[Alliopp12]

me and my bf want to move some were nice and quite but not to quite we have a friend in bartlesville OK that told us it nice there but he only know about bartlesville i hear jenks was nice and had great school and safe to am planning on having kids one day so i want to stay in a nice area. also he said there no tornado where he live but i hear that they happen all over Oklahoma. anyway am looking for a nice safe area looking for apt the around 200-700 dollars. also am a dog grooming and trainer is this a good career in OK. any suggestion on where to live or advise please let me know thanks

[StillwaterTownie]

They are both fine places. Go with Bartlesville to be closer to your friend.

[Alliopp12]

are they both close to the city. also what does utility costs there.anyone knew any good apt or where i can look.

[flyingcat2k]

For your budget, Bartlesville is most likely to be a better fit. I doubt you can find something safe and suitable for less than 700 in Jenks.

[Griffis]

I've been out of Oklahoma for a few years now, but I still have lots of family and friends there. I go for visits now and then, last time in 2010.

Seems to me that Jenks, while a nice town, has gone through a lot of gentrification the last few years, and that has driven up costs of housing--buying OR renting. According to this very site, average house prices in Jenks are about $70,000 over the state average. Jenks is also a smaller town with under 20,000 people.

Bartlesville has closer to 40,000 people and is far less expensive.

I do think Jenks is pretty quaint, but it's really just a far south suburb of Tulsa. Bartlesville is more like its own town.

I don't know if this helps any...personally I like B'ville, because it is less like a "rich folk wanting to get out of Tulsa proper into a bedroom community" but aside from price, Jenks is liveable as well.

[swake]

Jenks is far south?

Seriously it would be difficult to find something in Jenks for under $700