[Bass&Catfish2008]

Originally Posted by JohnPBailey

Exactly, most people don't want to live in Oklahoma (with the wind, the dust, the tornadoes, the federal building bombing of 1995, the flash floods, the boredom of the flat-open prairies, the toll roads and no sandy beaches to go to) but some people, the poor like me, have no choice, thus the relatively-cheap humble (minimalist) apartments there. The meager Oklahoma market can't bear California apartment rent rates. Farmers left the dust bowl of Sooner to California in the 1930's for a reason. Now CA high prices and liberal gun-grabbing politics are driving Americans eastward again.

You've been influenced by Hollywood too much. We Native Okies do like the false narrative of tumbleweeds and only tall grass prairie as it tends to keep the transplants out.

A huge chunk of Oklahoma lies in the Crosstimbers. Look into it and good luck.

[eddie gein]

Originally Posted by SluggoF16

A lot of people come down this way to drive to the top of Mount Scott in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. The road to the top is closed right now to vehicles but can still be walked or biked. It may reopen by October. And Meers Store is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, cash-only.

Don't forget Medicine Park. It's one of the neatest spots in the state and there are three or four good places to eat plus Ann's Pies out on the Highway.