My State? I lived in your state longer in my life than I did Oklahoma...BSmack wrote:You do realize that your state is the one parcel of land in the United States that was deemed to be so worthless that white people didn't even bother to steal it from the Indians until all the good land had already been taken?SunCoastSooner wrote:The fact that Oklahoma has three of the top ten most integrated communities in America, Lawton (which is number #1 in the country), Oklahoma City, and Ardmore, has no relevance on the subject though does it? Don't let facts get in the way of a stupid argument though.
It just irks me that so many people, many have rarely even been to the state unless just passing through, talk about the place as though they live in the 1800s there and don't have indoor plumbing. OKC is a nice community for the most part and outside of the actual OKC system the surrounding school districts are actually very well maintained and the students receive a good education (far better than anything public that I saw in the Pittsburgh area while living there). The downtown OKC area is one of the nicest and well kept downtown districts in America with as much or more to do than most now. It isn't 1950 anymore...
The biggest problem in Oklahoma is that the majority of graduates from the states best three institutions (OU, Oklahoma City University, and Tulsa) leave the state for better pay. Hence Dallas has the largest alumni base for OU and why I live in Florida (where I have resided for longest part of my life in one location). I consider myself a Floridian as well and if I didn't claim Florida I would hale from North Carolina in my opinion. I have lived all over the country and Oklahoma is no worse than, and in fact better, than many of the places I resided; to include Pittsburgh.
