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View Poll Results: What's Your Fave Oklahoma City?
Oklahoma City 14 28.57%
Tulsa 18 36.73%
Lawton 2 4.08%
Norman 3 6.12%
Muskogee 0 0%
Enid 0 0%
Stillwater 3 6.12%
Ponca City 1 2.04%
Ardmore 2 4.08%
Other 10 20.41%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 49. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 02-16-2011, 08:52 PM
 
Location: Texarkana
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I couldn't pick just one. I picked Oklahoma City and Tulsa because I went there on a spring break vacation and really enjoyed myself. I also picked Lawton because I lived there in the early 90's and it was a nice city.
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Old 02-16-2011, 10:53 PM
 
Location: OKIE-Ville
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I think Bartlesville should be on there if you're gonna include Ponca. Honorable Mention: Broken Arrow, Owasso, Talequah, Durant to name a few...
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Old 02-16-2011, 11:08 PM
 
Location: Texarkana
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I think Bartlesville should be on there if you're gonna include Ponca. Honorable Mention: Broken Arrow, Owasso, Talequah, Durant to name a few...
I knew there were a lot of cities/towns I wanted to include so that's why I pretty much put up the largest ones and put other for the rest.
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Old 02-17-2011, 07:21 PM
 
Location: Texarkana
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Bass I had forgotten that Bartlesville is larger than some of the cities I included. My apologies. Just saw a pic of Bartlesville. Nice skyline for a city it's size!
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Old 02-20-2011, 07:54 PM
 
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Old 02-20-2011, 08:11 PM
 
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Old 02-20-2011, 08:41 PM
 
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I wish people had posted on here about why they voted the way they did. I voted Tulsa because that's where I lived when I was in Oklahoma in the late 1980s. I never spent any time in OKC but even people who were from OKC told me Tulsa was better. But that was more than twenty years ago and I would be curious to see some opinions about how the 2 cities compare today.
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Old 02-20-2011, 10:14 PM
 
Location: Oklahoma City
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But that was more than twenty years ago and I would be curious to see some opinions about how the 2 cities compare today.
OKC has a stronger economy, has made far larger public investments in its core, its citizens are willing to tax themselves to improve the city, and its cultural scene (particularly food, music, art, and fashion in that order) has made really great strides over the last decade.

Tulsa WAS being eaten by its suburbs which were not only getting residential development, but also retail and attractions like the Aquarium. But that is starting to turn around, with a lot of private sector infill and some good public investment in the historic areas such as the awesome BOK Center and Drillers Stadium. I think it was once indisputable that Tulsa was the heart of Oklahoma's high culture, but that is definitely disputable now.

I also think Tulsa may still have more prominent private wealth/philanthropy than OKC, but OKC's corporations and wealthiest people are getting really aggressive with supporting community redevelopment.

Overall, I would say that Tulsa has seen its golden age as the oil capitol while Oklahoma City is just now entering its golden age and may become a creativity/youth/entrepreneurship center over the next decade. But who knows what will happen with Tulsa, things are poised to take off there too.
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Old 02-21-2011, 06:04 AM
 
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Old 02-21-2011, 04:08 PM
 
Location: Texarkana
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OKC has a stronger economy, has made far larger public investments in its core, its citizens are willing to tax themselves to improve the city, and its cultural scene (particularly food, music, art, and fashion in that order) has made really great strides over the last decade.

Tulsa WAS being eaten by its suburbs which were not only getting residential development, but also retail and attractions like the Aquarium. But that is starting to turn around, with a lot of private sector infill and some good public investment in the historic areas such as the awesome BOK Center and Drillers Stadium. I think it was once indisputable that Tulsa was the heart of Oklahoma's high culture, but that is definitely disputable now.

I also think Tulsa may still have more prominent private wealth/philanthropy than OKC, but OKC's corporations and wealthiest people are getting really aggressive with supporting community redevelopment.

Overall, I would say that Tulsa has seen its golden age as the oil capitol while Oklahoma City is just now entering its golden age and may become a creativity/youth/entrepreneurship center over the next decade. But who knows what will happen with Tulsa, things are poised to take off there too.
That's cool. Last time I visited both Tulsa and Oklahoma City was in 2007. I had a really great time in both places. Oklahoma City seems cleaner though. Is it just me or does anyone else feel the same?
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