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on the bright side, having that one game in the Cotton Bowl gives a fairly quiet weekend to the rest of the locals each fall. Kinda nice.

Pot, this is kettle, you're black. HVAC, from your brief time here, you appear to be the same way, only purposely antagonizing posters.

But back to topic. Nope, I kindly declined it (mod) when it was offered to me several years ago, along with buying the site.

I just say what I think. If you feel antagonized, that's your problem. And you shoulda took the mod job when you had the chance, that way you could be the forum Gestapo and put a stop to all these moderates & left wingers on here.

And really back to topic: All I have to do is take a trip back to Atlanta to appreciate OKC. OKC does damned near everything better than Atlanta! I suggest the OP go live in ATL for a year or two & then make the comparison....

I used to live outside of ATL and disagree. ATL has far more quality of life amenities than OKC. This is all personal preference really.

mmm- again, not trying to pick a fight, but are you saying the mods are always right, and can't be called out on stuff? I honestly think it's still a legitimate question, when the topic and title clearly state problems in OKC and this thread is in Del City/MWC. And there are threads about MWC in the OKC forum. It just raises my point why have the different ones? I'm curious as to what Pete would say.

I used to live outside of ATL and disagree. ATL has far more quality of life amenities than OKC. This is all personal preference really.


I lived there from 1964 - 1982, and then from 1986 to 2007.

How long did you live there?

Quality of life amenities? Like what?

Huge housing projects and other high violent crime neighborhoods where you can get shot for making a wrong turn at the wrong time?

Bumper to bumper traffic on the downtown connectors and main surface streets from 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM and again from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM? I lived 5 miles from my work in Atlanta and it often took 30 minutes to get there.

Multiple murders on the news EVERY night? "If it bleeds, it leads."

50 roads named "Peachtree" Street Road Blvd, etc?

Still high racial tensions. Only in the last decade was the Confederate stars & Bars removed from the state flag, which was placed on the flag by the state legislature in 1956 to thumb its nose at the civil rights movement. Republicans vehemetly opposed it, and a Democrat governor signed legislation that changed it in 2001. Racism and bigotry from both blacks and whites is still prevalent.

I've been to Tokyo, Manila, Naha, Sydney, Adelaide, and a whole bunch of U.S. big cities and even LA is not as bad traffic wise as ATL.

ATL has better night clubs and some better restaraunts, but it's quite a price to pay for those amenities. Metro ATL has turned into a mass of urban sprawl and crime, but if one likes that atomosphere, take I-40 to US 78 to I-20 and 15 hours later...enjoy!

If it were not for family still living there, I'd never go back. OK may still have some backward laws, but for me, it's a far better place to raise my family and a lot safer that ATL.

Never been to Atlanta myself though my great grand daddy traveled through there in 1864..........He wasnt to impressed either............:sofa:

I used to live outside of ATL and disagree. ATL has far more quality of life amenities than OKC. This is all personal preference really.


I would hope Atlanta has more amenities than OKC. It is after all a larger metro area. It's all a numbers game.

I'm sure if OKC swelled to 3 million + in the MSA all of the amenities would follow.

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The OP is living in some kind of dream world if he thinks there should be a freeway every mile. Stoplights are a fact of life. If you don't like it, move closer to your job.

And I can't even begin to respond to all the other misguided comments in the original post. Bigger markets just sit by and wait for corporations to move to them?? Far from it. Every city gives incentives.

Why is this still in the midwest city forum?

Dream world is right.

Show me a large metro area that doesn't have blighted areas.
Congestion? Try driving the freeways in Dallas, St Louis, Houston, Kansas City, etc., etc., etc. in rush hour traffic. OKC hardly has rush hour traffic. I can get from north of Lake Hefner to WRWA in 20 minutes. Do that in any of the cities I listed.
And some private entity gaining from a public project? I would be amazed if any public project was ever done anywhere without some private entity getting something out of it.

Get real.

why did OKC feel the need to spend money to lure Bass Pro here in an attempt to draw other businesses here? did they really think other corporations were really going to relocate here just cause a major outdoor supply store is located here? what kind of logic is that? whats worse, theres no hiding the hideous patchworked highway that is the I-40 crosstown that Bass Pro is located right next to.

Why does our city feel the need to bribe businesses to come here, when other major cities simply take a back seat, improve their city on their own accord, and soon enough corporations begin to notice the benefits on their own merit.

Spoken like someone who has no idea how business works. Maybe you should read up on corporate tax subsidies that are offered to lure corporations before you drone on about things you have no clue about.