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Old 05-23-2014, 11:33 PM
 
Location: Rio Grande Valley/Tone City
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I have been to OKC several times and enjoyed my visits.

I wonder how OKC residents would compare their city to San Antonio? Which city has more to offer, etc? OKC 1.3 million people SA 2.3 million.

Both cities are growing a lot and have a lot to offer.

Criteria

Job Growth
transportation
arts
skyline
entertainment
sports
education
economy
neighborhoods
weather
cost of living
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Old 05-24-2014, 11:44 AM
 
Location: OKIE-Ville
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I have been to OKC several times and enjoyed my visits.

I wonder how OKC residents would compare their city to San Antonio? Which city has more to offer, etc? OKC 1.3 million people SA 2.3 million.

Both cities are growing a lot and have a lot to offer.

Criteria

Job Growth
transportation
arts
skyline
entertainment
sports
education
economy
neighborhoods
weather
cost of living
Obviously the Yellow Rose is going to win given all the categories you've listed.

However, OKC does have a similar "feel" to San Antonio. Oklahoma City has the feel of Southern-Southwestern hybrid city. I'm partial to OK City because of the Okies/people, but I like San Antonio a lot. One key distinction you feel in San Antonio is the overt nature of the Mexican culture, which is something I can enjoy. There are portions of OK City that have Mexican culture, but there is much more of a Cowboy/Native vibe to it.
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Old 05-24-2014, 02:19 PM
 
Location: Not where you ever lived
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I agree. How do you like the Riverwalk? I think it is gorgeous. It may have changed a lot in the last 30 years. Most cities did if they wanted to survive.
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Old 05-25-2014, 02:25 PM
 
Location: C-U metro
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OKC has a "similar feel" in the manner that a knock-off has compared to an original design. OKC has nothing like the Fiesta. The small waterpark in OKC compared to Schlitterbahn is not even close. The convention centers and other infrastructure in San Antonio is far superior to OKC.

OKC has a very long road to get where San Antonio is now.
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Old 05-25-2014, 03:41 PM
 
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Considering cost of living is around the same I'd pick the one that offered me the higher salary with the biggest increase potential. Both have similar incidences of oil/gas jobs these days. I prefer to not have winters of any consequence so I'm biased towards South Texas. Okc gets considerably colder than SA in the aggregate winter time. I could do without the mexican culture of San Antonio, OKC feels slightly whiter culturally to me, but I can sidestep that contention for the weather of San Antonio.

Here's the only truth: Everywhere in America sucks when you don't make good money. So I look for the money first, the location works itself out. Picky is for retirement. Being content in "little big town" making piddly money in your 30s and 40s is a fool's errand. Might as well take food off your kid's plate tomorrow.
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Old 05-25-2014, 03:53 PM
 
Location: Not where you ever lived
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I don't know this for a fact, but I going to make a conservative guess that San Antonio has a larger, and wealthier, tax base than OKC. Texas also has 63 taxes that cover everything from buying the neighbors car to your business vehicles, plus some TX jurisdictions collect personal property taxes too.

The entertainment value is greater in SA, but OK taxes are lower. I was never disappointed in my quality of life in Oklahoma. Nature, in NEOK where I lived, provided all the entertainment I needed. I wish I had the picture of the king snake that was in love with my 100 amp breaker box. Snake was cold; box was warm. It did no harm, but it sure was a shock the first time I saw it.


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OKC has a "similar feel" in the manner that a knock-off has compared to an original design. OKC has nothing like the Fiesta. The small waterpark in OKC compared to Schlitterbahn is not even close. The convention centers and other infrastructure in San Antonio is far superior to OKC.

OKC has a very long road to get where San Antonio is now.
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Old 05-26-2014, 08:43 AM
 
Location: OK
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I would take San Antonio over OKC any time.
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Old 05-27-2014, 07:57 AM
 
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They are two very similar cities. The poster who noted that San Antonio is more of a Mexican culture and OKC is more Western is pretty spot on with his analysis.
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Old 05-27-2014, 08:27 AM
 
Location: USA
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Has OKC ever indicated a desire to be considered equal to San Antonio? I haven't heard it. OKC is OKC and other places are other places. Many cities offer more than other cities. Many don't. If I live somewhere and like it, it doesn't matter one tiny iota is others don't like it.
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Old 05-28-2014, 06:39 AM
 
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I used to live in San Antonio. After going to the Riverwalk a few times, it became boring, as does most things in life. Also the restaurants on the Riverwalk are not that great.

How would you even compare the two? Well, San Antonio has more to offer in regards to site seeing. There are the beautiful churches, missions, the Mexican market, there is Austin, New Braunfels, and other towns. It is close to Mexico. But see I love Mexico. It is closer to the ocean than OKC. These are places that I would return, but there is nothing in OKC that I would return for.

Picking a job with the highest salary isn't the best idea as you have to think of the area as well.
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