[BeauCharles]

Originally Posted by flyingcat2k

Proper spelling and math never go out of style. I don't consider myself an Okie and will consider other states ways superior as long as the misspelling on the Capitol stands. It's not cute, historic, or religious. Actually misspelling sabbath even has satanic connotations if you believe the Puritans.

I Googled that. That shouldn't be at any state capitol and if it has to be there they could at least get the spelling right.

That said, I enjoy visiting family in Oklahoma City. Its clean, modern and attractive. My family there is actually do betting economically than most of use out here now. That was of course not the case during the tail end of the Great Depression when my parents came to California, but the land of milk and honey in the Central Valley is definitely no longer the case. Chronically high unemployment, poor schools, too much immigration by unskilled people and a third-world style agricultural based economy has pretty much ended that. I'm a bit embarrassed when my Okie relatives come out here to visit. Too bad my family didn't settle in the Bay Area instead of the San Joaquin Valley.

[linicx]

Never lived in any state that didn't have a silly government that some faction either loved or hated. OK is okay! I lived there nearly 30 years and would go back in a second if I could. America is not Europe. We don't have a patchwork of unique countries. We have a patchwork of people, some amazing visual effects, and a couple of unique states. The Native State is one. It is amazing what one can learn in this state that is not in a classroom.

[bchris02]

The worst part about living in Oklahoma is the tornadoes. Every year, April 15-June 15 is a very intense time as has proven to be true this year (and as of May 19, its not over yet). Many of the other negatives about OKC I could probably learn to live with but this one is a deal-breaker. A lot of people point out that earthquakes and hurricanes do far more damage and that is true, but they are also rare. Tornadoes hit OKC every year, sometimes multiple times.

[StillwaterTownie]

Oh, well, not every town in Oklahoma gets tornadoes every year. While there has been some close calls, Stillwater hasn't been hit by a tornado since 1990.

[eddie gein]

Tornadoes are obviously an issue in Oklahoma yet they occur over a large swath of north America.

As for people's perception of Oklahoma? Let 'em have it. As long as we keep working to improve and don't buy into what outsiders say then we will continue to improve our quality of life for our own residents and others who choose to come here.

We have a heck of a lot more to offer than people think we do and much of what we don't have is a day drive away (snow skiing, the coast etc).

[Annemieke Roell]

Originally Posted by teakboat

What the rest of the country is seeing, if they are actually watching, is Oklahoma kicking the rest of the states asses in economic growth. And it is not just energy related. Oklahoma is doing very well. While states like California pat themselves on the back for spending millions of dollars for excessively extravagant and frivolous projects (and are broker every decade for it), Oklahoma has been a rising star and is known as a fiscally conservative state run by actual adults, rather than the frivolous, idealistic children who are elected to govern many other states. Oklahoma's balance sheet is strong and GDP growth leads the nation. We must be doing something right.

BOOM!!

[Annemieke Roell]

Originally Posted by flyingcat2k

I have only lived here for the past 3 years and have seen little of this common sense from the State Govt. Mispelled words on monuments that go uncorrected, defunded education departments, cutting taxes while running larger deficits, ect. is what the country sees of Oklahoma. Her people, at least the ones I have met, do not deserve the backward hick government they voted themselves. Maybe I don't get out enough but someone has to be electing and re-electing these dopes and I don't know who they are.

Proper spelling and math never go out of style. I don't consider myself an Okie and will consider other states ways superior as long as the misspelling on the Capitol stands. It's not cute, historic, or religious. Actually misspelling sabbath even has satanic connotations if you believe the Puritans.

What misspelling are you referring to?

And you can always move to one of those superior states .................

[nightbird47]

Originally Posted by bchris02

The worst part about living in Oklahoma is the tornadoes. Every year, April 15-June 15 is a very intense time as has proven to be true this year (and as of May 19, its not over yet). Many of the other negatives about OKC I could probably learn to live with but this one is a deal-breaker. A lot of people point out that earthquakes and hurricanes do far more damage and that is true, but they are also rare. Tornadoes hit OKC every year, sometimes multiple times.

Before I moved here I lived about 15/20 miles from the most probably spot the san andreas is going to go when it builds enough pressure to slip. When I live would be in dire straits, and we're talking millions of people minus power and water. We had a 3.0 quake the month before which mimmincked the pattern and virtually everyone wondered before it didn't become the big one if it was. I was upstairs and the place shook like jello, 1960/1970 buildings with termite problems. My neighbor downstairs couldn't get out and figured if it was she was done.

I was glad to move. When I was in OK looking at my house, I went to Kansas and we had a tornado coming into town and our convention was about to be evacuated when it went the other way. I had to be calm sitting at my desk. But I thought about that. Scary but a different kind of scary.

I still moved. I understand how people feel about tornados here, since I felt pretty much the same about quakes. What I want is an in-ground shelter, given that a closet is not always safe. That's a precaution. I'd use it. There is neither warning or a chance to find that sturdy table in a quake. Not that I wish to experience either, but push comes to shove, a really big quake still scares me more. There is something bad or threatening or scary about everywere.

A real deal breaker for me would be guarenteed mounds of snow all around you all winter and roaring winter blizzards providing it.

[linicx]

A friend in Dallas says the OKC storms form in Tx and get power from the Red River. If it is true the storms generally move SW to NE, the safer place to live would be in the NW or SE. But I wouldn't do it until I researched the history of the town I was considering first.

The storm season started with a bang. The massive flooding in the Midwest was the worst since 1943. Its been followed by the massive storms in OKC area. Not a good outlook.

Originally Posted by bchris02

The worst part about living in Oklahoma is the tornadoes. Every year, April 15-June 15 is a very intense time as has proven to be true this year (and as of May 19, its not over yet). Many of the other negatives about OKC I could probably learn to live with but this one is a deal-breaker. A lot of people point out that earthquakes and hurricanes do far more damage and that is true, but they are also rare. Tornadoes hit OKC every year, sometimes multiple times.

[Okey Dokie]

I lived in OK 2006-2010 due to a job transfer, and I loved it. I wouldn't have moved away except for family. Friendly people everywhere. A beautiful all-brick home. And enough variety in weather to please anybody. I didn't care for the ice storms or the tornados, but everywhere you live is going to have some sort of issue.