America is in the middle of a streetcar boom. The billionaire would prefer that his hometown not get onboard.
WHY WE’RE HERE
We’re exploring how America defines itself one place at a time. In Omaha, city leaders and the most famous local resident are disagreeing, courteously, over a plan to bring back streetcars.
OMAHA — The letter to the editor of The Omaha World-Herald began politely, Midwesternly.
“I seldom take sides on local issues,” wrote Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor and Omaha’s most famous resident, in a letter in December. “Understandably, it can be off-putting to many to have a wealthy 92-year-old tell them what is good for their future.
“I’m going to make an exception on the streetcar issue.”
That is the $306 million plan to build a…
