

judging by the tree and grass color, and clouds, I would say it's August-September. had late rain in the summer instead of spring last year.

[@Orgil007]

Which day of the week is this? Least busy and layed-back downtown I've seen, probably.

[@RoadTourBySlipstream]

Sunday. Thanks for watching!

[@Dreamers1958]

I'm super confused. I thought this was a film of downtown Omaha. However, there wasnt any footage of the re-designed Gene Leahy mall, or the Heartland park. Or the Old Market. Or the FNBO building with the statues that are all over that area. There are some cool things in downtown Omaha that I feel should have been shown here instead of leading us out of downtown to mid-town and then to south 60th which is definitely not downtown.

[@RoadTourBySlipstream]

Thanks for watching. This is a road tour video of Omaha. We do go downtown Omaha, but we can’t possibly go everywhere. Our videos are about 25 mins long on average, people’s attention span is typically no longer than 5 mins on average. We go downtown & around downtown.