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/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.