Oracles

Any town in which one of the world's wealthiest men chooses to abide in a relatively modest suburban house has a good thing going. I was struck by the positive, unpretentious outlook exhibited by the residents of Omaha during my brief visit to the Nebraska town earlier this week. Even at Slowdown, a music venue with as "cool" a pedigree as any establishment in the Midwest, the club's owners, staff and patrons were refreshingly modest. Given a choice between living in Omaha or Los Angeles, I'd select the former.