Best area of OKC (Oklahoma City, Norman: houses, rental, jobs)

[colleeng47]

Originally Posted by peggydavis

Hmmmm. Maybe that's why I never felt like I "fit in" in Edmond. NW OKC is nice. I graduated from Putnam City. Yukon is good too. What type of riding does your daughter do? How do you keep your horse in NJ? Do you board or do you have your own land? You might look in the Jones area too.

Actually, when I searched for houses in NW OKC I really liked Putnam City North for my daughter. It is one of the few schools in your area that has block scheduling, which my daughter has here. She doesn't have her own horse (which I hear about all the time), but rides at a stable not too far from our house. Boarding horses here runs between $700-$800 a month. She could have had the first horse she rode on for free when that stable closed down, but I didn't want to pay that much for boarding fees, plus vet fees, etc. She's hoping to get her own horse in OK and pay for the boarding herself (which I think will be cheaper than here). She rode English for a few years, but has been riding Western for the last couple of years. At this stable she's been doing some barrel racing. She also wants to be a storm photographer, so you may see a "small" reason why we picked OK for our move!

My 18 year old son wants to get into film making (who doesn't), so no matter where we live it will be hard for him, but I've convinced him to train for some type of trade (carpenter or culinary) before he starts his filming so he can at least have a steady income. BTW, he is very good at filming, and has done a few already, but it's a really, really hard field to get into.

[Nameless]

The problem is most houses in the North district won't have much land. In fact, as far as I know, they're all just city lots. Any houses that direction with land would be in Deer Creek or Piedmont schools. Almost no more development in the North district.

[Jess5]

Originally Posted by peggydavis

Yukon has a big grain elevator, flour mill. It has a cool downtown with old buildings. It is a route 66 town with some funky old motels, etc. Yukon has the Okie feel to me because it is a town based on agriculture. Yukon has a lot of new housing developments but not overwhelming like Edmond.

I don't have anything against Edmond. I have lived there 3 different times! Just not my cup of tea with all the spas, shopping, upscale this and upscale that. Hardly any guys in Edmond wear overalls. Edmond is where all the newcomers to OKC seem to go.

Yesterday I had a near argument with my DIL. She LOVES Edmond. I want them to move to Seminole or at least Shawnee so they will be closer to me. She and my son think that would be so . Everyone has a different taste.

Thank you Peggy. I see what you mean.

[steenveld]

OKC? look into Tulsa, it's practically segregated. good side south, bad side north. OKC is just the opposite

[stiffnecked]

And if you want a horse in Piedmont you better be sure the lot size is 1 acre or more. And don't rely on the realtor to tell you the truth. I just watched a young girl and her family get there dreams crushed of raising a horse as an FFA project because there lot wasn't big enough. Even though the realtor said it was. This particular realtor would tell you that a leaking roof was normal, he says they all leak a little.

Anyway, we actually have a big horse riding community out here and plenty of houses for sale with large lots that would allow this.

[ip241au]

What about Nichols Hills?

[colleeng47]

Originally Posted by stiffnecked

And if you want a horse in Piedmont you better be sure the lot size is 1 acre or more. And don't rely on the realtor to tell you the truth. I just watched a young girl and her family get there dreams crushed of raising a horse as an FFA project because there lot wasn't big enough. Even though the realtor said it was. This particular realtor would tell you that a leaking roof was normal, he says they all leak a little.

Anyway, we actually have a big horse riding community out here and plenty of houses for sale with large lots that would allow this.

What do you mean by "big horse riding community?" Are you referring to the whole state, or your particular town? DH talked to his headhunter in OKC Friday and now he thinks we should look in Yukon or Mustang. She raved about those areas. How are those areas for keeping horses, or are there reasonable boarding stables? DD really wants her own horse and one of the (almost) promises we gave her was to be able to ride when she wants to. Can't do that here in NJ!

[peggydavis]

I think they are horse riding communities because they have big roundup clubs that have playdays frequently. It is more rodeo and barrel riding there, in general. People move to Mustang and Yukon so that they can have a horse but still be close to town (OKC). The whole state is a horse riding community, but in my area we don't have a roundup club. We mostly trail ride, work cattle, or some people rope. Edmond does a lot of English, showing, cross country. Harrah and Choctaw are mixed, a lot of trail riding but playday quite a bit. But you can live anywhere, we don't have segregation here.

[stiffnecked]

They have a riding club here but also quite a few ranchers that actually use horses for rounding up there cattle. Just my opinion but I think Piedmont is a little more upscale than Yukon and Mustang, but maybe just a notch below the Deer Creek area. Piedmont doesn't have all the built up business areas that Mustang and Yukon have. Thus a more quite atmosphere.

[colleeng47]

Originally Posted by peggydavis

I think they are horse riding communities because they have big roundup clubs that have playdays frequently. It is more rodeo and barrel riding there, in general. People move to Mustang and Yukon so that they can have a horse but still be close to town (OKC). The whole state is a horse riding community, but in my area we don't have a roundup club. We mostly trail ride, work cattle, or some people rope. Edmond does a lot of English, showing, cross country. Harrah and Choctaw are mixed, a lot of trail riding but playday quite a bit. But you can live anywhere, we don't have segregation here.

This is truly good news. My daughter will be very happy. She's been doing some barrel racing at the most recent stable she's been riding at. She did English riding for several years, but didn't like the atmosphere and the continuous training in posture, etc. She just wants to ride for fun, so we switched her to a western stable where she's much happier.