Four years ago I moved to Omaha from Portland mostly sight unseen.
I decided the Blackstone district looked like the best place to land.
You see, I gave up my car when I moved to Portland and didn’t want to go back.
Blackstone seemed to be extremely walkable, had several bus lines near it, and wasn’t too far from where I would be working.
It wasn’t long before I got my reality check: that walkable street came with a narrow sidewalk and three lanes of traffic hightailing it at 45+ despite the 30mph (double check this number) speed limit.
Yes, technically I could walk along it and even get to work fairly easily, but not comfortably- especially compared to the streets I was used to walking in Portland.
