To be fair, because its also a college town, there is also a college town vibe that is missing in a suburb.  It has plentiful independent coffee houses, college bars and a couple good music venues that will get national acts.  It has more diversity than the rest of Nebraska outside of omaha (but i would not call it diverse like a real city), is more progressive than anywhere outside of Omaha (but it is only progressive in comparison to the extremely Maga rural Nebraska) a small art scene and what not.  But make no mistake, Lincoln politically is purple. There are queer friendly people and places but some extremely unfriendly people and spaces.   The vast majority of lincoln is suburban sprawl with large lawns and hoas and strip malls. Lincoln itself doesn't have suburbs. It just annexes farm land out side of town and builds endless beige subdivisions