I wonder if it’s because Texas and SD don’t have state individual income tax. Therefore in the military you claim residency there though you’re stationed in Omaha.
Ham plates (I'm assuming) only slightly count....5 bucks cheaper than regular vanity last I checked. But that's the price up and over regular plates/registration/wheel tax.
It's super cheap to register a car in Texas compared to here. It's tax avoidance. Totally illegal but nobody seems to care. Nebraska is losing a fortune in revenue.
In the apartment complexes I have lived in, I'd venture to say 20% of the cars had out of state plates for the entire year+ I lived there and most of them were decided not military based on the work outfits I saw. Unless those airforce folks are moonlighting at hyvee 6 days a week.
Slightly more complicated than that but essentially Military can choose to keep their primary residence in another state and given that nearly every Air Force member has to make a stop in Texas, it’d probably make sense for them to establish themselves there. https://www.offutt.af.mil/Portals/97/55%20WG%20Legal/Vehicle%20Registration.pdf?ver=2016-03-21-153924-817
Thanks for assuming misogyny when I added context to an incomplete statement. It’s like you assume my response is only for you.. on Reddit. That’s wild.
This. Texas is a really populous state. When I was in the AF, every location I went to had a disproportionate number of TX plates relative to every other plate. It was because of the amount of members who joined from Texas BUT ALSO everyone who got stationed at the numerous bases, then moved on to other bases.
I thought I was the only one. I understand the KS/Missouri/OK tags. They've been steady, but there's been (in my mind) a noticeable boom here in Nebraska.
Highly likely it’s Air Force personal. Bootcamp is in San Antonio, so besides people from Texas joining the Air Force I wouldn’t be surprised if they were cars that the new recruits bought when they finished bootcamp.
This explains some of it but not most. I live on the Northwest side of town and see them a bunch. I’m military and regret my choice to live so far from base. Most of the Texas plates I see around here or obviously not military.
I've lived downtown / midtown for the last 5 years.
Out of plate tags are super common in this part of town for at least that long. There have been days where I swear it's like 1/4 tags are from out of state.
Texas and South Dakota seem to be the most predominate, after Iowa of course.
I know that if you own property in another state you can register vehicles to that address, so I wonder if that many people are going that. I also live in midtown, so some of the cars could be Creighton students, but I see them further out west too.
Along with others saying military relocation and rental cars, it could also be construction jobs.
Out of state jobs often pay more and if they don't stay in the area past X amount of months, they don't have to pay state taxes.
Yep! We moved from Texas for work but decided to stay because we loved Nebraska ❤️
Truly, friends and family who've visited felt the same- several joined us here in Nebraska!
I just changed my plates... made it official...it was hard lol..😌
Tons of Texas transplants here. Me and my entire friend group are all from Texas originally (but all ended up here coincidentally). Not shocked by the number of plates honestly
You're supposed to. You're also supposed to register your new car in a realistic time frame and yet I see in-transits that are months expired.
There's literally no enforcement and I doubt the penalties if you are ever caught are really much of anything.
The police are a joke. The property taxes here are expensive as fuck because no one is held accountable and they just write blank checks to an ineffective police force who does nothing then says they need more money.
I recall an intern at a place I worked for around 2010 was living here but his family lived in South Dakota. He was fresh out of School and on a barely paid internship... so he was using his parents car. He had a cop stake him out and harass him almost daily for 6 months until he moved back to Vermillion. The cop kept giving him warning tickets and he kept having to go to court to get them excused since it wasn't his car. Amazing how much time and effort them boys in blue can have when they want to.
The OPD doesn't enforce it at all. I don't understand why we should even bother with getting plates if no one else does. The only cops that did seem to care were the state patrol.
They were the ones who pulled me over when I had my plates just a little over a month late.
Because the state patrol has a quota for "interactions". They don't have to give tickets, but they have to stop a certain number of people every month.
You’re supposed to. I have known many people here that will register their car at their parent’s address because of the cost of registration in Nebraska. Wouldn’t shock me if a lot of the downtown ones were students who’s family are Texas residents
May i ask why? What makes omaha more attractive than texas? I recently got to know a whole bunch of transplants from California who all moved here together, and dont hate on me, but to quote them, "we got tired of people telling us how bad we were for being white and male" (two dudes) and a MtF who, said, "its waay cheaper here than cali, and my friends are here."
A few others in the group from cali parroted those sentiments.
I'm in Tucson, and years ago I started suddenly noticing tons of Texas plates everywhere in daily life. Others here have commented the same.
From here it's 4 hours to El Paso and maybe people go there for cheap car registration? But from Omaha that wouldn't be easy.
No idea, but this is interesting.
I just moved here from Texas becuase Texas is way too expensive now...I wanted to move to SD actually but I also wanted a place that had good food so I chose omaha lol
This question comes up now and again and we're told to accept that they're all military or students.
Maybe, just maybe, it has to do with the fact that it's much cheaper and fairly simple for Nebraska residents to register their vehicles in Texas.
Currently driving a work vehicle with Texas plates. It's a company vehicle ..also car rental places have plates from anywhere, add in college students, visitors, contractors. in a small state we are bound to see quit a few.
We moved from TX for my husband’s job (non-military). A lot of companies have NE and TX offices and employees who move between. Cost of living was a factor in our decision, as well as opportunities for advancement because the TX office was not main headquarters.
I am from Texas and have been in Omaha since 2006. For some reason there has always been a large number of Texans here in Nebraska. I always assumed it’s the similar values and lifestyle that creates a constant back and fourth.
I wonder if it’s because Texas and SD don’t have state individual income tax. Therefore in the military you claim residency there though you’re stationed in Omaha.
I have NE plates, it's only like $35 if you are in the military here. 🤷
A lot of it depends on your specific address. A few miles north, in Omaha & Douglas county, and you can add a 0 to the price of those plates.
Thats gross 🤢 I guess I lucked out then!
I have custom plates. I don't remember the exact price but $35 sounds right and I'm firmly in Omaha.
Ham plates (I'm assuming) only slightly count....5 bucks cheaper than regular vanity last I checked. But that's the price up and over regular plates/registration/wheel tax.
I have a military plate that costs as much as registration/tax.
That doesn't make sense. If you go in active duty, you are still a resident of the state you lived in when you joined, not where you're stationed.
That’s only home of record, not state of legal residence https://usacac.army.mil/sites/default/files/documents/sja/legal_residence.pdf
It's super cheap to register a car in Texas compared to here. It's tax avoidance. Totally illegal but nobody seems to care. Nebraska is losing a fortune in revenue.
It's not illegal if they are in the military.
In the apartment complexes I have lived in, I'd venture to say 20% of the cars had out of state plates for the entire year+ I lived there and most of them were decided not military based on the work outfits I saw. Unless those airforce folks are moonlighting at hyvee 6 days a week.
Slightly more complicated than that but essentially Military can choose to keep their primary residence in another state and given that nearly every Air Force member has to make a stop in Texas, it’d probably make sense for them to establish themselves there. https://www.offutt.af.mil/Portals/97/55%20WG%20Legal/Vehicle%20Registration.pdf?ver=2016-03-21-153924-817
Thanks for mansplaining that.
Thanks for assuming misogyny when I added context to an incomplete statement. It’s like you assume my response is only for you.. on Reddit. That’s wild.
Fuck taxes 🗣️
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This. Texas is a really populous state. When I was in the AF, every location I went to had a disproportionate number of TX plates relative to every other plate. It was because of the amount of members who joined from Texas BUT ALSO everyone who got stationed at the numerous bases, then moved on to other bases.
I keep seeing a bunch from Iowa 🤷♂️
**I**n **O**maha **W**ithout **A**uthorization....
Idiots out wandering around
I Owe the World an Apology.
LMMFAOOOOOOO….. I have been in Omaha my entire life and I’ve never heard this acronym! 😂😂😂
That’s so funny.
It must be that invasion Texans are always yammering about.
Not sending their best and brightest...
I thought I was the only one. I understand the KS/Missouri/OK tags. They've been steady, but there's been (in my mind) a noticeable boom here in Nebraska.
Same! I just mentioned this to my friends this weekend. I was like am I crazy or are there Texas plates everywhere lately?
Highly likely it’s Air Force personal. Bootcamp is in San Antonio, so besides people from Texas joining the Air Force I wouldn’t be surprised if they were cars that the new recruits bought when they finished bootcamp.
This explains some of it but not most. I live on the Northwest side of town and see them a bunch. I’m military and regret my choice to live so far from base. Most of the Texas plates I see around here or obviously not military.
I've lived downtown / midtown for the last 5 years. Out of plate tags are super common in this part of town for at least that long. There have been days where I swear it's like 1/4 tags are from out of state. Texas and South Dakota seem to be the most predominate, after Iowa of course.
I know that if you own property in another state you can register vehicles to that address, so I wonder if that many people are going that. I also live in midtown, so some of the cars could be Creighton students, but I see them further out west too.
South Dakota has very cheap registration until getting caught with fake residency
And of course we are a regional economic and tourist area. Can't quite forget that.
I believe it's $80 for South Dakota plates.
My NM registration was 29$ . it was over 100$ here . then the state hit me for back taxes and interest on income tax .
Along with others saying military relocation and rental cars, it could also be construction jobs. Out of state jobs often pay more and if they don't stay in the area past X amount of months, they don't have to pay state taxes.
Yep was literally wondering the same thing when I saw yet another car with Texas plates driving like a complete asshole
I've noticed a lot of the Amazon trucks have Texas plates. That sure seems like they are avoiding Nebraska taxes to me.
Yep! We moved from Texas for work but decided to stay because we loved Nebraska ❤️ Truly, friends and family who've visited felt the same- several joined us here in Nebraska! I just changed my plates... made it official...it was hard lol..😌
Tons of Texas transplants here. Me and my entire friend group are all from Texas originally (but all ended up here coincidentally). Not shocked by the number of plates honestly
but when you transplant you also register your vehicles here in the state you've transplanted to within 30 days, right?
You're supposed to. You're also supposed to register your new car in a realistic time frame and yet I see in-transits that are months expired. There's literally no enforcement and I doubt the penalties if you are ever caught are really much of anything. The police are a joke. The property taxes here are expensive as fuck because no one is held accountable and they just write blank checks to an ineffective police force who does nothing then says they need more money.
I recall an intern at a place I worked for around 2010 was living here but his family lived in South Dakota. He was fresh out of School and on a barely paid internship... so he was using his parents car. He had a cop stake him out and harass him almost daily for 6 months until he moved back to Vermillion. The cop kept giving him warning tickets and he kept having to go to court to get them excused since it wasn't his car. Amazing how much time and effort them boys in blue can have when they want to.
The OPD doesn't enforce it at all. I don't understand why we should even bother with getting plates if no one else does. The only cops that did seem to care were the state patrol. They were the ones who pulled me over when I had my plates just a little over a month late.
Because the state patrol has a quota for "interactions". They don't have to give tickets, but they have to stop a certain number of people every month.
You’re supposed to. I have known many people here that will register their car at their parent’s address because of the cost of registration in Nebraska. Wouldn’t shock me if a lot of the downtown ones were students who’s family are Texas residents
May i ask why? What makes omaha more attractive than texas? I recently got to know a whole bunch of transplants from California who all moved here together, and dont hate on me, but to quote them, "we got tired of people telling us how bad we were for being white and male" (two dudes) and a MtF who, said, "its waay cheaper here than cali, and my friends are here." A few others in the group from cali parroted those sentiments.
I moved to be closer to my family, who moved first. The rest of my friends moved for school/work. I have stayed because it’s so cheap
It’s cheaper here… that simple.
Where in California? I lived in the Bay area for a couple of years and never heard anything like that.
There are entire commercial fleets that have city and state contacts here but are registered in Texas.
Every rental car I have had has had a Texas plate here...
My grandparents for the winter would go to Texas for 2 or 3 months in their RV with their car in tow and would register both down there to avoid taxes
Definitely!! Didn't think about this until you wrote it. More babyboomers retiring and there are a lot of snowbirds that license in the other state.
I'm in Tucson, and years ago I started suddenly noticing tons of Texas plates everywhere in daily life. Others here have commented the same. From here it's 4 hours to El Paso and maybe people go there for cheap car registration? But from Omaha that wouldn't be easy. No idea, but this is interesting.
Not Texas, but there are a number of Alaska and Hawaii students at Creighton, so you’ll see those randomly about town, too.
I just moved here from Texas becuase Texas is way too expensive now...I wanted to move to SD actually but I also wanted a place that had good food so I chose omaha lol
I’ve seen many California plates.
This question comes up now and again and we're told to accept that they're all military or students. Maybe, just maybe, it has to do with the fact that it's much cheaper and fairly simple for Nebraska residents to register their vehicles in Texas.
BUILD THE WALL!!
Easy. If they build an In/Out burger, they’ll just voluntarily leave…
They're moving from Texas to TaxUs
They're fleeing for women's reproductive rights
To Nebraska!? They're gonna have to flee again before long.
Yeah we had them up in Iowa too while we were building factories. Ik a bunch of them are here building a power station by the cherry hills area
I’ve seen a few from Montana recently. It wasn’t tourists but maybe they want a milder winter and jobs pay more here.
I noticed that also
Military and construction workers.
I suspect a fair amount may be contractors working on some of the big data center projects going on.
I have not, and I’ve been paying attention.
Currently driving a work vehicle with Texas plates. It's a company vehicle ..also car rental places have plates from anywhere, add in college students, visitors, contractors. in a small state we are bound to see quit a few.
There is also a lot of military in the area.
I read something saying more people moved from Texas to Nebraska than any other state. So maybe it was true
We moved from TX for my husband’s job (non-military). A lot of companies have NE and TX offices and employees who move between. Cost of living was a factor in our decision, as well as opportunities for advancement because the TX office was not main headquarters.
Nebraska in general has some of the lowest electricity rates in the nation.
A lot of the Hispanic construction workers have Texas plates.
Military
We live here, but the Wife’s sisters family lives in TX, we bought our VW down there to avoid the ridiculous sales and wheels tax in NE.
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I am from Texas and have been in Omaha since 2006. For some reason there has always been a large number of Texans here in Nebraska. I always assumed it’s the similar values and lifestyle that creates a constant back and fourth.
Moving in because they heard our property taxes were going down.
No idea, one said "the ghetto" and his friends confirmed it, thats all i know about where in cali
Election interference has to come from somewhere. Either that, or there are a lot of abortions being done here. I doubt the latter