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Originally Posted by timeless2

To be honest, we don't get as much snow here as they used to 25 to 30 years ago. The jet stream brings down more Artic air mass, but most of the precipitation drawn up from the gulf pushes east of where I'm located (the Omaha metro area). Central and Eastern Iowa, Wisconsin, and Northern Illinois got a lot more snow and rain this past year than we did.

I think at one point, we might have had 6 inches at once and that was our "big" storm of this past winter.
As for mountains being nearby, there are none in the "backyard" so to speak, but I do live in the Loess Hills (Google it) and there are still some pretty fun slopes to ski and tube down.

Totally. It's all about the three truisms of real estate: location, location, location.

Good point.

Just an FYI, I will probably be moving back to Omaha/Council Bluffs after being gone for over 6 years.