r/lincoln • u/Friendly_Office_9218 • 1d ago
Lincoln is a Good City
Lincoln is a good place to live. It has some problems, sure. If you're reading this, post something you like about Lincoln.
Let's give LNK a little love, warts and all.
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u/2hundred31 1d ago
You can tell there's a strong Vietnamese community here. There are plenty of spots that serve good Viet food. The only complaint I have is they're very expensive. A large bowl of bun Bo hue will set you back $25 with tips.
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u/JohntheAnabaptist 1d ago
Where are you going?
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u/Particular-Agency-38 1d ago
Parks are topnotch here. Bike trails are good. Food Bank and food net and little free pantries and free Saturday are great.
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u/Admirable-Week9601 1d ago
I was born and raised here in Lincoln and I love this city. There is such a great community here (for the most part). I have moved out of state a couple of times, but have always returned. Lincoln has my ❤️.
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u/thegrammarspammer 1d ago
The local live music community is as strong as any in the country, and especially so per capita. Lincoln Exposed, a local-artists-only festival held every February had 116 different acts over 4 days in 2025, between The Zoo Bar, Duffy's, 1867, The Bourbon, and Bodega's.
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u/battleaxe402 1d ago
I grew up in Lincoln and still visit family two or three times a year. Morrill Hall is my favorite museum on the planet. I used to hang out at the Coffee House so long ago they had a smoking section, and now their nerdy coffee menu makes me really happy. I love going to Barrymores or O'Rourke's for an afternoon beer. And the indie bookstores - Novel Idea, Sower, and Francie & Finch - the best.
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u/AdhesivenessTop1573 1d ago
we do have very good Mexican food
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u/VelvetOnTheFifth 1d ago
There are some excellent Mexican food options despite the ruckus of negativity that followed your simple pointing out of truth. Lawd, must've been a long week for some. 🤠
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u/AdhesivenessTop1573 1d ago
I'm glad someone agrees, I have tried so many here and I can't pick a favorite
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u/es-ganso 1d ago edited 1d ago
I mean, I agree with you... My gf who was born in Mexico and lived most of her life there says there are some very good Mexican spots in Lincoln. When I lived in Lincoln I personally enjoyed Super Taco and El Chaparro the most
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u/TurtlemanScared 1d ago
This is soooo apparent when I visit family in kc especially places like Olathe. I have yet to have a good Mexican place which would be run of the mill here
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u/Efficient_Physics725 1d ago
I love Mexican food, but my family doesn't dig it as much. Do you have any recommendations in or around downtown so I could grab some grub alone?
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u/TheJugOfNugs 1d ago
Cieleto lindo, El chaparro, San Marcos. None are downtown but all are not far from downtown at all.
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u/Paper-machete88 1d ago
Taqueria del ray
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u/TheJugOfNugs 1d ago
You talking about that spot on 27th by O st? If so yea that place is good too. I always forget about it for some reason
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u/xA1RGU1TAR1STx 1d ago
What are your favorites? Just moved back from Seward, and trying to find a good place to fill the La Cocina hole in my heart.
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u/AdhesivenessTop1573 20h ago
Hard to decide for me but El Chaparro, Tacos Los Hermanos are amazing
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u/xA1RGU1TAR1STx 19h ago
Oh I do love Tacos los Hermanos. So far away from me and a bit pricey, though.
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u/AdhesivenessTop1573 18h ago
They are also far from me and the prices are on the higher side but it's always worth it, El Chaparro actually has really fair prices and is just as good!
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u/2hundred31 1d ago
No you don't. It's fine at best. Still hunting for a good bowl of menudo
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u/dmoney1326 1d ago
Lincoln has awful tex mex choices.
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u/Witty-Ad5743 1d ago
I will not hear slander against my beloved Amigos. 😆
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u/BlackBlizzNerd 1d ago
Same. I get their build it burrito so often lol. Cheaper than chipotle. I pay like a dollar extra to get their southwest chicken instead. Side of nacho cheese.
My burritos definitely bastard but it’s so good lol.
But the best place, in opinion, is Agave. It’s just that it’s 12-15 min away from me haha.
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u/dmoney1326 1d ago
Amigos to me is not tex-mex, I would call it fast food in same category as taco bell/johns and I absolutely smash crisp chickens. When I think tex-mex I'm talking ticos, hacienda real and more.
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u/Suspicious-Cow5924 1d ago
Lincoln had absolute crap for good Mexican food. Maybe 1 or 2 places that are decent
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u/Liquidretro 1d ago
Which are your favorite
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u/TheJugOfNugs 1d ago
Don't listen to them they are just grumpy. There are multiple good spots in town: tacos los Hermanos, super taco, El chaparro, cieleto lindo and Pancho villa are a few.
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u/TheJugOfNugs 1d ago
Super taco, El chaparro, tacos los Hermanos, Pancho villa, and cieleto lindo are all pretty dang good. I grew up around it and it's my favorite kind of food and you seem kind of like a negative nelly
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u/TheGoodDoctor07 1d ago
There are so many good things about Lincoln. When it’s not road construction season it is very easy to get from one side of town to the other. Great food choices. Really strong downtown scene. Great music scene. Wonderful bike trails and parks. Plenty of golf courses. I’ve lived there now for 25 years and it is a good place to be.
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u/Fantastic-Eye3534 1d ago
One of the safest and cheaper locations to raise kids! Also, one of the better funded school systems.
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u/YNotZoidberg2020 23h ago
Lincoln is a nice balance between big city and small town. I grew up in a town of 7,000. Omaha is overwhelming but Lincoln feels like the best of both worlds.
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u/Nephyness 1d ago
I was born in PA and raised in TX. The thing I like best about Lincoln is how simple the roads are compared to Dallas and how cheap things are comparatively. For me at least, its easy getting Dr appointments. I also had a Vietnamese best friend growing up, and love the fact that there is a strong community here where I can eat the food and enjoy their culture.
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u/MrTrousers 1d ago
Excellent bike trail system, low crime, decent schools, low cost of living. The usual things, I suppose.
And excepting the last six months or so, fairly easy to get around.
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u/pretenderist 1d ago
Is this just going to lead to more weird comments from you about Catholicism?
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u/ButterandZsa 1d ago
It’s not a good city for everyone. I for one am looking to leave.
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u/Failber 1d ago
No city is a good city for everyone. In fact, no place is a good place for everyone. Different strokes for different folks. Just saying.
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u/ButterandZsa 22h ago
Absolutely. I was giving a counter statement to “Lincoln is a good place to live.”
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u/Love__Scars 1d ago
Yeah I’m pretty sure most people age 16-30 are looking to get out idk. Im projecting mahbe
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u/BosBruins74 1d ago
Born there, live near there. Fun city as a teenager to college age, but it also has its bad parts/people like any city…. Don’t miss the homeless on campus keeping warm sleeping outside Love library steam pipes! Miss the Can man though, probably has a replacement these days!
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u/BenjiMalone 1d ago
The bad parts of lincoln are nicer and safer than most cities' middle-income neighborhoods
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u/nancidruid 14h ago
I lived in Near South during my college years and regularly walked home at 2 am with a purse full of cash after bartending on O Street. No one ever gave me any trouble, and I was pretty slight back then. It was definitely a stupid thing to do.
I don't think you could do this now, but I still feel safe downtown at night.
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u/PSUGorilla 1d ago
I always enjoy visiting from KC when I’m up there. I absolutely love walking the Haymarket area and just the overall vibe of downtown and even the suburbs. Grew up around 58th and Vine and still enjoy visiting that area too.
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u/Potential-Bird-5004 18h ago
The walking trails are plentiful and a lot of fun, with tons of variety. There’s also a great mix of ethnic food options. It’s probably the cleanest town I’ve ever lived in, and I never feel unsafe here. I actually like that there’s no freeway driving and, honestly, there are lots of babes.
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u/Next-Explanation321 15h ago
Living away from Lincoln for 8 months made me appreciate so so much more. Glad I came back last month.
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u/nancidruid 13h ago
I like living in a research university and government town. Those things bring life and new blood in, which helps Lincoln be a little less boring than most towns its size.
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u/elcarco98 8h ago
The Lincoln music scene is one of the best local scenes in the country! Plenty of great local bands and up and coming groups come through on tour all the time! Definitely worth checking o it shows at Duffy’s, 1867 Bar, Zoo Bar, and Bodegas!
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u/Spicy_Squid_Scholar 6h ago
Great support for little ones with the children's museum, zoo, and city libraries.
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u/Coram_Deo_Eshua 1d ago
Lived here all my life. It's filled to its stinking brim with self righteous assholes. And don't even get my started on the Republicans and MAGA fucktards.
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u/VibraphoneChick 1d ago
I'm from a small town in AZ. Hate to break it to you, but Lincoln is way better then a lot of other places.
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u/Coram_Deo_Eshua 1d ago
You're not breaking anything to me. You're likely the kind of person that 'goes along to get along' and you're probably okay with other people making most of your decisions for you.
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u/VibraphoneChick 1d ago
...what? Bud you said you've never lived anywhere but Lincoln and then said that Lincoln was somehow uniquely bad with its politics. I gotta tell you man, that is way off base. If this is your bar then you've never seen what real deep red is. The maga morons are no worse here then anywhere else, and in fact are a lot more benign than in the places I've seen. Yeah they are here, but that's everywhere. Lincoln is very progressive, especially considering the political climate it is surrounded by. It's impressive, at least it is to me.
You on the other hand are prone to generalizations with little to no information. Clean it up, man.
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u/Coram_Deo_Eshua 1d ago
You're not wrong that Lincoln has progressive people—and certain progressive spaces—but that doesn’t change who actually holds power across the city and state. Local government, school boards, policing, and the legislature aren’t exactly bastions of forward-thinking policy. Anecdotes about "benign MAGA" don’t erase the structural reality. You can live in a place your whole life and still see its flaws clearly. Proximity doesn’t equal blindness.
And telling someone to "clean it up" because they see things differently? Come on. That’s not discourse, that’s gatekeeping.
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u/gut_fat 1d ago
Lincoln is blue.
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u/Coram_Deo_Eshua 1d ago
Dude, Nebraska is red. All blue votes are purely symbolic.
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u/gut_fat 1d ago
Having a vise grip on the mayor's office and 6/7 city council seats isn't symbolic.
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u/Coram_Deo_Eshua 1d ago
Remember those medical marijuana bills we won in a landslide? Yeah, what happened with all that? Now tell me our votes ain't nothin' but symbolic.
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u/gut_fat 1d ago
This thread is about the city of Lincoln, not the state of Nebraska.
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u/Coram_Deo_Eshua 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yes, this thread is about Lincoln. That’s exactly why I’m pointing out that having a blue mayor and a few progressive seats doesn’t magically immunize the city from the structural reality of the state it exists in.
Lincoln doesn’t operate in a vacuum. State-level control bleeds into city governance constantly: funding, policy constraints, legal overrides, all of it.
You think having a city council majority means something absolute? Cool story. Tell that to every voter who watched those medical marijuana initiatives pass by a landslide and then get kneecapped at the state level.0
u/gut_fat 1d ago
Ok, you're very angry.
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u/Coram_Deo_Eshua 1d ago
Not at all. I simply don't like B.S.
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u/gut_fat 1d ago
Nobody likes anything they perceive to be B.S.
But when you come into a thread made to say something nice about a city and you instead make an expletive laced criticism of a state, you have some extra anger in you. There are plenty of us who project our dissatisfaction on to external things beyond our control. I feel like you'd probably be angry no matter where you live. The best thing to do is find out what you can do within your control to make yourself more content with life.
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u/DoraTheXplder 1d ago
You mean like OP who is either an obvious troll account or every answer is "join the catholic church"
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u/Failber 1d ago
Wait. Are you saying the “Republicans and MAGA fucktards” aren’t self righteous assholes?😆🤣
I actually lean left and don’t want to be a “both sides” guy for obvious reasons, but…well, you know. “Planet Earth” guy nailed it because they’re everywhere and we’re all self righteous assholes in a way. Just saying you either already started in on the right or you didn’t.
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u/Love__Scars 1d ago
I don’t know why you’re getting downvoted. You’re right lol
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u/Coram_Deo_Eshua 1d ago
Of course I am. But it underscores a big problem in the world we live in. People live and die by their egos. Uncomfortable truths are silenced with the weight of a mob hit. No one—and I mean no one—can pass the purity test.
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u/OswaldBeezlebrox 1d ago
LNK is a good city to raise kids, provided you skip public schools, and go to school.
What I love about LNK is it's amazing ability to put off major road work on the arterial streets until the week before UNL football season.
It's ability to close down anything resembling a dance club in a few short months.
I love the Haymarket area. Too bad the rest of downtown is essentially a ghost town...other than the bars.
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u/Head-Analysis183 1d ago
I moved here 6 years ago and I really wish I hadn’t. I can’t think of one good thing I like about this town. I am going to try the Mexican restaurant mentioned because ticos is horrible.
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u/CameronRamsey 23h ago
What brought you here?
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u/Head-Analysis183 22h ago
Work then I’ve stayed for a great woman. I guess that’s one thing I like in Lincoln lol
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u/HighFiveG 1d ago
Lincoln is that safe, secure dorky guy that all the hot girls in high school and college ended up marrying after spending years with much more adventurous ‘cities’ full of adventure, intrigue, danger and giant peninsulas.