I spent my life here in Omaha and understand daily life in this city. More specifically, my home turf has been northwest Omaha. Northwest Omaha was once defined as anything west of 72nd Street and as far west as the rural areas of 132nd and 144th Streets. Then, you had a few miles of cornfields to drive before you got to the remote, small town of Elkhorn. Boy, haven't things dramatically changed in that timeframe! It is now a seamless urban transition to Elkhorn; even Bennington sees this same absorption! So today's definition of northwest Omaha starts from 90th and expands as far west as 222nd, with its north/south running from about Dodge St, all the way north to Highway 36 in Bennington.
Having...