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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
See, now nobody wants to come to Nebraska. Not to live, or to visit. Hell, even our license plates, and our soon to be state quarter, sport that god-forsaken covered wagon. What's that, anyway?
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The other day, for fun, the wife and I were looking at real estate for sale on eBay. We found a listing for a bed and breakfast at a very cheap price in Broken Bow, Nebraska. We'd never heard of the town, so we checked it out on the net.
Oh... my... god... everything bad you ever heard about the plains states, they've got in Broken Bow. Low wages -- some work laborers and waitresses (not much, though), but even the cops get paid less than $20K a year. Shrinking population. Citizens fighting to keep local schools open. Houses they're giving away. Six-foot snow drifts already on the ground. Poverty. And _nothing_ to do: along with a cheery note from the Chamber of Commerce that, in honor of the Christmas shopping season, downtown shops will stay open until 7 pm every night. Wowsa.
Bill, I doubt that you live in Broken Bow, but the fact is that there are probably about as many people _from Nebraska_ living around this nation as people who are actually living in Nebraska now.