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Instead of trying to put up the argument, reread your first replied comment. The word "if" is stated. So either you are illiterate or you do not understand the word "if". You would be better off acting as if there's no Charlotte-Wells Fargo connection than continuously posting yoour incorrect statements.
I clearly understood the direction you were heading with your statement.
The only person who is getting bent out of shape over this is you.
The Charlotte MSA (NC & SC) has 9 Fortune 500 companies.
2012 Fortune 500
Bank of America Corp.
Lowe's
Nucor
Duke Energy
Family Dollar Stores
Goodrich
Sonic Automotive
SPX
Domtar
Tulsa is definitely up and coming, but its going take a lot to get it to where Charlotte is today. For some reason I can't see anywhere in Oklahoma attracting hundreds of thousands of transplants the way Charlotte has. I know Oklahoma City doesn't quite have the natural draw nor the cosmopolitan flair Charlotte has to be able to do it. Tulsa is slightly ahead of OKC but there really isn't that much of a difference. Charlotte, like Atlanta, is in a unique position to be attractive to people looking to get away from the rat-race of the Bos-Wash corridor without sacrificing too much quality of life. Transplants moving to the Great Plains corridor are far more likely to choose Dallas, Austin, or Houston (I know it's a Gulf Coast city and not a Plains city, but its in the same corridor) than Tulsa or Oklahoma City, both of which would offer a much lower quality of life than what they are accustomed to.
I moved to Oklahoma City from Charlotte, and I am having a difficult time adjusting, but having spent most of my formative years in this area of the country its less of a culture shock for me than it would be for somebody from one of the major metropolitan areas in the Northeast.
Charlotte wouldn't be what it is today without its flood of transplants. It's a very transient city, most people you meet in Charlotte are from somewhere else. In Oklahoma's cities, most people you meet were either born and raised there, or relocated from a small town in Oklahoma or one of the neighboring states of Arkansas or Kansas.
Tulsa is definitely up and coming, but its going take a lot to get it to where Charlotte is today. For some reason I can't see anywhere in Oklahoma attracting hundreds of thousands of transplants the way Charlotte has. I know Oklahoma City doesn't quite have the natural draw nor the cosmopolitan flair Charlotte has to be able to do it. Tulsa is slightly ahead of OKC but there really isn't that much of a difference. Charlotte, like Atlanta, is in a unique position to be attractive to people looking to get away from the rat-race of the Bos-Wash corridor without sacrificing too much quality of life. Transplants moving to the Great Plains corridor are far more likely to choose Dallas, Austin, or Houston (I know it's a Gulf Coast city and not a Plains city, but its in the same corridor) than Tulsa or Oklahoma City, both of which would offer a much lower quality of life than what they are accustomed to.
I moved to Oklahoma City from Charlotte, and I am having a difficult time adjusting, but having spent most of my formative years in this area of the country its less of a culture shock for me than it would be for somebody from one of the major metropolitan areas in the Northeast.
Charlotte wouldn't be what it is today without its flood of transplants. It's a very transient city, most people you meet in Charlotte are from somewhere else. In Oklahoma's cities, most people you meet were either born and raised there, or relocated from a small town in Oklahoma or one of the neighboring states of Arkansas or Kansas.
I think that people who are not young would not have the slap in the face CULTURE SHOCK as those who are in theirs 20's and 30's IMHO
It is a cultural shock indeed, visited the Tulsa area last year around Labour Day for the first time, from the Greater Cleveland area, even though it's technically not in the Northeast--but it is close enough to say that it was quite different. Tulsa's much hotter, a bit flatter, and very open. Even suburban Cleveland area is far more dense, one would have to go to the extreme edges of Cuyahoga to find some space. As for those Fortune 500's Cleveland area has 10. But I do think given another 10 or 20 yrs, Tulsa and OKC will eventually be on there way up there, hopefully...
For me, the culture shock is not so much how spread out everything is. I came from Charlotte, which has the same problem. In fact, Charlotte has a worse walkscore than even OKC does.
The culture shock comes more from the conservative way of life here. All of the emphasis is placed on families around here and there isn't much for young singles in their 20s and 30s. Most people get married straight out of high school, or finish college and move away it seems.
There also isn't much outdoor recreation period. I know this is the Great Plains, but Charlotte is in the Piedmont region of NC which has a similar terrain and they've made the best of it. OKC doesn't have any parks like Freedom Park or Colonel Francis Beatty Park in Charlotte, and there is nothing in the terrain here stopping such a park from existing. OKC is planning a new downtown park though which from the renderings, looks like the type of place this city desperately needs so I wish they would build it sooner rather than later.
I've heard Tulsa has much better parks than OKC does.
I thought I would kick in a few pictures of the Tulsa Skyline.
I view of downtown Tulsa at night this picture shows modern and art deco which Tulsa is well known for.
Tulsa boasts the nation’s third-largest collection of art deco. This view of downtown Tulsa shows some of the art deco buildings,
Tulsa looking from the 51st bridge, clear blue skies are common in Tulsa
Looks like I got hung up on the bridge pictures I will show other views of the Tulsa Skyline they are on my other computer.
Tulsa downtown picture shows a lot of buildings in one picture. Photo by John Shoemaker
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