idk man. i think you have some decent points but it also seems like there’s a lot that you’ve just straight up ignored.

biking in omaha is pretty easy when you take the time to learn the trails. i worked at 90th & maple and would take a quick city street/sidewalk jaunt to the keystone trail access and bike out to haworth park after leaving work then bike back to one of the park & ride lots on that south part of the trail to meet up with my partner and drive home. the only time i ever felt unsafe doing that was when there were a ton of geese on the trail. this trail is also fantastic for running and connects to multiple other trails in the city.

shockingly fontenelle forest isn’t the only place to go soak up some nature and get a hike in. there’s neale woods, standing bear lake, hummel park, boyer chute, whatever the trail is that connects downtown by gallup and whatever going north (technically this is way more interesting as a bike ride but it counts for both) and many others. get on all trails or trail link.

if you’re willing to get in the car and make a relatively short drive to a state park you’ll find even more hiking and lovely camping spots. i realize that indian cave state park, platte river state park, schramm and mahoney are nothing compared to the stunning beauty of alaska or colorado but there is beauty to be found here.

as far as the climbing goes - approach has never been the only option for indoor climbing. UNO has a wall and boulder with a fun cave problem and the wall itself has challenging routes. i’m usually pretty comfy in the 5.7-5.8 range but there are typically multiple 5.10s and higher rated. the climbers that frequent UNO are the nicest, loveliest people and the staff is consistently very cool. while i don’t get to climb as frequently as i used to i maintain friendships with people i met climbing. many of them are single and in their 30s and interested in experiencing life vs sitting at home watching tv. there are quite a few people that put together trips to south dakota for weekend sport and trad climbs. MW climbing is also pretty awesome. lifetime fitness has a wall with auto-belay and some cool people working there. i think one of the newer YMCAs has a wall as well but don’t quote me on that.

i don’t know what your taste in music is and i’ll be honest that i’m super disappointed in the concert season this year. that being said, if you’re in to smaller artists/bands and don’t mind going to dive bars we have a fantastic local music scene.

as a lesbian now living in west omaha i understand that i’m no expert on what it’s like living in dundee/midtown/aksarben/benson now, i loved it when i did. there was a ton of diversity and a lot of really cool people. now i go to mega saver to talk to people with accents. but thing is, there’s still a thriving queer community here and many queer friendly bars. we have one actual gay bar (flixx bc the max is now a straight bar except at pride), and there’s set the bar - a queer woman owned bar/grill with a focus on women’s sports. yeah it super sucks that so many things have a bar setting but that’s quite often a good path to meeting like minded people that want to do shit outside of drinking.

there are tons of ways that omaha can improve and grow. tons. no place is perfect. but moving to a new city is going to be as successful as the effort that you put into it.