Liberal and young...need a place to live that's hopefully progressive and dare I say, cute (Nichols Hills: for rent, high crime)

[bchris02]

Howest, the OP has posted about a job offer in OKC, not Tulsa. Tulsa is a nice city but its irrelevant to this thread.

[Howest2008]

True but Oklahoma City always uses Tulsa to back up it's amenities and as a strong point in relocation
of major corporation and potential employee's , as a matter of fact Tulsa was used in selling the OKC
Thunder move from Seattle to Oklahoma City " it was supposed to be a State Regional Team " but I
do agree with you to a degree " however people that move here from the West Coast would be bored
to death just living in OKC.

[ou_norman]

Sorry, Tulsa is nice and a fun place to go to concerts at Cain's or Brady, but if I had to answer which city "provides back up to OKC's amenities," I would definitely say Dallas/Fort Worth. It is less than 3 hours away, has two major American cities with top notch art, culture, music, and food.

[Howest2008]

We can shake each other hand and agree to disagree you can not make a turn around trip to Dallas Baja
Oklahoma and drive back to Oklahoma City Oklahoma in the same day " it's impossible " now on the other
hand you can drive to Tulsa Oklahoma and avail yourself to the 32nd World Ranked Entertainment Arena and the
26th Live Music Venue in the World Cain's Ballroom and get back to OKC all within one day.

Oh by the way Dallas is 200 Miles from OKC , but only 250 Miles from Tulsa so the people of Tulsa OK
have it better than the people of OKC because we have KANSAS CITY a mere 250 Miles away with the
Sprint Center America #3 Entertainment Arena Venue.

[sfgirl101]

Sounds like living in Nichols Hills (like right near Classen Curve) might be my best bet, but I can't seem to find too many apartment buildings around there...is it more just big houses?

[johnspecial]

Originally Posted by sfgirl101

Sounds like living in Nichols Hills (like right near Classen Curve) might be my best bet, but I can't seem to find too many apartment buildings around there...is it more just big houses?

LOL Nichols Hills is about as Conservative as it gets. Hun, I don't know if you are trolling or you are getting trolled, but this is getting silly. The most progressive area in OKC is the Art and Asian district around 23rd street. It's also not the safest area to be in. This is a high crime area with a substantial amount of prostitution activity.

If you are militant liberal, you won't like it here. If you are tolerant to a conservsatism much stronger than anything you will find anywhere in CA, then you can blend in.

[will77]

Originally Posted by sfgirl101

Sounds like living in Nichols Hills (like right near Classen Curve) might be my best bet, but I can't seem to find too many apartment buildings around there...is it more just big houses?

Yes, I doubt you'll find many apartments in Nichols Hills. Most houses in this area are large single-family homes ranging from 500K-3M. If I were live in OKC I would probably either want to live in the Crown Heights/Mesta Park neighborhoods, The Paseo area, or the Downtown/Bricktown areas. In the Mesta Park/Crown Heights area you might find a guest house apartment behind a larger home. In the Paseo there are several smaller 1 to 2 bd houses, and apartments. In the Downtown and Bricktown areas there are several more urban feeling lofts and apartments.

To respond to your original posts and some of the comments you received, I think some people simply misunderstood what you said. As a 24 year old, liberal, gay male living in Norman, OK I can understand that OKC will probably not meet all of your expectations of what you want out of a city. It doesn't meet all of my wants or desires either which is why I will be looking for work out of state (probably Denver, or Seattle) after I get my graduate degree this May. I have visited most of the major cities in the U.S., I would describe Oklahoma City as not the worst city in the country but definitely not in the same league as many cities in terms of culture, progressiveness, or open minded people. I've lived in the OKC area all of my life and am ready to move on, but I do think there are some great people in Oklahoma, and won't mind coming back to visit. The only places I would live in Oklahoma are Norman, OKC, or Tulsa. You will find pockets of liberals in OKC, Norman, and Tulsa. We are here we're just the minority. I would say most people here are friendly, but Oklahoma as a state is very conservative and some people can be pretty close minded. I would say Oklahoma as a state is 20-40 years behind the East or West coasts, in terms of innovation,openness, and progressiveness. I will give OKC credit though, it's gotten much better in the past 10 years in terms of the events and attractions. Downtown and Bricktown have really developed in the past few years, but are still behind other cities in terms of offering an urban feel. The streets are pretty quiet during weekdays. I think part of it is that many people drive everywhere here since things are spread out. However, on the weekends things get busier, if you look hard enough you can usually find fun things to do on the weekends here. Feel free to PM me or reply if you have any other questions.

[Goodpasture]

Why do you want to duplicate what you have somewhere else? you are in a different city with a totally different culture. viva la difference! First of all, move to a small town. The difference in rent will go for board for your horse (can't ride a horse in SF, can you?). If your car isn't a 4x4, sell it and get a pick up truck with 4x4. Spend sometime at rodeos, ropings and pow wows. Find yourself a dippin, chewin, spittin ol boy to teach you the difference between red dirt and two step. In 50 years you can tell your grandkids that you knew a cowboy once before you moved back to where everyone did the same thing every day and got to pay $6.00 for a cup of campfire coffee. Jesus girl, you are moving to the Indian nations and the home of the greatest cowboys on earth......not to mention a few of us ndns. Leave SF where it is, it'll be there when you get back, and meet Oklahoma on its own terms with its own culture. Move HERE......don't bring California with you.

[johnspecial]

Originally Posted by Goodpasture

Move HERE......don't bring California with you.

Best statement on this thread.

[debzkidz]

Nichols Hills is a very wealthy city. Home of CEO's and presidents of large corporations. It's mostly large estates, with smaller homes around much of the perimeter. Even these smaller homes are not really small, nor inexpensive. No real apartments in the area that I can think of.