Des Moines vs Oklahoma City (Chicago, cons, moving, difference)

[Shakeesha]

Originally Posted by centralaustinite

I'm telling you, OKC is mini-Austin, it feels so much like Austin 20 years ago, it is crazy!!

OKC Riversports, the Blue Door, the cheap QoL, the way nobody can believe anything cool is in Oklahoma, the faintest of blue dots in a sea of red.

It's not.

[SPonteKC]

Originally Posted by centralaustinite

I'm telling you, OKC is mini-Austin, it feels so much like Austin 20 years ago, it is crazy!!
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Disagree, but I do think OKC has more of the features that made Austin into what it is than Tulsa does.

[Min-Chi-Cbus]

Originally Posted by OuttaTheLouBurbs

What popularity? Technically OKC is growing faster than Des Moines, so wouldn't OKC be more popular in that respect?



You're saying this as if OKC is out on Oahu. OKC is a day trip from Kansas City, Dallas/Fort Worth, St. Louis, and Little Rock. And of course, it's an hour away from Tulsa, which is pretty advantageous compared to DM.

I thought DSM was growing pretty fast, actually. Do you have rates handy?

[KayneMo]

Originally Posted by Min-Chi-Cbus

I thought DSM was growing pretty fast, actually. Do you have rates handy?

2010-2015
Des Moines metro: +9.35% (+53,300)
OKC metro: +8.42% (105,500)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...tistical_Areas

[atler8]

Originally Posted by KayneMo

2010-2015
Des Moines metro: +9.35% (+53,300)
OKC metro: +8.42% (105,500)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...tistical_Areas

Look at that.. Using the vernacular of Theodore Cleaver, "Who woulda thunk?"
I mean, the much-ballyhooed oil/gas boom has been a jobs producer for much of the decade throughout Texlahoma yet somehow Des Moines is beating the metro OKC growth in percentage terms?

[capitalcityguy]

Originally Posted by i'm not a cookie

If you asked this question in real life there is no doubt in my mind that OKC would be winning.

So is the forum the Matrix or something?

Well, as the numbers show in last couple comments, by percentage of growth, more people are choosing DM...in real life.

FWIW and as an aside, it looks like some over at Des Moines friendly urbanDSM.com forum are ogling OKC's riverfront:

http://www.urbandsm.com/forum/viewto...130434#p130434

[KayneMo]

In terms of people moving to these metros from 2010-2015, OKC had a net migration of +62,400 while Des Moines had a net migration of +29,200.

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[Westerntraveler]

I prefer OKC but hey thats just me.CD encourages updating old threads.
-WT

[BeerBellyBilly]

People who can't understand why DM is beating OKC have never been to both cities. I've lived in both and DM is by far the best metro it's size in America, OKC but bigger but what it offers is pathetic.

DM has the United States largest state fair in city limits, the largest farmer market. The most expansive skywalk in the nation, a great community college system, very low crime, great restaurants, public transit and much more. Also it's a close drive to chicago, minneapolis, and Omaha. It packs a harder punch than most metros double it's size.

[eddie gein]

Originally Posted by BeerBellyBilly

People who can't understand why DM is beating OKC have never been to both cities. I've lived in both and DM is by far the best metro it's size in America, OKC but bigger but what it offers is pathetic.

DM has the United States largest state fair in city limits, the largest farmer market. The most expansive skywalk in the nation, a great community college system, very low crime, great restaurants, public transit and much more. Also it's a close drive to chicago, minneapolis, and Omaha. It packs a harder punch than most metros double it's size.

State fair and farmer's market smack.