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Old 11-01-2012, 11:58 PM
 
Location: DFW Texas
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Its more comparable in size & look to the Brazos River running through Downtown Austin.

The Brazos River goes through Waco, not Austin. Thats the Colorado your thinking about.
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Old 11-02-2012, 12:29 AM
 
Location: Dallas
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Tulsa has about 400,000 residents and Plano has 270,000. The two are more comparable in size than Dallas at 1.2 million. Anything on the south side of Tulsa looks like Plano or any other Dallas suburb. The north side of Tulsa looks more like south Dallas.
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Old 11-02-2012, 05:08 PM
 
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Tulsa is more like Fort Worth than any other city in the DFW area.

Oil and Gas, Aviation, river area, demographics, small downtown, agricultural past, school particulars, etc.

Plano is closest to San Jose, CA or Alexandria, VA.
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Old 11-03-2012, 12:06 AM
 
Location: West Coast
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Thanks for the comments. My friend likes Tulsa, but he thinks he is missing out on professional opportunities that are available in Dallas because it's so much larger. He has a decent job now. He does help desk support. I know nothing about that field. I guess it is IT?? I think living wise, he prefers medium size cities, but he does feel like he may be limiting himself professionally living in Tulsa, even though he enjoys living there.
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Old 11-03-2012, 09:50 AM
 
Location: Rocky Mountain Xplorer
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The river you speak of, the Arkansas river is many times larger than the Trinity. Its more comparable in size & look to the Brazos River running through Downtown Austin.
As a native midwesterner where they have "real" rivers, the Arkansas is like a real river. The Trinity, not so much, more like an over sized midwestern creek (it's really quite small).
But the comparison here between the OK citys and Dallas is I think more about Climate & Topography
than size. Tulsa & OKCity are both now large citys but just in a regional sense, whereas Dallas is of course one of the nations biggest citys.
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Old 12-27-2016, 11:03 AM
 
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I was born and raised in Oklahoma City. My family is still there. However, I have lived in Dallas for 17 years now. So, Dallas is my home now.. OKC and DAL are very different cities. Dallas is one of the nations largest cities. Dallas is a very cosmopolitan city. The major industries in Dallas are aviation, IT / Telecom, Oil and Gas, and Financial firms.

When I am referencing Dallas, I am speaking of inside the 635 loop. There are tons of restaurants, bars, high-end retailers, entertainment venues, MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL teams all consider Dallas home. OKC has only a NBA team.

In regards to weather.. Oklahoma really gets the worse end of the stick. The winters are always much colder and get more ice/snow multiple times throughout the winter. Dallas is lucky to see any snow at all, but we get a bit of ice. This affect DFW road travel, as most all our freeways are elevated. It is generally much colder at night in OKC. When I am visiting family in summer in OKC, I often get chilled in the evening. They are both HOT in the summer, Dallas is more of an intense heat, as all the concrete working as a convection oven. We also have more humidity in the summer, as we are a mere 4 hours from the coast.

Being close to the coast, we also are prone to tropical depressions, tropical storms in the event of any hurricanes hitting the Texas coast.

The architecture is different. OKC has a more Midwestern style of buildings. The infrastructure is much different also.. Dallas has an awesome freeway system and you can literally get anywhere in 20 mins providing not during rush hour. If you are in NW OKC, it can take you 20 mins just to get to a freeway.

Most importantly, OKC may be cheaper in rent prices, but be advised that Oklahoma likes to tax the crap out of their citizens. You pay income tax and also taxes on medicines and food items. Also, depending on what suburb in OKC, you will pay a high sales tax on anything. Texas doesn't tax income or food/medicinal items. Texas makes up with this in their much higher property taxes.

OKC and Dallas are similar, yet very different. I personally prefer Dallas to OKC, as Dallas is a prettier city, a lot of things to do and see. There is a lot more options to participate in cultural events. OKC is more conservative than Dallas. However, Dallas has it's conservatives also, but you can really just be yourself here.
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Old 12-27-2016, 11:13 AM
 
Location: 89052 & 75206
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Its all true. One thing; its a lot cheaper to live in OKC
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Old 12-27-2016, 11:33 AM
 
Location: Shady Drifter
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Its all true. One thing; its a lot cheaper to live in OKC
Especially 4 years after this thread was started.
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