Would you consider OKC to be one of the most Pro-family cities in the US? (Tulsa: college, legal)

[tkx7]

it's a massive city though- where does the hipster/educated crowd usually congregate? I'm looking for the music/arts scene around OKC. Where are the best places to walk around some interesting shops, hang out at a cafe, go to the park and throw a frisbee, etc? Is this asking too much?

[Bass&Catfish2008]

Originally Posted by tkx7

it's a massive city though- where does the hipster/educated crowd usually congregate? I'm looking for the music/arts scene around OKC. Where are the best places to walk around some interesting shops, hang out at a cafe, go to the park and throw a frisbee, etc? Is this asking too much?

Not at all.

Check out Deep Deuce and Paseo. One of my favorite coffee dives is in the Paseo District.

You'll do fine and welcome to Oklahoma.

[okie1962]

Originally Posted by tkx7

it's a massive city though- where does the hipster/educated crowd usually congregate? I'm looking for the music/arts scene around OKC. Where are the best places to walk around some interesting shops, hang out at a cafe, go to the park and throw a frisbee, etc? Is this asking too much?

Tulsa...

[swake]

Originally Posted by okie1962

Tulsa...

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[swake]

Seriously though. I while I do prefer Tulsa for the kinds of issues raised here, Oklahoma City does not seem nearly as bad or as hostile as is being portrayed here. I don't care where you are from, for the most part you will be happy and accepted in Oklahoma City. You just might find more people you have things in common with in Tulsa. JohnSpecial and his friends (other handles?) are not the norm.

[OKCtoDFW2016]

Originally Posted by swake

Seriously though. I while I do prefer Tulsa for the kinds of issues raised here, Oklahoma City does not seem nearly as bad or as hostile as is being portrayed here. I don't care where you are from, for the most part you will be happy and accepted in Oklahoma City. You just might find more people you have things in common with in Tulsa. JohnSpecial and his friends (other handles?) are not the norm.

Swake, would you say Tulsa is more transplant friendly than OKC? I have found OKC to have somewhat of a small town mentality in that everyone grew up together and therefore cliques are difficult to break into, especially as a post-college twentysomething. Then again, I've heard people say the same things about Tulsa.

[Guineas]

Originally Posted by WPDAWG11

I find Johnspecial and his likes probably do not like OKC being represented as something it is not in the hopes of trapping people that think the same way as many of the argumentative left leaning posters here do to move in only to be very shocked. The city is not progressive in the least bit and if you happen to think that way you will probably be ostracized on a daily basis.

Are you serious? Just because people don't agree with your conceited and unsubstantiated notions doesn't make them argumentative or part of the left. I'm as conservative as they come, and you make me embarrassed as a conservative when you ignore all the evidence that posters here have given you and retreat back to your ad hominems and trusty labels.

Let's represent OKC and Oklahoma as something it is:

Oklahoma has a divorce rate 3 times that of Massachusetts
http://www.state.ok.us/osfdocs/budget/table25.pdf

Oklahoma City has the 9th highest crime rate in the country (FBI data)
Fox25 OKC: Oklahoma City ranks 9th worst for crime

Oklahoma City has a high school graduation rate of 59%
http://www.broadprize.org/ddr/OK_OKLAHOMACITY.pdf

Let's deal with the facts on the ground and not what you wish to see.

[tkx7]

I was shocked when I moved here and went to the grocery store- it was 9% tax on groceries! (first state I've been to that taxes groceries and other essentials, such a high rate as well). Needless to say I started going to the Air Force Base to buy all my groceries. I too had assumed OK was fiscally conservative. It's kind of weird because I can buy things from amazon with no taxes. I feel like the state is doing a huge disservice to local storeowners.

[okie1962]

Originally Posted by tkx7

I was shocked when I moved here and went to the grocery store- it was 9% tax on groceries! (first state I've been to that taxes groceries and other essentials, such a high rate as well). Needless to say I started going to the Air Force Base to buy all my groceries. I too had assumed OK was fiscally conservative. It's kind of weird because I can buy things from amazon with no taxes. I feel like the state is doing a huge disservice to local storeowners.

And on top if all that, groceries are high in Oklahoma. I spent 3 months in Irving Texas last year and very surprised how much cheaper groceries were there, and then no tax either.

[Rubi3]

The Oklahoma Gazette used to publish various art gallery openings of new exhibits and certain galleries often attracted large crowds. I used to be active in the art scene, but not now. Receptions used to be at the Kirkpatrick Center at the upstairs gallery. Perhaps that no longer happens, but it used to be the place to be. I've exhibited in several galleries around the city, but, only occasionally since being so far away.