So I grew up in Oklahoma, but moved to NE Arkansas in my early twenties. Living there changed my perspective on mosquitoes. That area is known as rice country, which means field after field of standing water. It's unreal how many mosquitoes there are! I moved back to Oklahoma after living there for fourteen years and I have since never complained about mosquitoes once since I've been back. Moral to this story, is it can always be MUCH worse!
For this video just being 3 years old. Very inconsistent besides style of homes. Depending on location you can get everything a big city can provide , depending on budget. I’ve been everywhere between Kalispell, MT to Chiefland, FL. Born and raised in OKC, OK.
Being able to drive with nothing in between towns is what makes Oklahoma exceptionally good. And if you think Oklahoma is flat, then get off I35 and I40. Oklahoma is very diverse from corner to corner. If you are a city person, move to Dallas. Oklahoma is for relaxed, family, outdoor adventures.
i am a texan in OK. sometimes circumstances dictate, my wife is from OK and we moved here to be with her elderly father. we will be going back to Texas one day. Ok is not like Texas in any way.
I lived in FL for over 20 years and while I enjoyed going to the beach, I actually enjoy it more now because I can go on vacation and spend more time there than when I lived right next to it. Plus, it’s only 7 hrs to Galveston from here. I also find that going to the lakes is just as much fun, if not more. If you hate OK so much, you should go live elsewhere. But I wouldn’t be surprised if you came back when you find how much better it is living here. After many years in crazy S Florida, living here is a blessing.
Colorado has it's ugly side too.lol. She didn't represent very will. Half was fair. But things like public transportation, there's only a few places in the entire country considered good. New York or Chicago mainly.
@@amandabretch85 Oklahoma has lots more. Tulsa is a 5 hour to either Dallas or Kansas city. The main reasons we don't have more because how we are. No NFL or a huge six flags. Oklahoma is a lot like Texas without the beaches. Lol. Oklahoma city looks to Dallas but is more like Fort worth. Tulsa looks more to the Midwest. If you move Kansas, the best would be the suburbs of k.c. or Wichita. But Oklahoma has pretty good places outside their main cities too. Enid, Lawton, McAlester, and Bartlesville. Oh and Ponca city. These city pops. Are from 18k to over 100k. Things to do in and outside of those city's.
I moved here for a reason. To retire. My town is great it's cheap and conservative and I'm eastern so it's very green with lots of lakes. Good people here less on rules .
This was a great video! I live in Fort Worth, TX and my husband and I are considering moving to OK. I absolutely love my state but we have been invaded by so many people moving here. The prices are crazy and the traffic has gotten so insane. My small suburb where we barely saw traffic or crime has unfortunately disappeared due to, way to much growth to quickly. It’s all due to contractors propagating our areas to sell homes, land and fill the million new apartments they destroyed our community with. Growth is good but not this much this fast. OK sounds peaceful and quiet, just the lifestyle we want. Plus no traffic!!! Lol
Yes! I agree! I'm in Fort Worth too (borderline with Hurst). It's crazy now here! I do miss Oklahoma. I was in grade school in Yukon just outside of Oklahoma City and lived in Tulsa for my high school years. I miss the natural beauty of the Arkansas River bike trail in Tulsa. If this painful growth spert continues I will gladly move back to Oklahoma in a heartbeat!
stay there, you will regret coming here after a life in FW. I am from there and i miss it everyday as i live in OK. Roads are terrible here, storms suck, list of things to do so limited, and the whataburgers suck here too
@@juliusreed5273 I'm 100% serious. From Oklahoma City which is the only city worth living in the Gulf is 7-8 hours away and the mountains in Colorado is 7-8 hours away as well. The Ouachita mountains are only 3-4 hours away.
@@Keepin_The_Peace the best part of Oklahoma is that it isn't Texas or Colorado. I'd rather live here and go visit the pretty parts of those places than live in one of those places. I lived in Colorado for 4 years it beautiful but its ran by morons.
We moved to east of Tulsa from a Chicago burb about a year ago and glad to be here. Much lower cost of living, friendly polite people, better weather but a bit warm ok hot at times. As for tornadoes the odds are small. Mosquitoes are every place, all over the country.
I remember when I was young and dumb like this realtor, armed with a college degree and ready to move out of backward Oklahoma. I've traveled all over this pretty country on business. Here's what I've since learned from the school of hard knocks. You can pick all but a handful of states to live. And once you experience the crime, the attitudes, the property taxes, the cost of living, the quality of life, even the weather, you will kiss the tarmac upon arriving back in Oklahoma when you get to be my age. As to being landlocked, you can hop a plane and be in any ocean surrounding the U.S. in less than three hours from Oklahoma, stay there a couple of weeks, get your fill of the ocean/mountains. And you'll actually have money to spend to enjoy yourself on the beach, instead of eating the trash from dumpster while living on the beach because there is nothing left of your paycheck living near the beach.
I lived in Oklahoma for two years of my life. After all of that, I could honestly say I frankly never wanna go back again. It amazes me how incredibly hostile y'all are whenever someone has a minor criticism about your state, and it fucking floors me how Oklahoma drivers turn killing animals on the roadside into a game; never in the many states I've been to have I seek as many dead animals on the roadside as I did in Oklahoma. You can keep your shitty state. I, a Coloradan, who happens to share similar political values with your state's people, honesty don't ever wanna visit your state again.
@@codywarhawk7099 good thank you for that one time. Sure that's never happened anywhere else. Sure to wasn't in the western part of the state because of a armodillo.
Tex totally agree. I been to over 20 states. We got it so good. The problem is Oklahomans don't say good things about themselves. It's a echo chamber that kids hear over and over growing up till their adults. No we're to perfect. Even as a red state most of our statehood was run by democrats who screwed us outta of oil royalties unlike Texas have set up. It's also why our state government suffers sometimes. It's bigger then it should be for our size. The roads, lol well we could be California and still have these roads because of our extreme weather with hot and cold. And we're putting more into tourism. We are late on arrival on that. But the last decade is paying off. 30 years back and we be on track. Think about it northwest Arkansas is blowing up in population and they love coming to Oklahoma for outdoor stuff and I feel we aren't doing enough to capitalize on it. Maybe some more camping areas would be a start. Dallas is hooked on our lakes and casinos. What else could we do to capitalize on that. Dallas is on our state border. It's metro is. Oklahoma is about to become like California's Oregon or Arizona with a mini Vegas and lake Tahoe attached to it. But more in a better way. Most is already in place with lots of room
I am from the north and have had enough of the way it is up my way. When I went to Oklahoma a while back I felt immediately attatched to it. It is like I left a piece of myself there when I was on my out by plane. All I could do was look out of the window, at the sight below to capture every last moment of the land in sight below. I long to be there. I do not fit in where I am from and have not since even before going to ❤️
PLEASE keep spreading hate videos about Oklahoma. I would like the land prices to stay very low. I am moving back there when I retire, and most of my kids are relocating with their kids. (They will be moving from Virginia, Arizona, and California.) We plan to buy a big ranch somewhere and build our homes together. I loved growing up in Oklahoma. I have also lived in Kansas, Oregon, France, California, and now Ohio. I would take Oklahoma over any place else I have ever lived. But I hope lots and lots of people decide otherwise...
most states would say the same think.. when I moved to Oregon from California in 2004, they did not like Californians. I moved to Montana after that and while locals sold their houses for Silicon Valley prices.. they did not like Californians.. and the rest that came to turn the state purple.
I grew up in Cushing, thirty seven years, and we moved to Bixby in 2015. We're hikers and there's a lot more to choose from here. Plus it's closer to Tenkiller Lake, where my husband lived, and we love it there being in the Ozarks. The only thing I'm gonna gripe about here is tornadoes. Cushing is the worst place to live if you hate tornadoes. It weakens the closer it gets to Tulsa, which is good. Other than that, it's a nice state. The only place you won't ever have anytthing to gripe about is, Heaven. Be grateful wherever you live
Born in Indiana spent 4 years in Marine Corps in 80 I transfered to Oklahoma. Live there 32 years before I retired. I no longer live in USA. But if I did it would be Oklahoma.
JamesArnett, you mentioned having retired & relocating. Are u referring to ExPat? If so, do you mind sharing the where? I've been living in GreenCountry since '08.
I moved here 3 years ago from Ohio because of family. So, I have a pretty good idea about what Oklahoma has to offer. If you split Oklahoma into quadrants using Oklahoma City as the center, each quadrant has unique geography and a different look. There are lots of outdoor activities (lakes / boating / fishing / camping / hiking / hunting / ATV). OKC and Tulsa have some really nice restaurants, but most of Oklahoma is rural ranchland. There are some nuances to be aware of before moving to OK; I'll list a couple: 1) There are a couple really nice months in the year (March, April, October and November). The rest suck. When you get bad weather; it's really bad ; 2) The Native Americans control many things in OK, and very little gets approved without their support. That's, in part, why progress is slow here; 3) The cost of living is on the lower side (about the same as Ohio) but it's not as low as it is reported; 4) It is a right to work state, so there prevailing wage for most jobs is comparatively low; 5) You better like shopping at Walmart because that's often your only or closest option; 6) The roadways (highways) are littered with broken down vehicles and items that have flown off of trailers. I don't understand it; it just is; 7) Auto and home-owners insurance is really high here. My car insurance doubled when I moved to OK from Ohio. That is Oklahoma.
Thank you for sharing these very objective points. We are considering a move from Long Beach, CA (to Tulsa area) and are trying to be very thorough in our planning. We love California's beauty (and of course, the ocean) but it is too expensive to raise a family here, and the hustle culture is exhausting. The city we live in is very dirty and there is high crime that doesn't even get prosecuted anymore. Let's just say, I'm not comfortable walking alone at night in my own neighborhood. We are willing to trade the weather for some place we can realistically put down roots and live comfortably and Oklahoma caught our eye for sure.
Just invest in a good storm shelter when you move, and it will resolve that worry. There are quite a few contractors who do that work solely. I'm pretty sure they even display them in local stores like Lowes, here.
Please don't move here and vote for the same politicians that ruined CA, i.e Democrats. Leave that culture and political ideology attached to it behind.
Come to Tulsa. It is a lot prettier then OKC plus the gathering place is awesome if you have a family. I have family from st. Louis, Chicago, Dallas, San Diego and KCMO and they all said if they were to move they would come to Tulsa. There are lots of new restaurants. New homes. It has really grown in the last 5 yrs. Tulsa also has an awesome running/hiking trail that goes by riverside and turkey mountain. The nightlife is great too with small and large music venues and some unique bars.
Damn I’m also in Long Beach watching this. We have a homeless guy who took up shop in our alley crazy. I need to get out of here, and can’t afford a home here. And that’s while having 65k saved and a combined income of about 120k and yet we still can’t afford a home here. Looking at ok and Texas
You have valid points tbh, but I do feel like OKC or Tulsa are great cities if you want to retire. Im biased tho because im not big on urban areas and I love open spaces.
I live in rural Oklahoma and the one thing I don't like about it is because funding government is not distributed equally we have a lot of places that are in need of help but we never get it I've been trying to get 287 fixed for the last 10 years they started on it but they left it disarray rural Oklahoma is a fine place to live but I object to how all the money is spent in Eastern and we are forgotten
I was born and raised in Detroit. We had humidity, mosquitos and tornadoes there too, plus the bitter cold winters as well. When I was in the Navy, my parents moved to San Diego so when I got out, I moved to San Diego as well. Back then, SoCal was a great place to be. These days, not so much. Over the last several years, everyone I have ever known here has moved out of Calif. I can't really blame them though, it has gotten so bad out here, it's unreal. My parents are up there in Heaven now and my sisters have also moved away. The only thing keeping me here is my job, and I will be retiring in a couple of years so after a lot of thought, I will be relocating to Oklahoma. One of the reasons is the tornadoes. Well, not so much the tornadoes themselves, but the thunderstorms that spawn them. You see, besides my career as a Machinist, I am a storm chaser and a certified Skywarn storm spotter for the National Weather Service. I chase storms not so much for the thrill, but to help the NWS get the severe weather warnings out because their radars cannot see what's happening on the ground. My efforts help save lives. I have been to Oklahoma several times in the past, chasing storms. I have friends there as well, and whenever they mention to other people in Oklahoma that I am a storm chaser, those people treat me like I am some kind of celebrity or something. I have found that the people there are very friendly and outgoing, something that I rarely see out here. I like everything about Oklahoma, the lower cost of living, less traffic, the friendly people, I can go on. The only thing I am not so sure of is the medical care, which I have heard isn't very good, because I have a chronic pain condition (messed up back, have been through several surgeries so far) and I am afraid that I may not be able to get the care that I need. I am looking forward to moving to Oklahoma. I vote Republican so there is no worries about bringing California beliefs with me, and I would tell everyone I am from Detroit and not Calif. because I have never felt that Calif. is home to me because it's not.
Lawton has a fairly competent public transportation. True it's busses, we have no need for local rail service. If you want to see truly flat land, drive eastern Arkansas. It's been flood plain for the Mississippi River for centuries, by comparison Oklahoma is mostly gentle to moderate rolling hills. I lived in the Atlanta, GA area for 30 years. I hated it for 29.5 of them. I love Oklahoma's big sky, a lot of people are intimidated by it. True there is not the large stores and shopping opportunities, but I can't stay on my feet to wander around big or complicated stores, I never could. I like the slower pace and relative safety of living here. Yes the mosquitoes are bad, but they are worse in elsewhere. You need to visit southern Oklahoma before you judge the whole state, whether you've lived here your whole life or not.
Okie curse. I live in Michigan, but have to go back to Oklahoma ever so often. It's the dam Okie in me. We gluttons for punishment. Just read the Grapes of Wrath😁
I grew up in Northeastern Oklahoma, Muskogee. There were lots of rolling hills and lakes and rivers. A beautiful park, Honor Heights. I would love to live there again if they were a blue state . Everyone there is warm and friendly. I didn’t move until 10 yrs. ago. The Western part of Oklahoma that you describe is not as beautiful, I agree…
@@charleswillams9501an you drank all the sooner koolaide. Boy I came here and lost every thing that was important including all My money On this money pit. You are delusional. Oklahoma there is a reason the government gave it to indigenous people and stole it back again. 😂 dust bowl, poverty crime, loss. This is an all exclusive black hole where all hope comes to die. If I could afford to live in a box any other state it would be an improvement.
I live in Norman. I love it here. Moved here from Detroit. Got a nice house on 3 acres for 60k tell me where else i can do that. Got a great job. Im sorry but if thats all you have to complain about ......
I was born in OKC but moved to Dallas-FW and lived for almost 40 years. True there are a lot of things to do in a bigger city, but now that I'm back in OK I do not miss the big city traffic and the stress. Oklahoma is more laid back and I kinda like that. Plus it's close enough to DFW or Colorado or KC if you want to get away and go see a big name show etc. But.........they do need to update the highways here big time, they are way out of date.
Poor girl , at first thought California for but public transportation may be better in New York City. With the numbers leaving those places both need realtors. Good luck.
My problem with the housing styles is that most of them are really short, most houses you see in Oklahoma, are those brown brick flat houses with black roofs, and those houses just don’t look good. I love the wheeler districts style of housing. We need more of that in the state, Carlton and wheeler are peak housing in Oklahoma I love townhomes, that’s one of the reasons I love Boston so much, if we had just tons of neighborhoods in/next to our downtowns in the style of the wheeler, or the townhomes in the deep duece. It would make our cities better. Also I can tell you Oklahoma is not boring (atleast OKC) I’m from San Diego and have been to most big cities, and have had more fun in OKC than places like LA OKC is like a smaller version of Dallas, it’s a entreatment city, this is shown by all of the districts and activities it has.
OKC Civic Center has world class music and Broadway musicals. Tulsa has the Tulsa Performing Arts with pretty good performances too. Get out and see your own State. There are festivals all over Oklahoma. In September there a Scottish festival this month in Broken Arrow. October fest in Tulsa.
I moved to Southern Oklahoma 6 years ago and have only seen a few mosquitos; and it's very pretty here. Now, Minnesota, where I grew up, has lots of mosquitos and they can suck all your blood out in minutes. And there's nothing good about big cities; I know because I've been to most of them. And when SHTF, big cities are the last place you'd want to be. Lastly, other than tornados, the weather here is better than over half the country. People never appreciate what they have, until it's gone. 😔
Some people enjoy the things that you mentioned hating. My family from California can appreciate not living on top of their neighbors. Oklahoma is like a small Texas IMHO opinion. I would rather live here vs Texas. But you’re right, it’s not for everyone. And I hate the fact at that Norman is growing fast. And one starting to see light pollution. I enjoy being out doors. You can find beauty in this state. It’s not everywhere. But we do have it.
You ain't from here is ya? You say "we"?Most Okies just hope people come to visit then go back to where they came from. If you want to stay fine just conform and you'll be fine. Welcome!
@@okrealtor that's a plus for you! Said something about being land locked? If you're from here you're used that but the lakes and river systems are spectacular in most parts of our state. Mosquitoes? You must live close to water then...chiggers and ticks yep them too especially on the highly wooded eastern parts. Why alot of okies wear deet as cologne...take care
Here in georgia we have the same type of red mud if gets about 3 inches deep when you step in in it it it creates a suction and will pull your shoes right off your feet we have tornadoes too but bot as many as you have there not much activities to do here in small towns either but I hate ga.
Public transportation, I agree. Variety of homes, I disagree. That is true in Norman, but not in all areas of central Oklahoma. Check out Edmond. They also do a lot of community activities that Norman doesn't do.
I live in Duncan Oklahoma and I know personally that oaklahoma sucks here the heat is awful and the bugs are too big and there is to many of them and winter is no picnic either the government officials do nothing for the citizens of oaklahoma the taxes on everything is horrible and if you have to go anywhere you have to drive far away to the next big town there is nothing here in Oklahoma it's a baring waist land
I’m from Guthrie Oklahoma but moved San Diego California when I turned 18 in 1991 I do Miss 4 seasons but I can’t live without the ocean. I went back to ok a few years ago I almost lost my mind it was so boring.. I guess I been in California to long I love it here .
I moved to LA back in '78. It was awesome back then. Best move I've ever made, especially being a musician. Today LA is a shell of it's former self. Such a shame. Today the only thing CA has left that's any good is the weather. To much crime/homelessness/traffic and it's WAY too expensive to live in CA now. I'm looking at Oklahoma.
Yes, your a real estate broker. You should promote Oklahoma. Every place on Earth has some bad about it. Be positive, it will help our business. From a Oklahoma realtor for 44 years.
mosquitos are everywhere. Fly to the ocean, I am from Dallas and been here in Oklahoma for over 30 years and love it but we live in a small town in western Oklahoma.
A good watch and some interesting things. I do dislike skitters due to they can cause a series illness. As for long drives I love all the rural area we have and so much to see.
Thabks for making the video exploring my options and some of your cons are actually things I am looking for so I was like yess!! And other things I am glad I got a warning like the tornadoes and the mosquitoes ...
Please Don't let One bad Apple spoil your opinion of Oklahoma. It is obviously that she hasn't even tried to experience the fun in the great things about oklahoma.
I hate the Goddamn weather. Its terrible all year round and the rain in the fall ruins EVERYTHING we try to do for Halloween. Christmas is dreary and rainy. Summer is brutal and miserable and it lingers on well past September. I hate this damn place so much.
I would have to agree with you. West TX is a million square miles of barren, dry, dusty scrub land and tumble weeds. Pretty yucky. I guess some parts of western Oklahoma is similar but most of Oklahoma isn't.
I’m relocating from Southern California to be with family after 18 years. I’m ready for the slow pace and open air. 👍🏾😉 great information! it gives me a heads up so I’m not so culture shocked😅 as family puts it.
Most of these I consider plusses. 😇 Mosquitoes and severe weather? Try doing some time in Minnesota.😊 Clay isn't great for gardening I grant but can be mitigated. All told I still think I want to retire there.
Born and raised in Oklahoma and I agree-I hate it here. There’s a lot of undercover racism that goes on which of course I don’t like. There’s just not much to do here or see. The low cost of living is going up bc more people are moving here from out of state causing prices to go up. The LACK of public transportation is a huge negative bc you have to own a car or else you can’t survive. The bus system here in OKC only goes to very specific places but in the Putnam city area (very nw side of OKC) public transport is NON existent.
I love meskitoes, chiggers, birds, deer, dogs, cats, chickens,ect. Don't like mean people, getting robbed, bumper to bumper traffic ect. I believe I'll move to Oklahoma. Sounds like a nice place to live.
@@okrealtor the snobs. My mother moved us from the east side of Norman, where I grew up, thinking she and her husband and their two daughters they doted on would climb up the social ladder. They seemed to fit in but I wasn't welcomed into the circle when I was in my teens. These were kids my age but I wasn't accepted into their hoyty toyty world. I wasn't good enough for them. So when I graduated from high school in 1994, I ran into some gypsy friends of mine and told them the shunning and bullying I have endured. They reminded me of the favor they owed me for helping them fix an axle on one of their trailers. The woman told me to give her a list of the last names of the people who wronged me and when I did, she placed a curse on them and their entire families.
How about huge ice storms, hale , tornados, lack of prep for cold weather, no transit etc except for driving & planes with never on sale air fare? No "soil" just hard,bred clay & the worst summers off over 100F+ for Temp & Humidity. All in one spot!
Totally accurate lol we lived out there for many yrs after leaving our longtime home in California. We dealt with threat of tornados more than once. And the spiders are super-sized there. Never leave a porch light on😱
My SoCal neighbor is leaving tomorrow for OK with his 3 kids. Moving to Tuttle. We talk about it daily, but it comes down to the job market and what is available
Minnsota and Florida have lots mosquitoes. My child caught Malaria there, I am not knocking any states. Most states have Lotsof Mosquitos. People always walking
State bird, never heard that live in Oklahoma and it takes at 75 mph down I-35 S 9 hours and 15 minutes but travel takes you from Norman to the state line at Oklahoma 70 mph approx. 1.5 hours, now once in Texas the speed is allowed on average 75 mph with some segments at 80 to 85. Corpus Christi is 588 miles from Norman. So let us say that you would prefer to drive to the pristine waters of South Padre Island Texas, is 742 miles so 1.5 to the Oklahoma, Texas State line and then 75,80,85 lets say you average that at 72 mph 10.3. Now this begs the question most flights there round trip are est. in the 250.00 to a little over 400.00 dollars. drive time in a car 10 hours give or take on your stopping for breaks and food. probably 13 hours. the gas though let us suppose your car gets 45 mpg highway and rule out in Norman drive. 742 miles to beautifully clear Gulf waters would take approximately 98.9 dollars round trip. But the average depends on really what kind of car you drive suv the lower 20s hybrid around the upper 30s electric adds to your time as you charge for a very long time. The Average mpg is a car 24.5 which would cost at 3 dollars a gallon 181.71 dollars if you aren't driving in cities along the way to see historical places. True your cost by plane is more but saves you an average of 3hr and 15 min and you can book flights through travel sources like Travelocity and get that flight through United for 136 dollars. I get it its not about going to the beach gulf or ocean it's about its proximity to where you live, and neither do 29 other states and the ones that do may not be a great beach exp. Alaska, Maine, Alabama, Mississippi, and the Pacific are cold from Alaska down to California. A wet suit is required for northern Cal. and Oregon and Washington. As far as the inconvenience of travel distance North Texas poses similar circumstances, New Mexico and any state North of New Mexico and Arizona not bordering the sea. One may say the sea of Cortez, beautiful but dangerous. Miami is great could move there you had best be a good swimmer, rip tides abound on the southern Atlantic coast, especially during hurricane season. So what makes me right, Nothing it is just perspective, I grew up in Eastern Oklahoma, a small town, where people still wave at strangers and if you have a car problem people will stop to help. Don't try that in major metropolitan cities like Los Angeles, San Fran, and Seattle. Portland is not a city close to the shore. Same on the east coast. The number 2 reason for not liking Oklahoma yields little consideration. An Oklahoma native enjoys a much cheaper cost of living than those in the east-west or Gulf areas. You live and are native to a state that has no oceanic border, yet you are from Oklahoma Northeast Oklahoma. it is not like you have been able to weigh in on the advantage-disadvantage with any relative understanding of life elsewhere. Good Luck to you.
I would hate living in Norman as well with all the pollution of Sooner football fans! 😂 Oklahoma has more freshwater shoreline than all other lower 48 states except Minnesota. Norman is the third largest city in Oklahoma. Surprised you didn’t mention any of The MAPS projects in OKC. Quality of life in OKC has grown in leaps and bounds since the days I grew up here in the 1950s and 60s
Hey Hello! Im from Germany and I am interested in many places all over the World. Can I move to states like Nebraska or Oklahoma or are that people there not welcoming other nations of the World? Im from Germany. How do that people react if I would move to there?
There's quite a few 'I hate Oklahoma' videos, but yours is the only one with an entertaining, accomplished speaker. ;) I was waiting to find a point I disagreed with, if I am being honest and...I did not. All 10 of those are valid for me as well, even though I am still living in small town northeast Oklahoma! Thanks for the share.
I feel the same way. I still live in Oklahoma, but all the reasons she spoke of I don't really disagree with. My three biggest problems with Ok is the unpredictable weather, the utter lack of really fun events, and the stagnant minimum wage amount. The only reasons I'm still here is because I wouldn't be able to afford living else where, and a lot of my family is here or lives fairly close by.
Sounds like she needs to move to California. Oceans, public transportation, no red dirt, it’s not ugly, there are nice houses, and no tornados. See her later. I live in the best state in the world. But do have friends in Boise city. Have nothing but admiration for those who love OK. It’s a great proud state
Lol there's a good reason why people are leaving CA by the droves. It's such a shame, it used to be the best state in the nation. Not anymore. The good weather is the only good thing CA has left.
Here in Tulsa Oklahoma sucks because housing deposits are the same as the Rent and SSI sucks because they don't give enough to pay for double the rent for having deposits and rent and it's not vary peaceful people fighting and cussing and rude and weird people it's just creepy and everyone has a date so singles stay single it's known as little LA California because how it started out Tulsa Oklahoma is the starting point 👉 of LA boom
It's not that bad. She made it sound like Florida or New Orleans bad. It's not. Yes we have them like the rest of the country outside of the deserts. And yes its more of them in the dark countryside.the cities aren't bad.
The city Tulsa was not great, but OKC seemed pretty easy to drive in. Brick town and city center was strangely empty as far as cities go. By pass is harry sure.
I think one of the worst things about Oklahoma is, you’re in it. I can’t believe a realtor is beating down the state she’s selling property in. Business management obviously not your long suit.
Sissortail state bird. I've lived in 4 states OK, CA, AZ, CO & realized there are worse places to live than Okla. Every state has it's pros and cons, the question is what kind of deal you personally have going on. Phil Walker here. Boring & not walking anywhere is on you.
Same here- have lived in 4 states too. WA/OR/CA/OK - I personally like the wide open feel of the plains/fields but then again after being in Seattle/ Tacoma and in/around LA/SanDiego the big city-skyscraper vibe isn't my thing.
I just moved to OK from the bay area. Lost my vision and needed somewhere i could gett by on a fixed income. Only housing is cheap everything else about the same.
Lol try driving california mojave desert. Thats like driving for ever lol. I plan to move to OK I'm Choctaw and family has ties there just going back where I suppose to belong.
So I grew up in Oklahoma, but moved to NE Arkansas in my early twenties. Living there changed my perspective on mosquitoes. That area is known as rice country, which means field after field of standing water. It's unreal how many mosquitoes there are! I moved back to Oklahoma after living there for fourteen years and I have since never complained about mosquitoes once since I've been back. Moral to this story, is it can always be MUCH worse!
Are you sure that those mosquitoes are not liberals?
For this video just being 3 years old. Very inconsistent besides style of homes. Depending on location you can get everything a big city can provide , depending on budget. I’ve been everywhere between Kalispell, MT to Chiefland, FL. Born and raised in OKC, OK.
I’m from NE Arkansas and moved to Tulsa for 3 years…never noticed the mosquitoes in OK. They are LEGIT in NEA!
Being able to drive with nothing in between towns is what makes Oklahoma exceptionally good. And if you think Oklahoma is flat, then get off I35 and I40. Oklahoma is very diverse from corner to corner. If you are a city person, move to Dallas. Oklahoma is for relaxed, family, outdoor adventures.
Thanks for watching!
For an oil dominated state, refining is ridiculous. The cost of fuel (higher than Texas), makes those beautiful country drives a lot less fun.
I am a Texan born and bred. I could live in Oklahoma with no problem. If you don't like the state, you have 49 other choices to make
49 other states to choose from, not to mention so many other countries also
i am a texan in OK. sometimes circumstances dictate, my wife is from OK and we moved here to be with her elderly father. we will be going back to Texas one day. Ok is not like Texas in any way.
I lived in FL for over 20 years and while I enjoyed going to the beach, I actually enjoy it more now because I can go on vacation and spend more time there than when I lived right next to it. Plus, it’s only 7 hrs to Galveston from here. I also find that going to the lakes is just as much fun, if not more. If you hate OK so much, you should go live elsewhere. But I wouldn’t be surprised if you came back when you find how much better it is living here. After many years in crazy S Florida, living here is a blessing.
Thanks for watching.
I’m considering moving from central FL to either ok or ks. But I literally can’t decide which! 🤦🏻♀️
Colorado has it's ugly side too.lol. She didn't represent very will. Half was fair. But things like public transportation, there's only a few places in the entire country considered good. New York or Chicago mainly.
@@amandabretch85 Oklahoma has lots more. Tulsa is a 5 hour to either Dallas or Kansas city. The main reasons we don't have more because how we are. No NFL or a huge six flags. Oklahoma is a lot like Texas without the beaches. Lol. Oklahoma city looks to Dallas but is more like Fort worth. Tulsa looks more to the Midwest. If you move Kansas, the best would be the suburbs of k.c. or Wichita. But Oklahoma has pretty good places outside their main cities too. Enid, Lawton, McAlester, and Bartlesville. Oh and Ponca city. These city pops. Are from 18k to over 100k. Things to do in and outside of those city's.
@@amandabretch85 It depends on what you are looking for. I have lived in both states. Oklahoma is much freer than Kansas.
We just moved to Oklahoma and absolutely love it here!
Me too. I moved to Wagoner.
I moved here for a reason. To retire. My town is great it's cheap and conservative and I'm eastern so it's very green with lots of lakes. Good people here less on rules .
My son lives in the northern part of Oklahoma City, and the area is booming. New housing, stores, etc.
This is true!
This was a great video! I live in Fort Worth, TX and my husband and I are considering moving to OK. I absolutely love my state but we have been invaded by so many people moving here. The prices are crazy and the traffic has gotten so insane. My small suburb where we barely saw traffic or crime has unfortunately disappeared due to, way to much growth to quickly. It’s all due to contractors propagating our areas to sell homes, land and fill the million new apartments they destroyed our community with. Growth is good but not this much this fast. OK sounds peaceful and quiet, just the lifestyle we want. Plus no traffic!!! Lol
You'll be welcomed with big smiles.
It is peaceful!!
Yes! I agree! I'm in Fort Worth too (borderline with Hurst). It's crazy now here! I do miss Oklahoma. I was in grade school in Yukon just outside of Oklahoma City and lived in Tulsa for my high school years. I miss the natural beauty of the Arkansas River bike trail in Tulsa. If this painful growth spert continues I will gladly move back to Oklahoma in a heartbeat!
Best kept secret.okc.
stay there, you will regret coming here after a life in FW. I am from there and i miss it everyday as i live in OK. Roads are terrible here, storms suck, list of things to do so limited, and the whataburgers suck here too
You can get to the gulf in Texas in about 7-8 hours. The mountains in Colorado are also about 7-8 hours away. Oklahoma is in a really good location.
You joking right 😂😂😂😂
@@juliusreed5273 I'm 100% serious. From Oklahoma City which is the only city worth living in the Gulf is 7-8 hours away and the mountains in Colorado is 7-8 hours away as well. The Ouachita mountains are only 3-4 hours away.
@@TheDoats so the best part of a location is that better locations are only an 8 hour drive away 😂 That’s hardly a positive
@@Keepin_The_Peace the best part of Oklahoma is that it isn't Texas or Colorado. I'd rather live here and go visit the pretty parts of those places than live in one of those places. I lived in Colorado for 4 years it beautiful but its ran by morons.
Colorado a liberal dump
It's odd how nobody mentions the high humidity in Oklahoma and the plains. I found it unbearable combined with the heat of summer.
It’s horribly unbearable
Native Okie here, and yes, the humidity is outrageous! I tell people from out of state, I can literally water my garden with my sweat it's that hot!
We moved to east of Tulsa from a Chicago burb about a year ago and glad to be here. Much lower cost of living, friendly polite people, better weather but a bit warm ok hot at times. As for tornadoes the odds are small. Mosquitoes are every place, all over the country.
2 questions: 1.are most of the lakes natural?
2. Are they clean? Like a refreshing swim clean?
Most lakes are man made. Some of the lakes I feel comfortable swimming in, Lake Murray is the clearest one
Lake Murray
Unless you like cow poop run off and chicken poop run off
@jwells3315 that's the Illinois River lol
I remember when I was young and dumb like this realtor, armed with a college degree and ready to move out of backward Oklahoma. I've traveled all over this pretty country on business. Here's what I've since learned from the school of hard knocks.
You can pick all but a handful of states to live. And once you experience the crime, the attitudes, the property taxes, the cost of living, the quality of life, even the weather, you will kiss the tarmac upon arriving back in Oklahoma when you get to be my age.
As to being landlocked, you can hop a plane and be in any ocean surrounding the U.S. in less than three hours from Oklahoma, stay there a couple of weeks, get your fill of the ocean/mountains. And you'll actually have money to spend to enjoy yourself on the beach, instead of eating the trash from dumpster while living on the beach because there is nothing left of your paycheck living near the beach.
Very WELL said!
Okay well damn lol. This just made me want to move to Oklahoma. Definitely very well said!
I lived in Oklahoma for two years of my life. After all of that, I could honestly say I frankly never wanna go back again.
It amazes me how incredibly hostile y'all are whenever someone has a minor criticism about your state, and it fucking floors me how Oklahoma drivers turn killing animals on the roadside into a game; never in the many states I've been to have I seek as many dead animals on the roadside as I did in Oklahoma.
You can keep your shitty state. I, a Coloradan, who happens to share similar political values with your state's people, honesty don't ever wanna visit your state again.
@@codywarhawk7099 good thank you for that one time. Sure that's never happened anywhere else. Sure to wasn't in the western part of the state because of a armodillo.
Tex totally agree. I been to over 20 states. We got it so good. The problem is Oklahomans don't say good things about themselves. It's a echo chamber that kids hear over and over growing up till their adults. No we're to perfect. Even as a red state most of our statehood was run by democrats who screwed us outta of oil royalties unlike Texas have set up. It's also why our state government suffers sometimes. It's bigger then it should be for our size. The roads, lol well we could be California and still have these roads because of our extreme weather with hot and cold. And we're putting more into tourism. We are late on arrival on that. But the last decade is paying off. 30 years back and we be on track. Think about it northwest Arkansas is blowing up in population and they love coming to Oklahoma for outdoor stuff and I feel we aren't doing enough to capitalize on it. Maybe some more camping areas would be a start. Dallas is hooked on our lakes and casinos. What else could we do to capitalize on that. Dallas is on our state border. It's metro is. Oklahoma is about to become like California's Oregon or Arizona with a mini Vegas and lake Tahoe attached to it. But more in a better way. Most is already in place with lots of room
1:57 It doesn't take 14 hours to drive to Galveston. Might take 7 hours. From OKC to Galveston is 7 hours
Just seems like it 🤷♀️
9 to Galveston - 7 to Houston
@@billthomas8094 Yeah but it is not 14 hours!
@@jonathangattoI make it to South Padre from OKC in 11
Originally from TN, did a few world tours with military. Swearing I'd never come back while active; but did 31 years ago, OK is a great place
Thanks for commenting!
I am from the north and have had enough of the way it is up my way. When I went to Oklahoma a while back I felt immediately attatched to it. It is like I left a piece of myself there when I was on my out by plane. All I could do was look out of the window, at the sight below to capture every last moment of the land in sight below. I long to be there. I do not fit in where I am from and have not since even before going to ❤️
I was in OK one time on 2014 (I am from Russia) that's made a really good remember about local people's.
Appreciate you watching!
Privet, took some Russian in college at Tulsa community college years ago, you’re welcome back anytime :)
PLEASE keep spreading hate videos about Oklahoma. I would like the land prices to stay very low. I am moving back there when I retire, and most of my kids are relocating with their kids. (They will be moving from Virginia, Arizona, and California.) We plan to buy a big ranch somewhere and build our homes together. I loved growing up in Oklahoma. I have also lived in Kansas, Oregon, France, California, and now Ohio. I would take Oklahoma over any place else I have ever lived. But I hope lots and lots of people decide otherwise...
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You probably don't know how MUCH I agree with you !!
most states would say the same think.. when I moved to Oregon from California in 2004, they did not like Californians. I moved to Montana after that and while locals sold their houses for Silicon Valley prices.. they did not like Californians.. and the rest that came to turn the state purple.
The Chinese are buying it up
Where in California did you move from? I’m in Cali & considering OKC.
Appreciate that you didn’t do this from a “real estate agent” point of view. Felt very honest.
Haha thanks! I appreciate that
I grew up in Cushing, thirty seven years, and we moved to Bixby in 2015. We're hikers and there's a lot more to choose from here. Plus it's closer to Tenkiller Lake, where my husband lived, and we love it there being in the Ozarks. The only thing I'm gonna gripe about here is tornadoes. Cushing is the worst place to live if you hate tornadoes. It weakens the closer it gets to Tulsa, which is good. Other than that, it's a nice state. The only place you won't ever have anytthing to gripe about is, Heaven. Be grateful wherever you live
Thanks for the comment!
Born in Indiana spent 4 years in Marine Corps in 80 I transfered to Oklahoma. Live there 32 years before I retired. I no longer live in USA. But if I did it would be Oklahoma.
So glad to hear you like it so much!
JamesArnett, you mentioned having retired & relocating. Are u referring to ExPat?
If so, do you mind sharing the where?
I've been living in GreenCountry since '08.
@@hibiscus-dreamshe’s probably in the Philippines or Thailand maybe Guam hope he replies.
I moved here 3 years ago from Ohio because of family. So, I have a pretty good idea about what Oklahoma has to offer. If you split Oklahoma into quadrants using Oklahoma City as the center, each quadrant has unique geography and a different look. There are lots of outdoor activities (lakes / boating / fishing / camping / hiking / hunting / ATV). OKC and Tulsa have some really nice restaurants, but most of Oklahoma is rural ranchland. There are some nuances to be aware of before moving to OK; I'll list a couple: 1) There are a couple really nice months in the year (March, April, October and November). The rest suck. When you get bad weather; it's really bad ; 2) The Native Americans control many things in OK, and very little gets approved without their support. That's, in part, why progress is slow here; 3) The cost of living is on the lower side (about the same as Ohio) but it's not as low as it is reported; 4) It is a right to work state, so there prevailing wage for most jobs is comparatively low; 5) You better like shopping at Walmart because that's often your only or closest option; 6) The roadways (highways) are littered with broken down vehicles and items that have flown off of trailers. I don't understand it; it just is; 7) Auto and home-owners insurance is really high here. My car insurance doubled when I moved to OK from Ohio. That is Oklahoma.
Thanks for commenting!
Thank you for sharing these very objective points. We are considering a move from Long Beach, CA (to Tulsa area) and are trying to be very thorough in our planning. We love California's beauty (and of course, the ocean) but it is too expensive to raise a family here, and the hustle culture is exhausting. The city we live in is very dirty and there is high crime that doesn't even get prosecuted anymore. Let's just say, I'm not comfortable walking alone at night in my own neighborhood. We are willing to trade the weather for some place we can realistically put down roots and live comfortably and Oklahoma caught our eye for sure.
So glad it was helpful!
Just invest in a good storm shelter when you move, and it will resolve that worry. There are quite a few contractors who do that work solely. I'm pretty sure they even display them in local stores like Lowes, here.
Please don't move here and vote for the same politicians that ruined CA, i.e Democrats. Leave that culture and political ideology attached to it behind.
Come to Tulsa. It is a lot prettier then OKC plus the gathering place is awesome if you have a family. I have family from st. Louis, Chicago, Dallas, San Diego and KCMO and they all said if they were to move they would come to Tulsa. There are lots of new restaurants. New homes. It has really grown in the last 5 yrs. Tulsa also has an awesome running/hiking trail that goes by riverside and turkey mountain. The nightlife is great too with small and large music venues and some unique bars.
Damn I’m also in Long Beach watching this. We have a homeless guy who took up shop in our alley crazy. I need to get out of here, and can’t afford a home here. And that’s while having 65k saved and a combined income of about 120k and yet we still can’t afford a home here. Looking at ok and Texas
You have valid points tbh, but I do feel like OKC or Tulsa are great cities if you want to retire. Im biased tho because im not big on urban areas and I love open spaces.
Yes!
Im from NYC. Have lived here for 18 years and i hate it here. Im saving to buy a home in Yukon
Nice, well let me know if I can help!
Southwest Oklahoma is absolutely amazing especially getting closer to the Wichita mountains
It’s definitely a cool scene!
I live in rural Oklahoma and the one thing I don't like about it is because funding government is not distributed equally we have a lot of places that are in need of help but we never get it I've been trying to get 287 fixed for the last 10 years they started on it but they left it disarray rural Oklahoma is a fine place to live but I object to how all the money is spent in Eastern and we are forgotten
I’ve heard this goes on a bit for sure
I was born and raised in Detroit. We had humidity, mosquitos and tornadoes there too, plus the bitter cold winters as well.
When I was in the Navy, my parents moved to San Diego so when I got out, I moved to San Diego as well. Back then, SoCal was a great place to be. These days, not so much. Over the last several years, everyone I have ever known here has moved out of Calif. I can't really blame them though, it has gotten so bad out here, it's unreal. My parents are up there in Heaven now and my sisters have also moved away.
The only thing keeping me here is my job, and I will be retiring in a couple of years so after a lot of thought, I will be relocating to Oklahoma. One of the reasons is the tornadoes. Well, not so much the tornadoes themselves, but the thunderstorms that spawn them. You see, besides my career as a Machinist, I am a storm chaser and a certified Skywarn storm spotter for the National Weather Service. I chase storms not so much for the thrill, but to help the NWS get the severe weather warnings out because their radars cannot see what's happening on the ground. My efforts help save lives. I have been to Oklahoma several times in the past, chasing storms. I have friends there as well, and whenever they mention to other people in Oklahoma that I am a storm chaser, those people treat me like I am some kind of celebrity or something. I have found that the people there are very friendly and outgoing, something that I rarely see out here.
I like everything about Oklahoma, the lower cost of living, less traffic, the friendly people, I can go on. The only thing I am not so sure of is the medical care, which I have heard isn't very good, because I have a chronic pain condition (messed up back, have been through several surgeries so far) and I am afraid that I may not be able to get the care that I need.
I am looking forward to moving to Oklahoma. I vote Republican so there is no worries about bringing California beliefs with me, and I would tell everyone I am from Detroit and not Calif. because I have never felt that Calif. is home to me because it's not.
Thank you so much for watching!
Lawton has a fairly competent public transportation. True it's busses, we have no need for local rail service. If you want to see truly flat land, drive eastern Arkansas. It's been flood plain for the Mississippi River for centuries, by comparison Oklahoma is mostly gentle to moderate rolling hills. I lived in the Atlanta, GA area for 30 years. I hated it for 29.5 of them. I love Oklahoma's big sky, a lot of people are intimidated by it. True there is not the large stores and shopping opportunities, but I can't stay on my feet to wander around big or complicated stores, I never could. I like the slower pace and relative safety of living here. Yes the mosquitoes are bad, but they are worse in elsewhere. You need to visit southern Oklahoma before you judge the whole state, whether you've lived here your whole life or not.
Am Born and raise in Oklahoma and I love Oklahoma no matter what
What about tornadoes?
@@krystalroxX7You get use to them.
@@krystalroxX7 LOTS of states have tornadoes now.
Good for you. Bet you're also conservative southern Baptist.
Veterans are treated pretty good out here and people still have 2nd amendment rights.
Thanks for posting your opinions!
Great info! comparing Dallas vs OKC might be a good idea. pretty sure some are debating between the 2 for moving
Thanks so much! Yes I’m working on writing that one 😅
That's like LA to San Diego lol. Oklahoma city is closes to like Fort worth, TX. Tulsa is like half a KANSAS CITY
Spoiler…at 9:30 she lets us know she’s never lived outside of Oklahoma. Basically this is a long “comparison” of Oklahoma to places she”s never lived.
???
I-35 goes north and south. I-40 goes East and west. Get on one of those interstates and go find your happy place.
Yes
I love driving in the middle of nowhere, especially in Oklahoma
I’m a native Oklahoman…my wife forced me to retire in Phoenix, AZ. I’d move back to Oklahoma in a heartbeat.
😂
If you hate it why you still here
Um, because moving cost a shit ton of money not to mention that moving out of state isn't even an option for 90 percent of the country.
Okie curse. I live in Michigan, but have to go back to Oklahoma ever so often. It's the dam Okie in me. We gluttons for punishment. Just read the Grapes of Wrath😁
I grew up in Northeastern Oklahoma, Muskogee. There were lots of rolling hills and lakes and rivers. A beautiful park, Honor Heights. I would love to live there again if they were a blue state . Everyone there is warm and friendly. I didn’t move until 10 yrs. ago. The Western part of Oklahoma that you describe is not as beautiful, I agree…
Totally agree! Thank you for the comment much appreciated.
Blue state…eww
People aren't warm and friendly in a blue state. You would loose what you love most.
@@charleswillams9501an you drank all the sooner koolaide. Boy I
came here and lost every thing that was important including all
My money
On this money pit. You are delusional. Oklahoma there is a reason the government gave it to indigenous people and stole it back again. 😂 dust bowl, poverty crime, loss. This is an all exclusive black hole where all hope comes to die. If I could afford to live in a box any other state it would be an improvement.
the western part of oklahoma is far from ugly. what planet are you from ??
I live in Norman. I love it here. Moved here from Detroit. Got a nice house on 3 acres for 60k tell me where else i can do that. Got a great job. Im sorry but if thats all you have to complain about ......
Thanks for the comment 🙄
I was born in OKC but moved to Dallas-FW and lived for almost 40 years. True there are a lot of things to do in a bigger city, but now that I'm back in OK I do not miss the big city traffic and the stress. Oklahoma is more laid back and I kinda like that. Plus it's close enough to DFW or Colorado or KC if you want to get away and go see a big name show etc. But.........they do need to update the highways here big time, they are way out of date.
Glad you like it!
we need high speed rail or at least better/more options to travel via passenger rail in OKC. We have the heartland flyer its just not enough.
@@santos2k1 High speed rail would be great.
Tornado are bad. I grew up in Moore. Living in Dallas. Traffic is awful.
Thanks for the honest feedback!
Awesome video..
Honesty is always the best policy
Thanks
Poor girl , at first thought California for but public transportation may be better in New York City. With the numbers leaving those places both need realtors. Good luck.
My problem with the housing styles is that most of them are really short, most houses you see in Oklahoma, are those brown brick flat houses with black roofs, and those houses just don’t look good.
I love the wheeler districts style of housing. We need more of that in the state, Carlton and wheeler are peak housing in Oklahoma
I love townhomes, that’s one of the reasons I love Boston so much, if we had just tons of neighborhoods in/next to our downtowns in the style of the wheeler, or the townhomes in the deep duece. It would make our cities better.
Also I can tell you Oklahoma is not boring (atleast OKC) I’m from San Diego and have been to most big cities, and have had more fun in OKC than places like LA
OKC is like a smaller version of Dallas, it’s a entreatment city, this is shown by all of the districts and activities it has.
Great comment! Thanks for watching!
this is native america, yall put us here, your choice, us in the heart of the cherokee nation have everything we need
OKC Civic Center has world class music and Broadway musicals. Tulsa has the Tulsa Performing Arts with pretty good performances too. Get out and see your own State. There are festivals all over Oklahoma. In September there a Scottish festival this month in Broken Arrow. October fest in Tulsa.
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I moved to Southern Oklahoma 6 years ago and have only seen a few mosquitos; and it's very pretty here. Now, Minnesota, where I grew up, has lots of mosquitos and they can suck all your blood out in minutes. And there's nothing good about big cities; I know because I've been to most of them. And when SHTF, big cities are the last place you'd want to be. Lastly, other than tornados, the weather here is better than over half the country. People never appreciate what they have, until it's gone. 😔
I appreciate the watch
Most of what you said is either so what or a good thing we’re near Chicago and talk about weather, mosquitoes and travel times
Yes, super relatable I know, and completely opinion based
Some people enjoy the things that you mentioned hating. My family from California can appreciate not living on top of their neighbors. Oklahoma is like a small Texas IMHO opinion. I would rather live here vs Texas. But you’re right, it’s not for everyone. And I hate the fact at that Norman is growing fast. And one starting to see light pollution. I enjoy being out doors. You can find beauty in this state. It’s not everywhere. But we do have it.
Definitely, this video is to point out things and get people thinking, thanks for watching!
Moved here from Florida. Its lonely here. Everyone is already paired off and its not so easy to meet people..
I heard homeowners insurance in the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area is at least double what it is in the Tulsa Area because of tornado activity.
I see, who did you hear that from?
You ain't from here is ya? You say "we"?Most Okies just hope people come to visit then go back to where they came from. If you want to stay fine just conform and you'll be fine. Welcome!
I am from Oklahoma.
@@okrealtor that's a plus for you! Said something about being land locked? If you're from here you're used that but the lakes and river systems are spectacular in most parts of our state. Mosquitoes? You must live close to water then...chiggers and ticks yep them too especially on the highly wooded eastern parts. Why alot of okies wear deet as cologne...take care
living in oklahoma is either for the mentaly strong or the rich. I say this being one of these and living in Norman ok.
Okay, interesting
Here in georgia we have the same type of red mud if gets about 3 inches deep when you step in in it it it creates a suction and will pull your shoes right off your feet we have tornadoes too but bot as many as you have there not much activities to do here in small towns either but I hate ga.
Thanks for letting us know!
if you grew up in Oklahoma, what's with the northern accent? Were your parents from up north?
😂 no my parents are both from rural Oklahoma. You’re not the first person to tell me I don’t sound like an Okie though
@@okrealtor It's the way you pronounce your "O." It sounds more midwesterny than the typical southern O you hear in Oklahoma. Good video, btw. :)
Oklahoma is part Midwest
Public transportation, I agree. Variety of homes, I disagree. That is true in Norman, but not in all areas of central Oklahoma. Check out Edmond. They also do a lot of community activities that Norman doesn't do.
Interesting perspective
You can get to the Gulf of Mexico in 10 hours. Cruises go out of Galveston.
Appreciate you watching.
I hate the dry plains and dead trees here in SW OKLAHOMA.
I love okies. Most of them.
I’m not loving the plains either 😔
I live in Duncan Oklahoma and I know personally that oaklahoma sucks here the heat is awful and the bugs are too big and there is to many of them and winter is no picnic either the government officials do nothing for the citizens of oaklahoma the taxes on everything is horrible and if you have to go anywhere you have to drive far away to the next big town there is nothing here in Oklahoma it's a baring waist land
Punctuation.
I’m from Guthrie Oklahoma but moved San Diego California when I turned 18 in 1991 I do
Miss 4 seasons but I can’t live without the ocean. I went back to ok a few years ago I almost lost my mind it was so boring.. I guess I been in California to long I love it here .
And it's the opposite the other way around for many. Some only know hustle their lives and want peace now
Must be woke!
I moved to LA back in '78. It was awesome back then. Best move I've ever made, especially being a musician. Today LA is a shell of it's former self. Such a shame. Today the only thing CA has left that's any good is the weather. To much crime/homelessness/traffic and it's WAY too expensive to live in CA now. I'm looking at Oklahoma.
Yes, your a real estate broker. You should promote Oklahoma. Every place on Earth has some bad about it. Be positive, it will help our business. From a Oklahoma realtor for 44 years.
Everyone knows there are things about a state you won’t like. Appreciate the watch.
Thanks for your honesty
There’s not much to be thankful for about Oklahoma I’m thankful for my time I spent there cause it really makes me appreciate anyway else I live
I got to Oklahoma in 1983 and have been here ever since.
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mosquitos are everywhere. Fly to the ocean, I am from Dallas and been here in Oklahoma for over 30 years and love it but we live in a small town in western Oklahoma.
Thanks for watching!!
I grew up in Oklahoma and was sent back due to work. I’d prefer the Oregon coast or the north east
A good watch and some interesting things. I do dislike skitters due to they can cause a series illness. As for long drives I love all the rural area we have and so much to see.
Yes! There are many things to love about Oklahoma
wow,, you were easy on us...most people I have come for a visit are a bit more critical..
haha there could probably be more
90% of the roads in Oklahoma are either under constant construction or like riding the Chisholm Trail in a buckboard wagon.
I left Oklahoma twice -- I never could find a decent job there.
I’m sorry, that’s hard
Lack of restaurants? Haven’t you heard? OKC boasts a James Beard WINNER (Grey Sweater) and nominee (Ma Der Lao) in OKC. That’s amazing!!!
Yep, great couple of restaurants t
Thabks for making the video exploring my options and some of your cons are actually things I am looking for so I was like yess!! And other things I am glad I got a warning like the tornadoes and the mosquitoes ...
Please Don't let One bad Apple spoil your opinion of Oklahoma. It is obviously that she hasn't even tried to experience the fun in the great things about oklahoma.
I hate the Goddamn weather. Its terrible all year round and the rain in the fall ruins EVERYTHING we try to do for Halloween. Christmas is dreary and rainy. Summer is brutal and miserable and it lingers on well past September. I hate this damn place so much.
You think Oklahoma is boring. You should come over to Midland and Odessa Pecos all these areas in Central Texas. Here we got nothing but Desert 😊
Yes it’s not pretty out there in some waya
I would have to agree with you. West TX is a million square miles of barren, dry, dusty scrub land and tumble weeds. Pretty yucky. I guess some parts of western Oklahoma is similar but most of Oklahoma isn't.
I’m relocating from Southern California to be with family after 18 years. I’m ready for the slow pace and open air.
👍🏾😉 great information! it gives me a heads up so I’m not so culture shocked😅 as family puts it.
Thanks for commenting!
it can be shocking that's for sure lol
Most of these I consider plusses. 😇
Mosquitoes and severe weather? Try doing some time in Minnesota.😊
Clay isn't great for gardening I grant but can be mitigated. All told I still think I want to retire there.
Absolutely, a lot of these are pluses for people. Thank you for this kind comment, I do appreciate it
Agree, the mosquitos are absolute hell in MN. But you're likey to get severe weather more often in Oklahoma.
Born and raised in Oklahoma and I agree-I hate it here. There’s a lot of undercover racism that goes on which of course I don’t like. There’s just not much to do here or see. The low cost of living is going up bc more people are moving here from out of state causing prices to go up. The LACK of public transportation is a huge negative bc you have to own a car or else you can’t survive. The bus system here in OKC only goes to very specific places but in the Putnam city area (very nw side of OKC) public transport is NON existent.
Yep, some of these things though the city is working to correct
What the he'll is "undercover" racism
I love meskitoes, chiggers, birds, deer, dogs, cats, chickens,ect. Don't like mean people, getting robbed, bumper to bumper traffic ect. I believe I'll move to Oklahoma. Sounds like a nice place to live.
It definitely works for so many people! Including me!
The worst thing I didn't like about was the roads were full off potholes, the health care system and the lousy elementary school system.
Interesting observations 👍
Southern Oklahoma has mountains and parks that are wonderful. Bluegrass festivals.
It does yes
I don't mind Oklahoma but I lost nothing in the Norman suburb called Brookhaven. Three years there were more than enough for me.
Oh interesting, what didn’t you like about Brookhaven?
@@okrealtor the snobs. My mother moved us from the east side of Norman, where I grew up, thinking she and her husband and their two daughters they doted on would climb up the social ladder. They seemed to fit in but I wasn't welcomed into the circle when I was in my teens. These were kids my age but I wasn't accepted into their hoyty toyty world. I wasn't good enough for them. So when I graduated from high school in 1994, I ran into some gypsy friends of mine and told them the shunning and bullying I have endured. They reminded me of the favor they owed me for helping them fix an axle on one of their trailers. The woman told me to give her a list of the last names of the people who wronged me and when I did, she placed a curse on them and their entire families.
I’m a little confused. If your job is to sell homes in Oklahoma, why would you knock it? However, I wish we had an ocean too.
I’m not fake, I know there are issues
I'm surprised you're a realtor in Oklahoma, you might want to try a different career. Forget the tourism department, just saying.
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How about huge ice storms, hale , tornados, lack of prep for cold weather, no transit etc except for driving & planes with never on sale air fare? No "soil" just hard,bred clay & the worst summers off over 100F+ for Temp & Humidity. All in one spot!
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Totally accurate lol we lived out there for many yrs after leaving our longtime home in California. We dealt with threat of tornados more than once. And the spiders are super-sized there. Never leave a porch light on😱
People are moving to Tulsa in droves because it's an outstanding! City!
It is a cool city
My SoCal neighbor is leaving tomorrow for OK with his 3 kids. Moving to Tuttle. We talk about it daily, but it comes down to the job market and what is available
Minnsota and Florida have lots mosquitoes. My child caught Malaria there, I am not knocking any states. Most states have Lotsof Mosquitos. People always walking
Yep
State bird, never heard that live in Oklahoma and it takes at 75 mph down I-35 S 9 hours and 15 minutes but travel takes you from Norman to the state line at Oklahoma 70 mph approx. 1.5 hours, now once in Texas the speed is allowed on average 75 mph with some segments at 80 to 85. Corpus Christi is 588 miles from Norman. So let us say that you would prefer to drive to the pristine waters of South Padre Island Texas, is 742 miles so 1.5 to the Oklahoma, Texas State line and then 75,80,85 lets say you average that at 72 mph 10.3. Now this begs the question most flights there round trip are est. in the 250.00 to a little over 400.00 dollars. drive time in a car 10 hours give or take on your stopping for breaks and food. probably 13 hours. the gas though let us suppose your car gets 45 mpg highway and rule out in Norman drive. 742 miles to beautifully clear Gulf waters would take approximately 98.9 dollars round trip. But the average depends on really what kind of car you drive suv the lower 20s hybrid around the upper 30s electric adds to your time as you charge for a very long time. The Average mpg is a car 24.5 which would cost at 3 dollars a gallon 181.71 dollars if you aren't driving in cities along the way to see historical places. True your cost by plane is more but saves you an average of 3hr and 15 min and you can book flights through travel sources like Travelocity and get that flight through United for 136 dollars.
I get it its not about going to the beach gulf or ocean it's about its proximity to where you live, and neither do 29 other states and the ones that do may not be a great beach exp. Alaska, Maine, Alabama, Mississippi, and the Pacific are cold from Alaska down to California. A wet suit is required for northern Cal. and Oregon and Washington.
As far as the inconvenience of travel distance North Texas poses similar circumstances, New Mexico and any state North of New Mexico and Arizona not bordering the sea. One may say the sea of Cortez, beautiful but dangerous. Miami is great could move there you had best be a good swimmer, rip tides abound on the southern Atlantic coast, especially during hurricane season.
So what makes me right, Nothing it is just perspective, I grew up in Eastern Oklahoma, a small town, where people still wave at strangers and if you have a car problem people will stop to help. Don't try that in major metropolitan cities like Los Angeles, San Fran, and Seattle. Portland is not a city close to the shore. Same on the east coast.
The number 2 reason for not liking Oklahoma yields little consideration. An Oklahoma native enjoys a much cheaper cost of living than those in the east-west or Gulf areas. You live and are native to a state that has no oceanic border, yet you are from Oklahoma Northeast Oklahoma. it is not like you have been able to weigh in on the advantage-disadvantage with any relative understanding of life elsewhere.
Good Luck to you.
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I would hate living in Norman as well with all the pollution of Sooner football fans! 😂 Oklahoma has more freshwater shoreline than all other lower 48 states except Minnesota. Norman is the third largest city in Oklahoma. Surprised you didn’t mention any of The MAPS projects in OKC. Quality of life in OKC has grown in leaps and bounds since the days I grew up here in the 1950s and 60s
Yes you need to watch a few more of my videos sounds like
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Im from Germany and I am interested in many places all over the World. Can I move to states like Nebraska or Oklahoma or are that people there not welcoming other nations of the World? Im from Germany. How do that people react if I would move to there?
My best advice would be for you to visit and see what you think. One of OKC’s nicknames is “the big friendly”
@@okrealtor oh that is so nice to hear!
georgia has red dirt and we have the same mud problem too !
Yep!
There's quite a few 'I hate Oklahoma' videos, but yours is the only one with an entertaining, accomplished speaker. ;) I was waiting to find a point I disagreed with, if I am being honest and...I did not. All 10 of those are valid for me as well, even though I am still living in small town northeast Oklahoma! Thanks for the share.
I feel the same way. I still live in Oklahoma, but all the reasons she spoke of I don't really disagree with. My three biggest problems with Ok is the unpredictable weather, the utter lack of really fun events, and the stagnant minimum wage amount.
The only reasons I'm still here is because I wouldn't be able to afford living else where, and a lot of my family is here or lives fairly close by.
Sounds like she needs to move to California. Oceans, public transportation, no red dirt, it’s not ugly, there are nice houses, and no tornados. See her later.
I live in the best state in the world. But do have friends in Boise city. Have nothing but admiration for those who love OK. It’s a great proud state
I think maybe you need to watch the video
Lol there's a good reason why people are leaving CA by the droves. It's such a shame, it used to be the best state in the nation. Not anymore. The good weather is the only good thing CA has left.
Here in Tulsa Oklahoma sucks because housing deposits are the same as the Rent and SSI sucks because they don't give enough to pay for double the rent for having deposits and rent and it's not vary peaceful people fighting and cussing and rude and weird people it's just creepy and everyone has a date so singles stay single it's known as little LA California because how it started out Tulsa Oklahoma is the starting point 👉 of LA boom
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Leave if u don't like it !! No-one is forcing you to stay !!!!
Did you watch the video?
I can't do mosquitos. Yuck. I love the home styles though.
It's not that bad. She made it sound like Florida or New Orleans bad. It's not. Yes we have them like the rest of the country outside of the deserts. And yes its more of them in the dark countryside.the cities aren't bad.
soooooooo... I watched this and .... I did not hear any reason to hate this place.
It sounds great!
Hahaha good!
I've been here since 1982 ......The traffic is getting like LA in the city.......
The city Tulsa was not great, but OKC seemed pretty easy to drive in. Brick town and city center was strangely empty as far as cities go. By pass is harry sure.
Good. Please talking down Oklahoma. Keeps riff raff out
I think one of the worst things about Oklahoma is, you’re in it. I can’t believe a realtor is beating down the state she’s selling property in. Business management obviously not your long suit.
*strong suit…thanks for watching.
Sissortail state bird. I've lived in 4 states OK, CA, AZ, CO & realized there are worse places to live than Okla. Every state has it's pros and cons, the question is what kind of deal you personally have going on. Phil Walker here. Boring & not walking anywhere is on you.
Same here- have lived in 4 states too.
WA/OR/CA/OK - I personally like the wide open feel of the plains/fields but then again after being in Seattle/ Tacoma and in/around LA/SanDiego the big city-skyscraper vibe isn't my thing.
I just moved to OK from the bay area. Lost my vision and needed somewhere i could gett by on a fixed income. Only housing is cheap everything else about the same.
Pretty sure there are more differences than just housing…
Lol try driving california mojave desert. Thats like driving for ever lol. I plan to move to OK I'm Choctaw and family has ties there just going back where I suppose to belong.
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Thanks so much! Very informative!
I’m so glad!