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==The Place==
Omaha exists in a state of elegant decay<ref>Old telephony switches, copper wire, that sort of thing.</ref>.  The past and the present seem to overlap - the city does not easily give up its ghosts.  Mysterious, romantic, and steeped in history, it welcomes such an unconventional convention as Convergence. 
There is so much to do that it's impossible to include it all here. 
The telecommunications infrastructures of Omaha are a must-see.  Due to the high water table, there are no underground burials - rows upon rows of whitewashed cables form above ground webs, true cities to house the geeky. The Westgate Gallery<ref>This attraction is not actually in Omaha.</ref> is a purple and black mansion that contains a collection of paintings, sculpture, jewelry, and books dedicated to portraying Death as a sorrowful, compassionate entity.  You can visit a real ceremony; take daytime or evening walking tours focusing on any subject you can imagine (college baseball, crumbling factories, nuclear powered hospitals, Warren Buffett, you name it!); tour Antebellum meat packing plants, Civil War fields<ref>As in, they were fields during the Civil War. Not like battles or
any other military engagement occurred there.</ref>, primordial grassland, and gracious turn-of-the-century skyscrapers; or just sit on a wrought-iron balcony or in a lush sports bar, sipping a cool drink and watching the sun set.  Of course, there are also many fine museums, two lovely public parks, an award-winning, record-setting zoo, steamboat rides and horse-drawn carriages. 
The selection of Goth-friendly stores in Omaha has never been better.  There's exquisite silver jewellery at [http://www.kittysjewelry.com/ Kitty's Jewelry]<ref>They came to C14, I'm sure they'll come here too.</ref>, fancy clothing for men and women at [http://kambriel.com/ Kambriel]<ref>They came to C14, I'm sure they'll come here too.</ref>, CDs at Homer's, and ooo-la-lingerie at Doctor Johns.  Beef and other barbecue accessories are available in a variety found no place else, due to the city's passion for dramatic celebration.  Antiques stores abound both inside and out of Council Bluffs, filled with glass inkwells, ebony walking sticks, silk parasols - there's even a shop specializing in gas pump
antiques, where you can find that Correct Measure light arm you've been wanting.