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Old 05-22-2020, 02:03 PM
 
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Feel free to answer in terms of history, present-day, culture, economy, subjectively and/or objectively (ie. statistics).
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Old 05-22-2020, 02:49 PM
 
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Definitely Tusla!
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Old 05-22-2020, 03:46 PM
 
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Houston
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Old 05-22-2020, 03:54 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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As a percentage of the whole economy, Tulsa.
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Old 05-22-2020, 05:15 PM
 
Location: Oklahoma
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Houston is defined by how many oil companies that have moved there from Tulsa through the years.
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Old 05-22-2020, 05:40 PM
 
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Not sure now, but I've always thought it was Tulsa....always.
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Old 05-22-2020, 07:02 PM
 
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Houston is defined by how many oil companies that have moved there from Tulsa through the years.
I guess i always thought it was Houston because Houston is the global capital of the oil industry.
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Old 05-22-2020, 07:19 PM
 
Location: Nashville, TN
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Houston would not be what it is without oil.
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Old 05-22-2020, 08:03 PM
 
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Houston without any question.
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Old 05-22-2020, 09:24 PM
 
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Tulsa if we're talking about singular defining of Oil/Gas.

Houston's just too big now and even though Oil/Gas is the #1 sector in the Houston metro, it's got more going for it that it's not always defined by it like Tulsa would be.
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