OKC also has the First Americans Museum, which displays the cultures of the 39 indigenous tribes across the state! Great place to learn about tribes and native history. I’d also recommend the botanical gardens in the spring. Or a visit to the OKC Memorial.
@rmaxwell86 agreed! First American Museum is quite an amazing experience! I've mentioned/recommended all these same spots at various times on my channel. Feel free to browse across my channel if you'd like. Thanks for watching!
I have been in Ok for 4 years, this is what i have learned. The businesses inOklahoma don’t have enough competition. A lot of the businesses i hav3 had to deal with are straight up pirates. The largest portion of the population is uneducated. It is very common to see peopke throwing their trash out of the car window. Quality shopping is non existent. Walmart is king and its not less expensive. The schools are rated down their with Mississippi. Art and music are not considered important for students. Property taxes are low, but 10% tax is pretty high, along with 12% income tax. Grocery tax is still in effect for municipalities. Restaurants are terrible, quality doesn’t migrate to Oklahoma. Home building is nearly non existent, entry level new build are 1000 sq feet at $187 per foot. This is not the place to move to, unless you are looking to upgrade from Louisiana, Mississippi, or possibly Arizona.
@DAWGnROADIE out of curiosity where do you live? You're entitled to your opinion of course, but it's worth at least noting that it's in complete contrast to almost everybody that I helped purchase homes here for people who move here from all over the country. Its also worth noting I've lived here in OKC my whole life, and at 44 I have simply not had the experience you have had. I cannot even recall a time I've ever seen anyone throw trash out of their car, but if I did it would certainly be an outlier situation. Couple other things: -Sales tax is 8.63% in OKC. It's a little high, I'll give you that. But it's not 10% -OK state income tax is a progressive tax, and it caps at the highest income level at 4.75%. Nowhere near 12%, that's just objectively incorrect. - Oklahoma is a top 10 state for the lowest overall tax burden. I'm not sure what you mean about home building non-existent. There were 2400 homes built in the OKC metro in 2023, and 432 permits pulled for home build starts in Sept 2024 alone. And yes, you can buy a starter home around 1000 sq ft here for under $200k (I'm not exactly sure what the criticism is here...). I won't even comment on your assessment of restaurants being terrible... your comment pretty well indicates you have a strong negative bias about Oklahoma. I'm sorry that's been your experience, but it is simply not a widespread experience here.
@travishinton4755 haha wow that's a lot of exclamation points 🤣 Yes, I'm not denying Oklahoma gets a lot of tornados (although Texas actually gets more annually than Oklahoma, believe it or not). But the vast majority of them are EF1 or below. The reason I even discuss this with context is that as a real estate agent serving primarily out of state relocation buyers, this is the #1 question I get. Over the last few years, it's become apparent to me that most people seem to think that we are basically running from tornados daily or weekly here in OKC. That's why I think it helps put things in perspective, that in 44 years of living here, I have never personally been in a tornado. That almost always comes as a shock to people, which further confirms my assessment of their beliefs. Now of course that's not to say one shouldn't have a healthy fear/respect for tornados... they are most certainly dangerous/life threatening if you're in the path of one, especially without proper shelter or protocol. I'm always trying to put the actual danger in proper proportion.
Yes TX gets more tornadoes than OK, but that's only because TX is a much bigger state covering a lot more area. OK gets more tornadoes per square mile than TX does, so if you consider that a long the size difference between the two states, OK gets more tornadoes.@@livinginoklahomacityofficial
@18andlikeit yes, I'm definitely not discounting that - I just think that's an interesting fact simply because people don't often associate TX with tornados. And to be clear, I'm not insinuating that Oklahoma City doesn't get frequent tornados. I'm simply trying to communicate that we aren't dodging them personally on the regular. And I think it's relevant context that have never personally been in a tornado in 44 years living in OKC, nor have the vast majority of my friends. If you spend anytime talking frequently with people from other states, you'll understand what I mean when I say it is the MOST common question they ask about, indicating they seem to believe it's more of our daily lives than it is.
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OKC also has the First Americans Museum, which displays the cultures of the 39 indigenous tribes across the state! Great place to learn about tribes and native history.
I’d also recommend the botanical gardens in the spring. Or a visit to the OKC Memorial.
@rmaxwell86 agreed! First American Museum is quite an amazing experience!
I've mentioned/recommended all these same spots at various times on my channel. Feel free to browse across my channel if you'd like.
Thanks for watching!
Wow so great!
Thanks for watching my friend 😎🤙
I have been in Ok for 4 years, this is what i have learned. The businesses inOklahoma don’t have enough competition. A lot of the businesses i hav3 had to deal with are straight up pirates. The largest portion of the population is uneducated. It is very common to see peopke throwing their trash out of the car window. Quality shopping is non existent. Walmart is king and its not less expensive. The schools are rated down their with Mississippi. Art and music are not considered important for students. Property taxes are low, but 10% tax is pretty high, along with 12% income tax. Grocery tax is still in effect for municipalities. Restaurants are terrible, quality doesn’t migrate to Oklahoma.
Home building is nearly non existent, entry level new build are 1000 sq feet at $187 per foot.
This is not the place to move to, unless you are looking to upgrade from Louisiana, Mississippi, or possibly Arizona.
@DAWGnROADIE out of curiosity where do you live? You're entitled to your opinion of course, but it's worth at least noting that it's in complete contrast to almost everybody that I helped purchase homes here for people who move here from all over the country. Its also worth noting I've lived here in OKC my whole life, and at 44 I have simply not had the experience you have had. I cannot even recall a time I've ever seen anyone throw trash out of their car, but if I did it would certainly be an outlier situation.
Couple other things:
-Sales tax is 8.63% in OKC. It's a little high, I'll give you that. But it's not 10%
-OK state income tax is a progressive tax, and it caps at the highest income level at 4.75%. Nowhere near 12%, that's just objectively incorrect.
- Oklahoma is a top 10 state for the lowest overall tax burden.
I'm not sure what you mean about home building non-existent. There were 2400 homes built in the OKC metro in 2023, and 432 permits pulled for home build starts in Sept 2024 alone. And yes, you can buy a starter home around 1000 sq ft here for under $200k (I'm not exactly sure what the criticism is here...).
I won't even comment on your assessment of restaurants being terrible... your comment pretty well indicates you have a strong negative bias about Oklahoma. I'm sorry that's been your experience, but it is simply not a widespread experience here.
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@travishinton4755 haha wow that's a lot of exclamation points 🤣
Yes, I'm not denying Oklahoma gets a lot of tornados (although Texas actually gets more annually than Oklahoma, believe it or not). But the vast majority of them are EF1 or below.
The reason I even discuss this with context is that as a real estate agent serving primarily out of state relocation buyers, this is the #1 question I get. Over the last few years, it's become apparent to me that most people seem to think that we are basically running from tornados daily or weekly here in OKC. That's why I think it helps put things in perspective, that in 44 years of living here, I have never personally been in a tornado. That almost always comes as a shock to people, which further confirms my assessment of their beliefs. Now of course that's not to say one shouldn't have a healthy fear/respect for tornados... they are most certainly dangerous/life threatening if you're in the path of one, especially without proper shelter or protocol. I'm always trying to put the actual danger in proper proportion.
@@travishinton4755 bonus points for the use of the word "naders" 😎🤣
Yes TX gets more tornadoes than OK, but that's only because TX is a much bigger state covering a lot more area. OK gets more tornadoes per square mile than TX does, so if you consider that a long the size difference between the two states, OK gets more tornadoes.@@livinginoklahomacityofficial
@18andlikeit yes, I'm definitely not discounting that - I just think that's an interesting fact simply because people don't often associate TX with tornados.
And to be clear, I'm not insinuating that Oklahoma City doesn't get frequent tornados. I'm simply trying to communicate that we aren't dodging them personally on the regular. And I think it's relevant context that have never personally been in a tornado in 44 years living in OKC, nor have the vast majority of my friends. If you spend anytime talking frequently with people from other states, you'll understand what I mean when I say it is the MOST common question they ask about, indicating they seem to believe it's more of our daily lives than it is.