Review of Oklahoma Ci,


The most oppressive place to live
Star Rating - 11/22/2016
This place is cursed! I've never lived or been to city or state this depressing in my life. I'll suggest that anyone from the east coast not to move here. If you do, you will regret it and move back only after a few months and hate yourself for making the biggest mistake of your life. I'm going to start with the goods first. 1. If you're extremely conservative, judgmental and a introvert then you'll like living here. 2. Its a midsized city, less traffic than larger cities. 3. The job market is still relatively decent despite their recession. 4. OKC is a family oriented city, so if you're single and liberal...you need not to move here. 5. The housing market is affordable but the rental market is not so...its cheaper cost living is relative because most jobs here pay lower pay scales. The bads outnumbers the bad. The bads are...1. Extreme weather that involves Earthquakes, tornadoes, hailstorms, hot miserable summers. 2. Lack of real entertainment and nightlife...your nightlife is basically going to a Wednesday night bible study or church service. 3. High crime/high poverty rates. You will become a victim of theft or burglary if you live here for some time. 4. Lack of infrastructure and decent public transit. Riding a bicycle is your public transportation. 5. Fake, mean spirited people and deceitful. They seem nice on the surface but they will backstab you, lie and steal from you without any conscience but get this they are CHRISTIANS! Lol. Misery loves company and this is a very miserable place to live. 6. Low teacher salary. The teachers are paid food stamp wages! 7. High child abuse, high incarceration rates for women, domestic violence rates, divorce rates, obesity, meth and drug use out of any state in the country. 8. Very boring city overall and not as attractive as other cities its size but there are some beautification projects underway downtown. 9. Bad schools, the schools are better in Putnam and Edmond. 10. The most backwards alcohol laws in the entire country. 11. Racism is acceptable...especially against blacks. This is the most racist dump that I've ever seen and the minorties live it and do nothing about it. 12. Thirty years behind every city in the entire country...you've been warned!!!!!!

Yada | Omaha, NE
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So I'm guessing your just skipping over all pros of living in OKC.... like the neighborly kindness (everyone pitches in when you need help), hospitality (we care for others in need) and a strong sense of national pride. Yes it's community oriented, but that doesn't mean we exclude everyone who is single. I didn't know that believing in god has become something to be ashamed of but thank you for informing me of that fact. Racism IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. We just approach it a different way. Rather than feeding into the P.C. culture insanity, we treat each other as equals and yes we spar with racial jokes back and forth, but we see it as a form of equality and not something you have to tip toe around. You don't treat others with disabilities any different than you would someone without a disability, so why would you treat someone of another race any differently that you would to someone of the same color, or religion? Just FYI before you even start into me on the racist bit, I'm white, but I have two cousins that are half black and a niece who is half Cherokee, we all make racial jokes, stereo type jokes and laugh and have a good time... even with other families and neighbors of different colors or cultures. So just because we don't feed into your "can't say this... can't say that... they can call us this but we can't call them anything back" b.s. just know that it doesn't make us racist. It just means that we aren't going to treat anyone different than we normally would. I love my city. OK STRONG!
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