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I used to hate Oklahoma until I left. Then I realized the grass ain't any greener.
California would be nice if no one lived there.
Ain't that the truth. CA is beautiful. There's just to many Californians there. Them that aren't invading NV anyway to get away from CA regs and rules but are bringing them all with them. But I digress. I've never been to OK but I have spent a lot of time in WV.
I fit in pretty well. Seems that rural NV and much of WV see eye to eye on things. WV is also a beautiful place. Woods a bit to thick for a N NV boy but I could get used to it. The 3-1 women to men thing was cool as well. I met so many beautiful and intriguing women there it spun my head.
As far as politics goes I was actually rather....diverse. Is it really a red state? Hmmm. Values are conservative but the Unions have left their mark. Holdover from the big coal mines. All in all I really like WV. I could live there. The Winters suck and the humidity killed me in the Summer. I'd have to acclimate. But I didn't find things to awful different attitude wise from N NV.
I could certainly live in WV, as I love the beauty of Appalachia. I never much cared for Oklahoma though, too flat and treeless, and no way I could deal with the monster tornadoes.
The most scenic parts of Oklahoma are not near the two biggest metros. Neither are the Interstates. So that explains why people think Oklahoma is so flat and treeless. Driving on I-40 from Oklahoma City west to the Texas panhandle border, I doubt you'll see so much as one butte. East of OKC, you got to drive well into eastern Oklahoma before you start seeing hills on the horizon, like near Henryetta. The really actual hilly and forested part is well to the southeast of there, isolated and where few people need to go.
People in Oklahoma deal with tornadoes by having storm shelters built. Oklahomans didn't start taking seriously the need to have a storm shelter until the famous F-5 tornado in Moore happened on May 3, 1999, which killed 36 people and injured 583. There has been some worrisome times, due to tornado warnings, but thankfully after 15 years of having a storm shelter, I have yet to panic, go in there and lock the steel door in 3 places, because I feared a tornado was about to come.
Driving on I-40 from Oklahoma City west to the Texas panhandle border, I doubt you'll see so much as one butte.
Not true. Most of that stretch is rolling hills. It's just wide open and people think it is flat. From the Calumet exit to Elk City it's hill after hill.
But the rest of your post is spot on.
Give me West Virginia or Oklahoma any day of the week over any big city "environment."
Have you ever been to Oklahoma City or Tulsa? However, all the cities in West Virginia are under 50,000 in population, so maybe that is more like the state you have in mind.
Give me West Virginia or Oklahoma any day of the week over any big city "environment."
Oh hell yea! I like WV a lot. Never been to OK. I spent most of my time in WV around Morgantown, Clarksburg. Those were the biggest towns around there anyway. I went on motorcycle rides all over. So many little places to stop with a population of 6. LOL, I loved it.
Here is a young lady's first impressions of Oklahoma City after recently moving there. In 2018, the Oklahoma City metro area grew from 1,383,249 to 1,396,445 adding 13,196 persons. That may sound tepid, but growth it is.
The most scenic parts of Oklahoma are not near the two biggest metros. Neither are the Interstates. So that explains why people think Oklahoma is so flat and treeless. Driving on I-40 from Oklahoma City west to the Texas panhandle border, I doubt you'll see so much as one butte. East of OKC, you got to drive well into eastern Oklahoma before you start seeing hills on the horizon, like near Henryetta. The really actual hilly and forested part is well to the southeast of there, isolated and where few people need to go.
Not only is Eastern Oklahoma not flat, but there are probably more lakes there than pretty much anywhere other than Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Originally Posted by StillwaterTownie
People in Oklahoma deal with tornadoes by having storm shelters built. Oklahomans didn't start taking seriously the need to have a storm shelter until the famous F-5 tornado in Moore happened on May 3, 1999, which killed 36 people and injured 583. There has been some worrisome times, due to tornado warnings, but thankfully after 15 years of having a storm shelter, I have yet to panic, go in there and lock the steel door in 3 places, because I feared a tornado was about to come.
Yeah, a lot of people had storm shelters installed after the May-Third tornado, and I think FEMA was offering a tax-credit for people getting them. For new houses, most people have a storm shelter built under their garage, or they have a reinforced safe-room installed in the middle of their house(which has other benefits).
As long as you have insurance, tornadoes aren't really a concern. The odds that a tornado will hit a particular spot of ground, is probably like once every 10,000 years(unless you're in Moore, god hates Moore).
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Them that aren't invading NV anyway to get away from CA regs and rules but are bringing them all with them. But I digress. I've never been to OK but I have spent a lot of time in WV.
I met so many beautiful and intriguing women there it spun my head. 
