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**Note: I dual-posted this on RSS, because it's one of the few times that having just a shit-ton of opinionated Nebraskans will make for good reading, but I definitely wanted any and all opinions here, too**
These usually get a good amount of discussion going, and I suspect about 95% of the posters here have better insight into this than I do (and there is room for interpretation with both). First, as I note in the title, I was born in Omaha to a maternal family that has long been in far-Western Cockeye as farmers and then eventually settled over there. A lot of my family in my parents' generation actually went to Cockeye State, but everyone in my generation was either somewhere in Nebraska or wherever state they settled in after moving. I didn't live in-state very long and mostly grew up in Northern Virginia (where I currently live).
That being said, I have a fascination with Nebraska geography, so I was hoping you all could opine on the following:
1) Outside of football geography, wherein the demarcation line is either 72nd or 144th St. in Omaha, what do you consider to be the start of "Western Nebraska"? Do most people only think in terms of two regions or is it more common to think about "Central Nebraska," too?
2) Say you were just looking at Google Maps and have it focused on the whole state. What portion would you point to if asked to identify the largest area where there are basically no or very few people? Another way of asking: What's the most-isolated area of the state? It doesn't have to be coextensive with a county, series of counties, or something like that, but feel free to answer however.
These usually get a good amount of discussion going, and I suspect about 95% of the posters here have better insight into this than I do (and there is room for interpretation with both). First, as I note in the title, I was born in Omaha to a maternal family that has long been in far-Western Cockeye as farmers and then eventually settled over there. A lot of my family in my parents' generation actually went to Cockeye State, but everyone in my generation was either somewhere in Nebraska or wherever state they settled in after moving. I didn't live in-state very long and mostly grew up in Northern Virginia (where I currently live).
That being said, I have a fascination with Nebraska geography, so I was hoping you all could opine on the following:
1) Outside of football geography, wherein the demarcation line is either 72nd or 144th St. in Omaha, what do you consider to be the start of "Western Nebraska"? Do most people only think in terms of two regions or is it more common to think about "Central Nebraska," too?
2) Say you were just looking at Google Maps and have it focused on the whole state. What portion would you point to if asked to identify the largest area where there are basically no or very few people? Another way of asking: What's the most-isolated area of the state? It doesn't have to be coextensive with a county, series of counties, or something like that, but feel free to answer however.
