[mcnella]

I live in califorina ,were we are looking to relocated to the oklahome area ,Can anyone out thier tell me anything about cleveland oklahoma .Is this a populated area ,whats the weather like ,does it get tornadoes threw their .interested by osage lake .
I am looking to semi retire to this area ,so is there work within a short distance ,or is tulsa the main place for work.
What other areas in oklahoma are nice to settle in .are tornadoes a big thing in oklahoma .
Thanks for any help,
Mike

[cshodges]

In my opinion you would be better to purchase a home on Lake Keystone. It is within 15 min from downtown Tulsa, and I think it would be a good investment. Just had friends move from CA and paid CASH for their new home here since home prices are so low here. Cleveland is close to Keystone Lake as well. I just did a loan for a young man that purchased a home in Cleveland. If you have children that are in school or if you want to be "closer" to theaters, shopping etc, Sand Springs or Manford would be better bets. Good luck and welcome to OK (God's Country)

[CAGAL]

I do not know anything about Cleveland, but we recently moved from Central California to Sand Springs, in Osage County. People here are great and very helpful. We live in the country but close to civilization. It is very beautiful with a lot of green grass and trees. I'm not quite used to the humidity, but I noticed recently it has not been as humid as when we arrived two weeks ago. There are a lot of bugs in the trees that are very noisy at night, but I understand they will go away as soon as it begins to get cool. AT&T informed me they are working on getting DSL up here soon. Right now, with rabbit ears, we are getting 6 very clear TV channels and Dish Network will be here tomorrow to install their equipment so we can at least get my favorite news channels and of course, HGTV, as well as some of my other faves. I understand we don't have to worry much about tornadoes up here because of the hills. It snows and gets icey in the winter (maybe two weeks or so of ice) according to our neighbors. There are exciting thunder storms to watch, quite a change from California.

I noticed there are a couple of houses for sale in the cute little village down the hill from us.

I wish you the very best and hope you will be happy as we are with your move.

[Schousse]

I live about 8 miles from Cleveland, which is my nearest "town". It has baout 3,500 inhabitants and parts of Cleveland are right on Keystone Lake.

CLeveland is a nice place to live and much less expensive than Tulsa, yet is only about a 35-40 minute drive from Tulsa.