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<blockquote data-quote="RidgeHunter" data-source="post: 1479262" data-attributes="member: 4319"><p>It starts where the church signs begin to outnumber road signs, and it ends where people quit pretending they don't recognize each other at the liquor store.</p><p></p><p>~</p><p></p><p>Oklahoma is home. Tulsa is "the city". Oklahoma and Tulsa will always be home, and that's probably why I'm here. I don't know if I'd up and move here from another state. Lots of great stuff here, but if I had to move to a strange land I'd pick somewhere...greater.</p><p></p><p>PROS:</p><p>-Cheap as heck to live here. Seriously. </p><p>-People are usually easy to get along with. There are buttholes depending on where you are, but "small town friendliness" is pretty common. </p><p>-Awesome, awesome thunderstorms that you're not going to see anywhere but the plains. If you don't love storms, you're not an Okie.</p><p>-There's lots of outdoor activities to do if you seek them out.</p><p>-Not too many big city problems.</p><p>-Oklahoma has some cool history.</p><p>- We get a taste of all 4 seasons, but man it tastes weird sometimes.</p><p></p><p>CONS:</p><p>-Bit too "socially conservative". That does contribute to many of our issues IMHO. If we were as old fashioned and churchy as some like to pretend, there would not be pregnant kids and burnouts everywhere. We need to wake up and cut the act. We're a bit twisted on social laws and attitudes. Plus it's hard to meet like minded people sometimes. </p><p>-Not enough snow. Winters are too dry and windy.</p><p>-The summer heat is more than oppressing. You can taste the air, smell it, and feel it giving resistance as you try to walk. We all look pissed off and hungover during the late summer. It literally feels like a bad hallucination every time you walk outside. You can hear the heat. The humidity talks to you. It crawls all over you, and on the worst days it rapes you. I've gotten into cars so hot that I saw Hank Williams playing a Ukulele in the passenger seat for several miles until the AC caught up (then he switched to guitar <img src="/images/smilies/biggrin.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-shortname=":D" />).</p><p>-Not enough woods and hills. (eastern Oklahoma has them, and it's the only part of the state I'd live in)</p><p>-Great music history and scene, but we seem to often miss my favorite acts when they tour.</p><p>- Oil, gas or airplanes. You either work with them, or their workers put money in your pocket. That's what we have, and we depend on them.</p><p></p><p>But Oklahoma over Florida? No contest. Yeah, we're better than America's wang. You couldn't pay me to move further south than Oklahoma.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RidgeHunter, post: 1479262, member: 4319"] It starts where the church signs begin to outnumber road signs, and it ends where people quit pretending they don't recognize each other at the liquor store. ~ Oklahoma is home. Tulsa is "the city". Oklahoma and Tulsa will always be home, and that's probably why I'm here. I don't know if I'd up and move here from another state. Lots of great stuff here, but if I had to move to a strange land I'd pick somewhere...greater. PROS: -Cheap as heck to live here. Seriously. -People are usually easy to get along with. There are buttholes depending on where you are, but "small town friendliness" is pretty common. -Awesome, awesome thunderstorms that you're not going to see anywhere but the plains. If you don't love storms, you're not an Okie. -There's lots of outdoor activities to do if you seek them out. -Not too many big city problems. -Oklahoma has some cool history. - We get a taste of all 4 seasons, but man it tastes weird sometimes. CONS: -Bit too "socially conservative". That does contribute to many of our issues IMHO. If we were as old fashioned and churchy as some like to pretend, there would not be pregnant kids and burnouts everywhere. We need to wake up and cut the act. We're a bit twisted on social laws and attitudes. Plus it's hard to meet like minded people sometimes. -Not enough snow. Winters are too dry and windy. -The summer heat is more than oppressing. You can taste the air, smell it, and feel it giving resistance as you try to walk. We all look pissed off and hungover during the late summer. It literally feels like a bad hallucination every time you walk outside. You can hear the heat. The humidity talks to you. It crawls all over you, and on the worst days it rapes you. I've gotten into cars so hot that I saw Hank Williams playing a Ukulele in the passenger seat for several miles until the AC caught up (then he switched to guitar :D). -Not enough woods and hills. (eastern Oklahoma has them, and it's the only part of the state I'd live in) -Great music history and scene, but we seem to often miss my favorite acts when they tour. - Oil, gas or airplanes. You either work with them, or their workers put money in your pocket. That's what we have, and we depend on them. But Oklahoma over Florida? No contest. Yeah, we're better than America's wang. You couldn't pay me to move further south than Oklahoma. [/QUOTE]
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