Nebraska
Nebraska is a state in the midwestern plains of the United States.
Nebraskans are known as "cornhuskers", despite growing less corn then Iowa
The capital is Lincoln, while the largest city is Omaha, and the first founded city is Bellevue (also larger then the capital). Omaha has a fairly large amount of phone related jobs (telemarketers, Gallop, etc) because Nebraskans have an extremely "neutral" accent, which has also drawn a lot of news reporters to do a tour of duty in the area. Bellevue is a military town whose economy right now is heavily dependent on Offutt Air Force Base, one of the largest US military installations in the country, which has the head quarters for the US nuclear command.
Nebraska has a few colleges, notably the University of Nebraska at Omaha (a school with idiotically convoluted transfer system), University of Nebraska at Lincoln, the University of Nebraska at Kearney (god what innovative names), the University of Nebraska Medical Center (which has a fairly well known cancer research and treatment center), and Creighton University (a Jesuit school that is popular for its law and medical programs)
[edit] Main attractions
- Carhenge![1]
- Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska is the world's largest railroad classification yard. It is also crawling with bulls, so don't try any funny business there if yaknowwhatimean
- Warren Buffet
- Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. I'm going to sit in this Land Rover while we watch Jungle Jim over there wrestle that wild gorilla. Technically not set in Nebraska, but you have to list something for this state and "Omaha" has something to do with it...
- Otherwise, please don't mind the sound of crickets...
- The cities of Lincoln and Omaha have a combined population of about 1,000,000. The rest of the state has 600,000.
- The largest number of people who visit Nebraska are traveling through Eppley Airfield, which is a fairly large hub.
- The Omaha zoo has the world's largest indoor desert. And the world's largest indoor rainforest. And the world's largest nocturnal exhibit. And the world's largest cat complex.
- UNMC biocontainment unit is also the largest in country, thus solidifying Nebraska's title as largest trap in the world.
[edit] Official State things
- The Goldenrod is the State Flower:
- Not Very excitin', is it?
- It also bans fishing for whales despite being landlocked.[2]