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| Hi,
I have lived in Oklahoma City, since late summer of 2003. I consider myself a christian, but am a single black male. I have lived in Texas, and have visited many other states. Living here in Oklahoma City, OK, has been a little good, followed by an emotional "nightmare". I am only here because I am going to college and will graduate in December of 2009 with a bachelor's degree. I will be honest and fair in my experience here. Here are the following areas I find to be questionable causing me distress:
People in OKC or OK in general:
People here overly-religious, judgmental, prejudice, and are extremely unfriendly, in my opinion. Most everybody I met were unmotivated, lazy, fat, hateful, users, drug addicts (alcoholic drunks/meth./crack). It is very hard to make friends here because most everyone who lives here thinks the world of this place, and never leave. They consider moving away as, in moving to the suburb. It is a family oriented town, meaning everyone goes to the same church every sunday, for years, with the same people they grew up with in kindergarden school. I tried the male bonding thing. Every male friend I had, no matter where I met them, wanted to go to strip club seven days a week. Most of them have lots of kids by different women and refuse to "abstain" or use protection, which is not taught in school. Most people are unmotivated. When you tell them you are in school, they seem to not care, and do not offer support. Heavy smokers are here along with obesity; both are in style. Everywhere I go, I see morbid obese smokers that are somewhat over-confident. Most of these fake church goers are over-religious, but sin out of this world. They are raised to believe that being a Christian means to go to church and that you are automatically saved. However, their deeds are evil. They do more wild things than the people in Texas, namely Dallas do.
Sports
The OU football thing is OVERRATED. They talk about this school's sport as much, if not more, than religion. If a game is on, some will miss church for it. Even in the snow or dead of heat, they have their entire family at the games salivating over winning. Winning in Oklahoma if a must! These sore losers can't stand to lose a game, especially to TEXAS, a much better team. Now I never ever was a Texas LONGHORN fan, eventhough I lived there most of my life, but became one out of spite since Oklahomans tried to convert me over to a SOONER, literally almost every day during the football, basketball season. They all put Texas down with harsh words of cruelty, but are in Dallas shopping and clubbing (the church people/ministers) every weekend. Contradiction!
Things to do:
Everything this place has to offer, bricktown, clubs and restaurants are sub-standard. There are movie theaters, and basic places like in other major states, but to the extent of "second or third" best.
Highways
The highways and roads are "ragedy and worn" in need of major repair since the last 100 years. Many of the highways are breaking down, with holes in them, causing concrete to fall from the bridges, in both OKC and Tulsa. Thanks GOD for the stimulus money created by the Obama Administration. They are making the highways better. Before in 2002 to early 2009, each road would damage your tires because of the "uneven-ness" big speed bump-like obstructions, and heavy pot holes, that the Lazy city of Oklahoma refuses to repair.
Bus system
What bus system? Transportation is rediculous here. It stops early and runs semi-early, leaving people stranded to and from to work in many situation. Most people don't bother with the buses; instead they bum rides off of people and won't even offer gas reimbursement, despite the high gas prices.
Racism
There is so much racism here and people are not genuinely friendly. Some pretend to be nice even though they are racist. Like others have said, people here do not speak back to you, when you first speak to them. If you are from "TEXAS" this is not good. Becaus of the obsessive footbal thing (OU) most people say bad things about Texas and mean it. Remember, they are always up in Dallas, TX, shopping and clubbing, but they seem to forget that. Then when football time comes up again, they start referring to Texas in bad ways. One Texas fan was even critically injured because he wore a Texas (tan) shirt in the midst of OU (burgandy) sooner fans and was mauled. People have told me not to go to Norman, where OU is located, and wear anything but Sooner stuff. Even OSU's orange attire will get you into a fight and injured even when OSU is OKC's office state college.
Progressiveness
Everything about this place (OKC) is outdated, backwards, and behind, from the way it looks, the houses, Bricktown, the colleges, laws, the way people dress and act, racism, and rights for those who may be gay or homosexual.
I am an open-minded person, and this town is considered a close-minded, conservative Republican place, which speaks for itself.
Conclusion:
Although there are good things about Oklahoma, such as the cheap cost of living, and a decent education system, there are many more bad things. I don't consider the fact there are churches on every corner a bad thing, because I am a Christian. I just think that people spend so much time judging and treating "difference" indifferently and in an unpleasant manner. It is ironic they claim being believers while the bible speaks in Mathew 7th Chapter against judging and talks all about love. They lack love. Most people here are hateful sinners who be in church several times a week. I tell you what will happen is that during the Judgement in the end of the world, they are going to be surprised and put in hell where they belong, with the other bad evil of the world. GOD is about love and not hate. I have not felt home here at all and have been most often lonely and sad because I have found alot better people in other places. I am very social and can meet friends anywhere and without a problem. Here was different because of the over-religious OU supposed- family oriented environment that close the door to outsiders who move from other states.
Once I finish getting my Bachelor's and Master's degrees, I am gone. But I guess the sacrifice of not having fun and not meeting decent friends is the price you pay when you have a goal to go to college in OKC or anywhere else in the state. It has been like pure emotional hell to me. I don't reccommend anyone to move here, unless you are married with kids, have a good job, and is a white narrow minded person. If you are black, moved to Dallas, or Missouri. If you gay, don't even think about it. You will be beaten out of here! Stay far away from here! I am begging you!
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