Is OK okay for us? (houses, rent, employment)

[TheComputerGuy]

Originally Posted by LadyRobyn

CG, If he had been raised in OK he probably never would have landed in the Navy. He left while we were still in CA. It was a combination of serious problems with the school system out there, (don't get me started... I get ugly. ) along with a lack of decent job prospects in the area.

I don't need to get you started...
We yanked our kids out of the public school system here (years ago) also...
And it's a LOT better than CA.

Originally Posted by LadyRobyn

The Navy seemed like the best "way out" for him.

It will be good to have him 'home' again, so he can walk in the fields and go fishing with his Grampa, annoy his little sister, exasperate his father and worry his mother.

The Navy has the BEST food!

It's NOT nice to pick on sis!
Apparently they're old enough (and probably living elsewhere)
that you don't care, because it won't disturb your peace at home!

Also... If he "exasperates Dad and worries Mama",
you can always resort to "silverware" or "being the COOK".
(We ALL fear you here... After THOSE earlier posts!)

[karibear]

Originally Posted by LadyRobyn

CG, If he had been raised in OK he probably never would have landed in the Navy. He left while we were still in CA. It was a combination of serious problems with the school system out there, (don't get me started... I get ugly. ) along with a lack of decent job prospects in the area.

The Navy seemed like the best "way out" for him.

It will be good to have him 'home' again, so he can walk in the fields and go fishing with his Grampa, annoy his little sister, exasperate his father and worry his mother.

Must be something about the schools in CA. My ex-BIL [who is in his 60s now] was given the choice of enlisting in whatever branch he wanted, or go to juvenile detention. He was career Air Force. And we won't go into the screw-ups they pulled on DH!

But now that I think about it, it might have something to do with being a teenager, too. My son was given some extremely unpleasant choices I won't go into, but one of the options was to get a GED asap. He aced it in a month or so, and he's been a commercial fisherman ever since - he was 14 at the time. He's been fishing more than half his life now, and I still worry - it never gets better. But it helps if I don't watch any of those 'World's Most Dangerous Jobs' things on the Discovery Channel.

[colleeng47]

Originally Posted by KingSkully

Hey there. I'm the Computer Guy's son. As a 17 year old, one of the things that concerns me regarding OK is what there is to do for kids in my age group. Any insight is welcome! Thanks.

Where we currently live has zip for fun things to do. The highlights being sitting on a swing at the park or going for a walk/bike ride up and down the huge hills/mountains here. While that's not too bad. It does get old. Heheh.

Regards,
KS

Hey, KingSkully, welcome to the forum. We're about to leave for OK in two weeks. Our 18 year old son and 16 year old daughter will be with us. They, too, will be looking for things to do. But first thing they will do is get a job

When y'all get to OK, have your dad look us up so my teens can tell you what they found fun to do. I know Anna will mention horseback riding, but if that isn't your thing, my son Scott (who doesn't ride) will have other ideas, I'm sure.

[TheComputerGuy]

My wife found a bunch of 3 BR houses under $20K in Tulsa yesterday...

I'm trying to figure out why they're so cheap...
Are they in scary areas perhaps?

Just read a bunch of Tulsa news...
Looks like there's a lot of crime
compared to what I'm used to.

Comments???

[Goodpasture]

Probably in scary areas. give me the addresses and I can tell you for sure.

Not sure what you are used to. I tend to leave my front door open, keys in the truck at night, etc. But where those houses are I believe you would lose everything you own.

Hell, let me check with MLS and see what you are talking about............

[Goodpasture]

You can be a pain in the butt, you know......Good thing I like folks like that....

OK, did a search of MLS with the only criteria being listed for less than $20,000. NONE of the Tulsa houses are in safe neighborhoods. Many of them are repos. This is the kind of neighborhood where bars on the windows is not a bad idea, A/C compressors tend to disappear, etc.


The non-Tulsa <$20,000 listings, however are in great communities......the houses are just really small and need lots of work.

[TheComputerGuy]

Originally Posted by Goodpasture

You can be a pain in the butt, you know......Good thing I like folks like that....

OK, did a search of MLS with the only criteria being listed for less than $20,000. NONE of the Tulsa houses are in safe neighborhoods. Many of them are repos. This is the kind of neighborhood where bars on the windows is not a bad idea, A/C compressors tend to disappear, etc.

The non-Tulsa <$20,000 listings, however are in great communities......the houses are just really small and need lots of work.

Thanks for the info GP...
I appreciate the effort.
I knew it sounded too good to be true.

Too bad though...
I saw places for like $12K with 3-4 BRs
that really didn't look too bad for the money...
Some of the even "still" had their central air...
(As in the compressor wasn't stolen yet.

Thanks!

[karibear]

Originally Posted by TheComputerGuy

Thanks for the info GP...
I appreciate the effort.
I knew it sounded too good to be true.

Too bad though...
I saw places for like $12K with 3-4 BRs
that really didn't look too bad for the money...
Some of the even "still" had their central air...
(As in the compressor wasn't stolen yet.

Thanks!

All you'd need is a fence around the yard and maybe a neopolitan mastiff, and you'd keep that compressor right where it was supposed to be.

[TheComputerGuy]

Originally Posted by karibear

All you'd need is a fence around the yard and maybe a neopolitan mastiff, and you'd keep that compressor right where it was supposed to be.

I was thinking about a screened-in box around
the compressor full of scorpions...
But I suppose that wouldn't impress a native Oklahoman.

Normally I'd trust you, but you're from WA as opposed to OK.

[suthernharleyryder]

in response to young man wanting to know what to do in OK...lol, i recall the old days...before video games, 200 tv channels...computers...cell phones...and then i look at my own kids...i send them out to play...and they stand out in yard and stare around...like zombies...thinking"ahh...which way do we go? which way do we go?"....and i laugh so hard...my days in OK as a kid was spent riden bikes, fishen, swimmen, putten on cowboy boots and "skaten" in creek ice, catchen horny toads, (still recall my pet horny toad i hid in my purse on day trip to tulsa and the mall...boy was my mama furious with me!!!), lets see, oh, builden clubhouses in woods, chasen baby pigs, hide and seek in haybarn, or my all time favorite..the neighborhood persimmonights!!!! come on guys, who did this to?? we would pile them up and let them fly....the mushier ones the better!!!!!!....its funny how just 20 or so years can change a way of life!!