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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What are the four major US cities?
Speaker 2 (00:01):
And it's not defined beyond that, it's literally just like, hey,
you can learn something about the person you're talking to
depending on the.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Cities they give.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Right, So if you're like a historian, Matt, if I
said historically relevant cities, what would be the four historically
relevant man, Yeah, I gotta put Philadelphia in there, definitely,
And then I still think you have to yeah, okay,
well Boston tea.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Party, yeah, yeah, yeah, and then maybe you could even
say Gettysburg right because.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Of ooh yeah ooh.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
And then maybe you still put DC in there just
because it's historical relevance. But then NYC with the you.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Know out put in New York out of it.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
I know, I think you got to put NYC in
there too, So that's five. Yeah, but I would say, well,
I don't know if i'd put Boston in there.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
You would have Gettysburg over Boston. Well, I'd probably Gettysburg's
not a big place, right, it is, like as far
as historical consequential like it has, you have to consider it.
What about Jamestown again, another ridiculou lessly consequential place that
probably doesn't get enough love. I mean it definitely doesn't
get enough lub I visited it. I don't even know
(01:06):
if the people who live around it understand how important
that place is.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
But it was just one, I mean, but it was
before America was even America, and it was Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
America doesn't exist without that settlement. Okay, we know that
for a fact. So that was the first one.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
So if you're really going if it doesn't matter, if
it's consistent relevance, it's really just the relevance to the
shape of America, then probably Jamestown, Gettysburg. I think NYC
you got to put in there just because of the
relevance to you know, all of the immigrants who came
through NYC and and and what it stood for in
the Statue of Liberty and all that stuff.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
And then and then number four is Washington.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Is it Washington?
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Well, because Washington that it's the capital, and stuff happens
within the capital. But more I mean, I would say
as far as like battles or settlements and things of
that nature.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
I mean, Washington, d C. Was nothing until they decided
to put the White House there.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Yeah that's true, But I mean it depends on what
you're thinking about here. Washington d C.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Has had a lot of historical moments to it. You
had Martin Luther King Junior's speech.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
You know, you've had.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Sure, But what I would just push back that more
important stuff to the birth and the growth of America
probably took place in Boston because nothing happened in what
became Washington, d C. Until the founding fathers decided they
wanted that capital to be closer to the South. They
wanted like the capital was in New York, so it
(02:29):
was just the guys in the South, the Southern colonies
when they were building the country from scratch, said it
would make more sense for the federal government to be
based somewhere where the Southern states could also be within
like solid earshot of And that makes sense, right if
you look on a map, having that thing in New
York City versus having it in where Washington, d C.
Is for the thirteen Colonies makes way more sense where
(02:49):
it is in Washington.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
So I get it.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
But it's not that crazy stuff happened there to make
it important. It was something that they were just like, Hey,
we're just going to build this city. It's going to
become where the federal government lives and we've built out
from there, you know, so it's super important and consequential. Now,
I just don't know if we're talking about the story
of America. I think you could tell the story of
America without Washington, DC. I think Boston is more consequential.
Philadelphia has to probably be number one. All this stuff
(03:14):
that kind of happened in that area. And then we
could go like Jamestown Settlement, we can go Yourktown for
winning the Revolution. We can talk about Gettysburg and how
important that battle was as far as trying to decide
the Civil War and how this I mean, you have
to tell the story of Gettysburg when you're telling the
story of America.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
But that's a fascinating question too.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
I'm going to give you my take on why I
think Omaha could get in this conversation. WHOA yeah, and
not maybe in an obvious way. You'd have to kind
of do some bending in your brain. If we were
talking about military cities, simply military cities and like cities
that make America safer or strengthen our military. With off
At Air Force Base and the fact that we are
(03:53):
centrally located like right in the middle of the United States,
that we kind of are the de facto spot that
as it would hide out if we are under attack.
I think Omaha would have to be in that conversation.
Don't you think it's where George Bush went right?
Speaker 1 (04:08):
One? Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Not that that happens a lot, but that's that's the plan, right,
And with all of the Air Force Base and how
large it is and how many people work there, live there,
serve there, right, I mean, that feels like you could
make that argument.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Now.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
I know that there are plenty of other military bases
or plenty of other military related cities that would say, hey,
over here, don't forget about us, but off At Air
Force Base kind of speaks for itself, and I think
you'd have to keep that in mind. I also think
if you want to have kind of a perfect picture
of what America could be, you can't just go with
(04:43):
gigantic metropolitan areas, because all due respect to New York City,
Los Angeles and Chicago or any of these other major
cities that we've talked about as whatever the quote major
cities are, is that legitimately representative of America? And I
would say no, I say I would say those cities
are much more similar than they are different. So if
(05:03):
I'm trying to come up with a list that in
a more of a bigger picture, specifically, what would be
the four perfect cities probably top fifty in population just
because they have to be somewhat notable, would give you
a better view of the eclectic nature of this country.
And I think Omaha could absolutely be kind of the
(05:24):
Midwestern gem that needs to be plucked and put into
this list. And then we could put you know, something
like like what is America? I would say, I mean,
you could get something from the Pacific Northwest. I know
politically people wouldn't agree with that, but it is an
I mean, like it or not, it is an incredibly
unique place.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
And Seattle would probably be the choice there.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
I know Portland, Oregon would want a piece of that,
or maybe even San Francisco.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Maybe San Francisco.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Would San Francisco be kind of like, hey, here's a
bit of California flavor.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Major city.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Again, if we can ignore the politics and you know,
some of the other crazy stuff that's gone on recently,
historically speaking, that's a pretty consequential and important and very
American town. Well you have the gold Rush, Yeah, Okay,
there's another good one, right, Like the gold Rush tells
part of the story of the United States and Western expansion.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
So I like that, you know, you think you also
think of San Francisco with you know, the hip bees
and and all of that.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Doki.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Yeah, you're right, different political movements but also different societal
movements like that. Yeah, absolutely, so I think that's, you know,
a good one. You can put that with Omaha. Maybe
a place like Atlanta. All the incredible like civil rights
stuff that happened in Atlanta, along with important battles. I mean,
Atlanta's an old place. Georgia was one of the Thirteen Colonies,
(06:42):
so there's a lot of story there, and it feels
Atlanta feels insanely different than San Francisco or Omaha would.
And then maybe a place like Detroit for like manufacturing
or the blue collar nature of that city and how
you know, the car industry kind of burgeons in keeps
that place alive. I think that would be kind of
(07:02):
an interesting city. So if you were giving a foreigner
who wants a good tour of all the different types
of things that you could see or experience in America,
if you gave them Omaha, Detroit, Atlanta and San Francisco.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
That's quite a tour, don't you think.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Hm, I'm sure you could sub in and out, you know,
several other cities in there. But I like the list
that we just made, you know what I mean? Maybe selfishly,
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
I yeah, I can't like I mean Omaha. I don't know.
It seems like an outlier to me, but.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
It could be I'm making the case right.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
I don't think there's gonna be an obvious way to
get Omaha involved in call it like a major American city.
You'd really have to kind of bend what major means.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
You get the Warren Buffett thing.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Warren Buffett.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Sure, but it's just so quaintly Midwestern, and it is
so much quieter and smaller than the major metropolitan areas.
I do think that there is something there where you
could suggest that if you want to feel what like
Middle America is like in its best form, Omaha in
the surrounding area I think could be that conversation starter.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Just my two cents.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
That's not a prerequisite, but still, anyway, it is a
three point twenty eight really fun conversation there. Always like
kind of having those fun debates you know we're.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Gonna do next.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
It has been one whale of a week for the
Omaha Supernovas, and more and more players are being announced
through the free agent signing sea a portion here this
week with new general manager John Cook in a brand
new league, Major League Volleyball, which the Supernovas are kind
of at the forefront of. How about we talk to
the person that is at the very top of the
(08:34):
food chain. We're gonna talk to Diane Mendenhall, who's gonna
tell us everything we need to know about this week
in Supernova's news and get you ready for what you
can expect going into next season. What a week it's
been for them here on news Radio eleven ten kfab.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
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What are the four major US cities?
Speaker 2 (00:01):
And it's not defined beyond that, it's literally just like, hey,
you can learn something about the person you're talking to
depending on the.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Cities they give.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Right, So if you're like a historian, Matt, if I
said historically relevant cities, what would be the four historically
relevant man, Yeah, I gotta put Philadelphia in there, definitely,
And then I still think you have to yeah, okay,
well Boston tea.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Party, yeah, yeah, yeah, and then maybe you could even
say Gettysburg right because.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Of ooh yeah ooh.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
And then maybe you still put DC in there just
because it's historical relevance. But then NYC with the you.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Know out put in New York out of it.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
I know, I think you got to put NYC in
there too, So that's five. Yeah, but I would say, well,
I don't know if i'd put Boston in there.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
You would have Gettysburg over Boston. Well, I'd probably Gettysburg's
not a big place, right, it is, like as far
as historical consequential like it has, you have to consider it.
What about Jamestown again, another ridiculou lessly consequential place that
probably doesn't get enough love. I mean it definitely doesn't
get enough lub I visited it. I don't even know
(01:06):
if the people who live around it understand how important
that place is.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
But it was just one, I mean, but it was
before America was even America, and it was Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
America doesn't exist without that settlement. Okay, we know that
for a fact. So that was the first one.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
So if you're really going if it doesn't matter, if
it's consistent relevance, it's really just the relevance to the
shape of America, then probably Jamestown, Gettysburg. I think NYC
you got to put in there just because of the
relevance to you know, all of the immigrants who came
through NYC and and and what it stood for in
the Statue of Liberty and all that stuff.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
And then and then number four is Washington.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Is it Washington?
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Well, because Washington that it's the capital, and stuff happens
within the capital. But more I mean, I would say
as far as like battles or settlements and things of
that nature.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
I mean, Washington, d C. Was nothing until they decided
to put the White House there.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Yeah that's true, But I mean it depends on what
you're thinking about here. Washington d C.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Has had a lot of historical moments to it. You
had Martin Luther King Junior's speech.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
You know, you've had.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Sure, But what I would just push back that more
important stuff to the birth and the growth of America
probably took place in Boston because nothing happened in what
became Washington, d C. Until the founding fathers decided they
wanted that capital to be closer to the South. They
wanted like the capital was in New York, so it
(02:29):
was just the guys in the South, the Southern colonies
when they were building the country from scratch, said it
would make more sense for the federal government to be
based somewhere where the Southern states could also be within
like solid earshot of And that makes sense, right if
you look on a map, having that thing in New
York City versus having it in where Washington, d C.
Is for the thirteen Colonies makes way more sense where
(02:49):
it is in Washington.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
So I get it.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
But it's not that crazy stuff happened there to make
it important. It was something that they were just like, Hey,
we're just going to build this city. It's going to
become where the federal government lives and we've built out
from there, you know, so it's super important and consequential. Now,
I just don't know if we're talking about the story
of America. I think you could tell the story of
America without Washington, DC. I think Boston is more consequential.
Philadelphia has to probably be number one. All this stuff
(03:14):
that kind of happened in that area. And then we
could go like Jamestown Settlement, we can go Yourktown for
winning the Revolution. We can talk about Gettysburg and how
important that battle was as far as trying to decide
the Civil War and how this I mean, you have
to tell the story of Gettysburg when you're telling the
story of America.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
But that's a fascinating question too.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
I'm going to give you my take on why I
think Omaha could get in this conversation. WHOA yeah, and
not maybe in an obvious way. You'd have to kind
of do some bending in your brain. If we were
talking about military cities, simply military cities and like cities
that make America safer or strengthen our military. With off
At Air Force Base and the fact that we are
(03:53):
centrally located like right in the middle of the United States,
that we kind of are the de facto spot that
as it would hide out if we are under attack.
I think Omaha would have to be in that conversation.
Don't you think it's where George Bush went right?
Speaker 1 (04:08):
One? Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Not that that happens a lot, but that's that's the plan, right,
And with all of the Air Force Base and how
large it is and how many people work there, live there,
serve there, right, I mean, that feels like you could
make that argument.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Now.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
I know that there are plenty of other military bases
or plenty of other military related cities that would say, hey,
over here, don't forget about us, but off At Air
Force Base kind of speaks for itself, and I think
you'd have to keep that in mind. I also think
if you want to have kind of a perfect picture
of what America could be, you can't just go with
(04:43):
gigantic metropolitan areas, because all due respect to New York City,
Los Angeles and Chicago or any of these other major
cities that we've talked about as whatever the quote major
cities are, is that legitimately representative of America? And I
would say no, I say I would say those cities
are much more similar than they are different. So if
(05:03):
I'm trying to come up with a list that in
a more of a bigger picture, specifically, what would be
the four perfect cities probably top fifty in population just
because they have to be somewhat notable, would give you
a better view of the eclectic nature of this country.
And I think Omaha could absolutely be kind of the
(05:24):
Midwestern gem that needs to be plucked and put into
this list. And then we could put you know, something
like like what is America? I would say, I mean,
you could get something from the Pacific Northwest. I know
politically people wouldn't agree with that, but it is an
I mean, like it or not, it is an incredibly
unique place.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
And Seattle would probably be the choice there.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
I know Portland, Oregon would want a piece of that,
or maybe even San Francisco.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Maybe San Francisco.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Would San Francisco be kind of like, hey, here's a
bit of California flavor.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Major city.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Again, if we can ignore the politics and you know,
some of the other crazy stuff that's gone on recently,
historically speaking, that's a pretty consequential and important and very
American town. Well you have the gold Rush, Yeah, Okay,
there's another good one, right, Like the gold Rush tells
part of the story of the United States and Western expansion.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
So I like that, you know, you think you also
think of San Francisco with you know, the hip bees
and and all of that.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Doki.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Yeah, you're right, different political movements but also different societal
movements like that. Yeah, absolutely, so I think that's, you know,
a good one. You can put that with Omaha. Maybe
a place like Atlanta. All the incredible like civil rights
stuff that happened in Atlanta, along with important battles. I mean,
Atlanta's an old place. Georgia was one of the Thirteen Colonies,
(06:42):
so there's a lot of story there, and it feels
Atlanta feels insanely different than San Francisco or Omaha would.
And then maybe a place like Detroit for like manufacturing
or the blue collar nature of that city and how
you know, the car industry kind of burgeons in keeps
that place alive. I think that would be kind of
(07:02):
an interesting city. So if you were giving a foreigner
who wants a good tour of all the different types
of things that you could see or experience in America,
if you gave them Omaha, Detroit, Atlanta and San Francisco.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
That's quite a tour, don't you think.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Hm, I'm sure you could sub in and out, you know,
several other cities in there. But I like the list
that we just made, you know what I mean? Maybe selfishly,
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
I yeah, I can't like I mean Omaha. I don't know.
It seems like an outlier to me, but.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
It could be I'm making the case right.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
I don't think there's gonna be an obvious way to
get Omaha involved in call it like a major American city.
You'd really have to kind of bend what major means.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
You get the Warren Buffett thing.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Warren Buffett.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Sure, but it's just so quaintly Midwestern, and it is
so much quieter and smaller than the major metropolitan areas.
I do think that there is something there where you
could suggest that if you want to feel what like
Middle America is like in its best form, Omaha in
the surrounding area I think could be that conversation starter.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Just my two cents.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
That's not a prerequisite, but still, anyway, it is a
three point twenty eight really fun conversation there. Always like
kind of having those fun debates you know we're.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Gonna do next.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
It has been one whale of a week for the
Omaha Supernovas, and more and more players are being announced
through the free agent signing sea a portion here this
week with new general manager John Cook in a brand
new league, Major League Volleyball, which the Supernovas are kind
of at the forefront of. How about we talk to
the person that is at the very top of the
(08:34):
food chain. We're gonna talk to Diane Mendenhall, who's gonna
tell us everything we need to know about this week
in Supernova's news and get you ready for what you
can expect going into next season. What a week it's
been for them here on news Radio eleven ten kfab.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
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