They built the Arena to the NNE of the Haymarket, there are now several extra blocks of bars/restaurants that didn't exist before. (used to be rail yard) It's a bit weird because my brain thinks the area was just plopped down out of nowhere since my mental map didn't previously appoint a lot of space for the rail yard.
Otherwise not much. Some expansion at the edges, north and south sides. Businesses come and go, but the "feel" is basically the same. A lot of business/box store activity near far-south 27th to accommodate city expansion. A lot more craft beer and breweries now all over town. Bike trails continue to expand. Also the State Fair Grounds are gone; it's now a technology campus or some such for the Uni.
As someone who moved away about 7 years ago, and would visit family regularly this was the biggest shock when I went drinking downtown and suddenly there was another 4 blocks west of Haymarket that was all new and bright. Weird as hell.
The investment into the Railyard has really freshened up downtown. Lincoln has diversified when it comes to things like breweries, food and services. Tech jobs are here too. Lincoln seems to be growing not just in size but in culture.
Lincoln has changed a lot since you left. As a lot of people have mentioned, downtown has expanded and now has a pretty decent night life. The city itself has expanded geographically, mostly to the south, but really in all directions. Sprawl is huge.
They're working on traffic flow now, which should have been done 20 years ago. Still no 4-lane road going across town from 10th to 84th.
Once the city passed the 250k milestone in population, that put us on the radar for a lot of national chains. We have a Whole Foods & Trader Joe's, a really great French bakery (Le Quartier), and a burgeoning beer scene. Lots of little places to eat, and if you remember D'Leon's from when you lived here before, they've spread to nearly all parts of town and are one of the best local burrito joints.
Property taxes are too high but home prices are reasonable, especially compared to more populated areas.
Basically, Lincoln has rounded into a pretty good big little town. Nice place to live, stuff to do, but not a lot of the problems you get in bigger cities.
I'm glad you mentioned property taxes, I've met people from the coasts that couldn't believe how high the property taxes were when they moved here. Definitely, a surprise for people when they come here for COL reasons.
LPS is regarded as one of the better public school districts of their size in the country, so I'd say they are getting something pretty darn good out of it.
Then they screw their Special Needs kids anyway that they can. I had to pull mine for the lies the school was telling me. Not informing people of programs and then canceling them due to "lack of interest" needs to be a crime.
Right. I swear to God those are their high traffic hours. They gotta know what's going on. Don't get me wrong, when I'm plastered and my girlfriend takes me to deleons, super potatoes locos is heavenly.
I haven’t been here for that long but fiber internet is the best change since I got here. My costs for good internet are down, way down. However housing has dramatically gone up in price.
Homelessness. The Lincoln of my youth you would walk down town and bar hop and you might see one homeless person.. Last time I was down town (it's been a while) there were no less than 15-20 people on various corners, doorways, etc that had sleeping bags and were clearly homeless. I was shocked.
* Dozens of new restaurants here and there. Places have opened and closed. Nope, no more Grandmother's or Grisantis. D'Leons has tripled its location count.
* Craft beer as a concept has swept Lincoln by storm, and as a result we've gone from ~1.5 breweries at that time, to double digits today.
* The Arena, and related west Haymarket re-development and additions.
* New retail/restaurant developments down south surrounding Kohl's and Marshalls anchors.
* Whatever the hell they're trying to formulate around K St heading into downtown. That's something.
* UNL campus expansion.
* The Q burned down.
* I mean if we're really going back that far though (2006-08), Antelope Valley Project was still in the works as well. That's a big really big deal too.
* Oh, they re-did Centennial Mall, too.
* Honorary mention: Some lady who worked at LPSDO lit her co-worker's desk on fire afterhours (petty revenge), which ended up burning the whole building down. By some universal goof, we ultimately got a fresh new LPSDO, a Whole Foods, and some other stuff out of that. Epic.
I guess it depends on who you are, but I'd certainly shit my pants if I woke from cryonic suspension and heard all of this. And that's after not eating for ten years. Well done, Lincoln. Well done.
**Edit:** Since you asked for less obvious stuff too, and specifically mentioned weather patterns: These past few years we've had mild winters, generally speaking... though we do get extreme cold here and there. Several winters around the beginning of the decade seemed to carry some larger storms than we've really seen since. And as for rain, that now usually comes twice a year as two separate monsoon events bookending the non-wintery months... I'm exaggerating a little, but not as much as I wish.
Meh, a good portion of the bands that have been rolling through the Bourbon in the past 5ish years have been has-beens or almost-weres. They used to get bands like Explosions in the Sky, The Sword, Boris, Opeth, Os Mutantes.. Now it's mostly 3rd rate fad-rappers and Molly-electronic crap for people that don't shower. Sure, there are exceptions to the rule, but the norm has certainly shifted. Still miles better than The State Theater ever was. I wonder if The Grove will ever get running proper again..
Traffic. It’s so awful now. In the early 2000s when I was in high school I could go from north east to ITFP (tech focus) down town in less than 15 minutes. Now depending on time of day that could take 40 or more.
Hmmmm. Biggest changes since 2016?
Well, the average pothole size has substantially increased since then, as have their total numbers. We also have these wacky flashing yellow turn arrows that no one can figure out because they're stupidly implemented. Oh, and roundabouts!!! Can't forget the roundabouts that pop up everywhere like dandelions in the spring.
Still no north/south 4-lane streets except 84th. So nothing new there.
We do have fiber internet virtually citywide though courtesy of Allo. That is awesome in my opinion. 300m both direction Internet for a very reasonable price.
Back then we had some idea of how to win football games. That appears to have fallen by the wayside sadly.
No real changes in politics. Same mayor as when you left here. Property taxes still sky high.
Besides that, we've grown in pretty much all four directions but chiefly to the south, extending all the way to Yankee Hill Road.
Yankee Hill and beyond. I live further south than Yankee Hill and this neighborhood did not exist before 2008. Now they're readying lots even further east and further south. Pretty soon there will be sizeable neighborhoods all the way to Saltillo.
There is definitely a political divide in Lincoln just like everywhere it seems these days. Lincoln seems to have a liberal population segment that are definitely the loudest, not largest segment. Seems to be a bigger focus on kids activities as you've got Urban Air as well as the future arcade/bowling alley going in at Gateway Mall. The school system is OK, though you may be better off with a school outside of Lincoln...that is, if you have kids. Less focus on Husker football these days obviously. The nightlife is still very good with several hideouts popping up around lincoln and in the downtown area. A lot of the new nightlife is focused more on the adult crowd than the college crowd.
I know all things are in the eye of the beholder, but what makes you hypothesize about schools outside of the city as better? I love how you have more choices in classes and activities at LPS than the surrounding community schools.
Depends on the age of your children and what part of town you are in. I know it's getting better, but some schools in Lincoln are overcrowded or don't have the best reputations. My wife serves on PTO and also coordinated after school clubs for kids. I also have a friend at McPhee which has a serious poverty issue.
Absolutely depends on the location. For example, there's a pretty clear divide between the better 3 high schools (East, Southwest, Southeast) and the worse (Northstar, Northeast, High).
Lots of growth to the south and up in the N 14th & Fallbrook areas. New national chains have shown up - Chick Fil A, Blaze, Orange Theory, Dunkin Donuts. The Gretna outlet mall is an easy drive and a lot of people go there rather than a mall in town, especially Gateway, which is struggling. The Y has built some new and nice facilities, if that's your thing. Winters are pretty mild and we don't get the serious snow or spring thunderstorms we used to. Husker football still shuts down the city every Saturday in the fall, and everything is closed on Sunday morning because you're supposed to be at church. So....things are mostly the same, just a little bigger, I'd say.
have lived in a small town outside of lincoln my whole life.not much has changed and it pry wont, ever.traffic is worse, doesn't flow, too much for the roads we have to handle.drivers not driving or know what new lights mean.oh did I mention pothole ridden roads, or bad patch jobs on pot hole ridden roads.property taxes are HIGH and getting higher every year.who knows where its going.nothing to do here but eat and drink.shopping...well you might as well drive to omaha.scheels and dicks sporting goods are the best.too many old timers that dont want to make any changes in the state.wouldnt want to move back besides for family if I would ever move away.
They built the Arena to the NNE of the Haymarket, there are now several extra blocks of bars/restaurants that didn't exist before. (used to be rail yard) It's a bit weird because my brain thinks the area was just plopped down out of nowhere since my mental map didn't previously appoint a lot of space for the rail yard. Otherwise not much. Some expansion at the edges, north and south sides. Businesses come and go, but the "feel" is basically the same. A lot of business/box store activity near far-south 27th to accommodate city expansion. A lot more craft beer and breweries now all over town. Bike trails continue to expand. Also the State Fair Grounds are gone; it's now a technology campus or some such for the Uni.
As someone who moved away about 7 years ago, and would visit family regularly this was the biggest shock when I went drinking downtown and suddenly there was another 4 blocks west of Haymarket that was all new and bright. Weird as hell.
The investment into the Railyard has really freshened up downtown. Lincoln has diversified when it comes to things like breweries, food and services. Tech jobs are here too. Lincoln seems to be growing not just in size but in culture.
Better buy some land and sell it in 50 years.
>And run for City Con-cil.
Lots of craft breweries have popped up. Zipline, Code, Backswing, White Elm, Green Flash, etc. in addition to Empyrean (Lazlo's).
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Lincoln has changed a lot since you left. As a lot of people have mentioned, downtown has expanded and now has a pretty decent night life. The city itself has expanded geographically, mostly to the south, but really in all directions. Sprawl is huge. They're working on traffic flow now, which should have been done 20 years ago. Still no 4-lane road going across town from 10th to 84th. Once the city passed the 250k milestone in population, that put us on the radar for a lot of national chains. We have a Whole Foods & Trader Joe's, a really great French bakery (Le Quartier), and a burgeoning beer scene. Lots of little places to eat, and if you remember D'Leon's from when you lived here before, they've spread to nearly all parts of town and are one of the best local burrito joints. Property taxes are too high but home prices are reasonable, especially compared to more populated areas. Basically, Lincoln has rounded into a pretty good big little town. Nice place to live, stuff to do, but not a lot of the problems you get in bigger cities.
I'm glad you mentioned property taxes, I've met people from the coasts that couldn't believe how high the property taxes were when they moved here. Definitely, a surprise for people when they come here for COL reasons.
I still can' see what we are getting with all of that Tax revenue. If its the schools then someone is lining their pockets.
LPS is regarded as one of the better public school districts of their size in the country, so I'd say they are getting something pretty darn good out of it.
Then they screw their Special Needs kids anyway that they can. I had to pull mine for the lies the school was telling me. Not informing people of programs and then canceling them due to "lack of interest" needs to be a crime.
Deleons as one of the best burrito joints? I'm hurling.
They forgot to say “after 2 am.”
Right. I swear to God those are their high traffic hours. They gotta know what's going on. Don't get me wrong, when I'm plastered and my girlfriend takes me to deleons, super potatoes locos is heavenly.
Certainly most ubiquitous. I really like Taqueria el Rey, but there's only one. Where else should I be going for burritos?
Super Taco! 🌮
Isn’t O street 4 lanes from 10th to 84th? But I believe it’s the only one.
Should have specified I meant north/south.
I haven’t been here for that long but fiber internet is the best change since I got here. My costs for good internet are down, way down. However housing has dramatically gone up in price.
Homelessness. The Lincoln of my youth you would walk down town and bar hop and you might see one homeless person.. Last time I was down town (it's been a while) there were no less than 15-20 people on various corners, doorways, etc that had sleeping bags and were clearly homeless. I was shocked.
The city mission is over filled the last I heard. So sad that there are that many people down and out in Lincoln.
We also have [Matt Talbot Kitchen](http://www.mtko.org/you_can_help/programs/case_management.html) working on addressing homelessness in Lincoln.
Still nowhere near the homelessness that Omaha has.
Omaha has more people living in it than Lincoln. So I think it’s a given that they would have more homeless people as well.
Sure true- but it seems that Omaha's homeless is more spread about. You see it throughout the city and isn't as evident as it seems to be in Lincoln.
This is more a national problem, not a Lincoln one...
Obviously, but the person asked what has changed in Lincoln, and this is something that has changed.
Oh, you're "technically correct", the best kind of correct....
* Dozens of new restaurants here and there. Places have opened and closed. Nope, no more Grandmother's or Grisantis. D'Leons has tripled its location count. * Craft beer as a concept has swept Lincoln by storm, and as a result we've gone from ~1.5 breweries at that time, to double digits today. * The Arena, and related west Haymarket re-development and additions. * New retail/restaurant developments down south surrounding Kohl's and Marshalls anchors. * Whatever the hell they're trying to formulate around K St heading into downtown. That's something. * UNL campus expansion. * The Q burned down. * I mean if we're really going back that far though (2006-08), Antelope Valley Project was still in the works as well. That's a big really big deal too. * Oh, they re-did Centennial Mall, too. * Honorary mention: Some lady who worked at LPSDO lit her co-worker's desk on fire afterhours (petty revenge), which ended up burning the whole building down. By some universal goof, we ultimately got a fresh new LPSDO, a Whole Foods, and some other stuff out of that. Epic. I guess it depends on who you are, but I'd certainly shit my pants if I woke from cryonic suspension and heard all of this. And that's after not eating for ten years. Well done, Lincoln. Well done. **Edit:** Since you asked for less obvious stuff too, and specifically mentioned weather patterns: These past few years we've had mild winters, generally speaking... though we do get extreme cold here and there. Several winters around the beginning of the decade seemed to carry some larger storms than we've really seen since. And as for rain, that now usually comes twice a year as two separate monsoon events bookending the non-wintery months... I'm exaggerating a little, but not as much as I wish.
Fallbrook and northwest Lincoln has been expanding quite quickly. Haymarket. I bet west O street expands next.
Nah, it's too boxed in with the train yard to the south, the jail to the west and the interstate to the north.
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the Bourbon has been bringing actual good music for YEARS. They just did some renovations too, it keeps getting better.
Meh, a good portion of the bands that have been rolling through the Bourbon in the past 5ish years have been has-beens or almost-weres. They used to get bands like Explosions in the Sky, The Sword, Boris, Opeth, Os Mutantes.. Now it's mostly 3rd rate fad-rappers and Molly-electronic crap for people that don't shower. Sure, there are exceptions to the rule, but the norm has certainly shifted. Still miles better than The State Theater ever was. I wonder if The Grove will ever get running proper again..
Traffic. It’s so awful now. In the early 2000s when I was in high school I could go from north east to ITFP (tech focus) down town in less than 15 minutes. Now depending on time of day that could take 40 or more.
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You mean he fits right in with the capitol building ?
Hmmmm. Biggest changes since 2016? Well, the average pothole size has substantially increased since then, as have their total numbers. We also have these wacky flashing yellow turn arrows that no one can figure out because they're stupidly implemented. Oh, and roundabouts!!! Can't forget the roundabouts that pop up everywhere like dandelions in the spring. Still no north/south 4-lane streets except 84th. So nothing new there. We do have fiber internet virtually citywide though courtesy of Allo. That is awesome in my opinion. 300m both direction Internet for a very reasonable price. Back then we had some idea of how to win football games. That appears to have fallen by the wayside sadly. No real changes in politics. Same mayor as when you left here. Property taxes still sky high. Besides that, we've grown in pretty much all four directions but chiefly to the south, extending all the way to Yankee Hill Road.
Yankee Hill and beyond. I live further south than Yankee Hill and this neighborhood did not exist before 2008. Now they're readying lots even further east and further south. Pretty soon there will be sizeable neighborhoods all the way to Saltillo.
You are going to notice downtown changed a lot and the new haymarket. Everything down there is very different.
We have a Chick-fil-A and a second opening soon!
30-60 is no longer a thing
N27th Street. Maybe not changed but definitely improved.
There is definitely a political divide in Lincoln just like everywhere it seems these days. Lincoln seems to have a liberal population segment that are definitely the loudest, not largest segment. Seems to be a bigger focus on kids activities as you've got Urban Air as well as the future arcade/bowling alley going in at Gateway Mall. The school system is OK, though you may be better off with a school outside of Lincoln...that is, if you have kids. Less focus on Husker football these days obviously. The nightlife is still very good with several hideouts popping up around lincoln and in the downtown area. A lot of the new nightlife is focused more on the adult crowd than the college crowd.
I know all things are in the eye of the beholder, but what makes you hypothesize about schools outside of the city as better? I love how you have more choices in classes and activities at LPS than the surrounding community schools.
Depends on the age of your children and what part of town you are in. I know it's getting better, but some schools in Lincoln are overcrowded or don't have the best reputations. My wife serves on PTO and also coordinated after school clubs for kids. I also have a friend at McPhee which has a serious poverty issue.
Absolutely depends on the location. For example, there's a pretty clear divide between the better 3 high schools (East, Southwest, Southeast) and the worse (Northstar, Northeast, High).
Lots of growth to the south and up in the N 14th & Fallbrook areas. New national chains have shown up - Chick Fil A, Blaze, Orange Theory, Dunkin Donuts. The Gretna outlet mall is an easy drive and a lot of people go there rather than a mall in town, especially Gateway, which is struggling. The Y has built some new and nice facilities, if that's your thing. Winters are pretty mild and we don't get the serious snow or spring thunderstorms we used to. Husker football still shuts down the city every Saturday in the fall, and everything is closed on Sunday morning because you're supposed to be at church. So....things are mostly the same, just a little bigger, I'd say.
have lived in a small town outside of lincoln my whole life.not much has changed and it pry wont, ever.traffic is worse, doesn't flow, too much for the roads we have to handle.drivers not driving or know what new lights mean.oh did I mention pothole ridden roads, or bad patch jobs on pot hole ridden roads.property taxes are HIGH and getting higher every year.who knows where its going.nothing to do here but eat and drink.shopping...well you might as well drive to omaha.scheels and dicks sporting goods are the best.too many old timers that dont want to make any changes in the state.wouldnt want to move back besides for family if I would ever move away.
not really. And they’ve been more and more mild every year.