54, born, raised in OKC, moved to Tuttle in 74. Lived in Norman from 1985 to 2006, now live on beautiful Lake Tenkiller.

This thread is interesting. The average poster here is a bit older than I would have expected. There are also fewer transplants than I would have guessed.

27, born and raised in south OKC, went to OU for undergrad, moved to Arlington, VA (DC) for 5 years for work and grad school, now in Charlotte for work.

Mid 30s, born and raised in Edmond, attended Bishop McGuinness HS until switching to Edmond North my senior year (North had an actual AP program and an excellent fine arts program). Graduated from UCO and then OCU Law. I now live in OKC's Ward 1.

57. Born in OKC at Wesley Hospital. Moved in and out of the state the first couple of decades. Have lived in Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas and Alabama. Moved back and lived in OKC since '76. OU undergrad.

19. Born in Washington DC and live in Norman. I am going to occc and and love city planning and urban development stuff.

I'm 42, and grew up in the Cincinnati area until college. I went to college at Georgia Tech and the University of Kentucky. After college, I worked in Nashville for a little while and then moved on to Dallas-Ft. Worth. I moved from DFW to OKC in 2006 for my current job. Even though I wasn't happy here at first because it was hard to adjust from living in a city that has just about everything (DFW) to a much smaller city, I've grown to like the area.

I'm 42, and grew up in the Cincinnati area until college. I went to college at Georgia Tech and the University of Kentucky. After college, I worked in Nashville for a little while and then moved on to Dallas-Ft. Worth. I moved from DFW to OKC in 2006 for my current job. Even though I wasn't happy here at first because it was hard to adjust from living in a city that has just about everything (DFW) to a much smaller city, I've grown to like the area.

Another Techster! (Went there for a very short time.) Midtown ATL is one of my favorite places to hang out. I swore I would be back in the NC/TN mountains now, but you are right, this place does grow on you.

46, born in Tulsa but moved to Germany when I was one month old. Then Maryland, Frankfurt Germany, Hanau Germany. Kansas City, Upstate New York, Ft Lewis Washington, Jenks OK and then finally Midwest City when I was 15 till graduating MWC. Then junior college tour, Tulsa, a year on a 2 masted schooner sailing all over New England, OU, a year in Scotland, OU, first job in Claremore OK and then back at OCU for law School at 27. Have been a resident of OKC since then mostly in Gatewood or Heritage Hills East before moving to SW 104th and MacArthur 5 years ago.

I love OKC but just wish we were a hub airport so I could get to the beach a little quicker.

33, from Yukon, was in Weatherford a few years during college.

56. I was born in Indiana and lived in several places until we moved to OKC in 1963. My father worked at General
Electric and I went from first grade thru high school in the Putnam City School system. One year at the OSU Technical Center and then the family moved to the Portland, Oregon, area in 1976 where I've been ever since.

As I grew up in OKC that's where home will always be although my wife's and my family live up here in the Pacific North West. I guess that's where we'll stay.

29 years old here. I was born in MWC and I grew up in Norman.

43 years old, and born, raised, and currently in MWC. Plan to retire to Eufaula Lake. Mother was born around Lookeba Okla. and father was born around Henryetta Okla. Went to college at Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva.

Late 30's. Born & raised in SE Ok, college in Ada, short stint in Norman. Been in OKC for the last 14 years, all in the NW side.

34, here ten years, via Syracuse, DC, northern NH and originally eastern MA. And I know how to drive in the snow.

Easternobserver,
I spent almost four years in Northern Maryland and I was a pretty good driver in the snow, but it is a skill that needs practice and since I have been here since 1968, so those skills have diminished considerably.We just don't have enough snow (thankfully) to keep in practice. So, be kind (not that you aren't) to the natives, they try!
C. T.
34, here ten years, via Syracuse, DC, northern NH and originally eastern MA. And I know how to drive in the snow.

Age 43. I was born and raised in Florida. I lived in Austin Texas for about three years from 1998 until 2001, then back to Florida. We moved to OKC in 2008 and plan to stay here forever. I will admit that I loved Austin too but my family is happy here. We live in the Northwest side near Bethany and Warr Acres.

Age 43. I was born and raised in Florida. I lived in Austin Texas for about three years from 1998 until 2001, then back to Florida. We moved to OKC in 2008 and plan to stay here forever. I will admit that I loved Austin too but my family is happy here. We live in the Northwest side near Bethany and Warr Acres.

Austin has made strides since that three year stint. Welcome to the board!

I'm 35, born at St. Anthony's, Moore is and always has been home save for freshman year of college in Weatherford and a few years living in NW OKC.

58 years old, born in Corpus Christi, TX as a geologist's child. Lived in McAllen, Jackson, MS, Amarillo, moved to OKC in 1970 and graduated from Northeast High School. Went in AF to San Antonio, Wichita Falls, Fort Walton Beach/Niceville, Incirlik, Turkey, Biloxi, MS and back here in 1981. Have lived in OKC but now in MWC for 30 years.

House paid for last month so I'm done moving until it's time to head to the roaster so I can, once again, be a nice piece of ash.

^ Too cool for school, Lauri101. =) (still chuckling)

Born in Weatherford, Oklahoma and raised in Ada, OK. Attended college at ECU in Ada and moved to Edmond in 2009, then Mesta Park in 2010 and now I live in Jefferson Park. I'm 24 years old.,

The title of this thread sounds a little pedo but okay, I'll bite. I'm 12 and I stay at a truck stop.

The title of this thread sounds a little pedo but okay, I'll bite. I'm 12 and I stay at a truck stop.

I sense sarcasm. Try reading the first post. It's on page 1, lol.

I sense sarcasm. Try reading the first post. It's on page 1, lol.

Is that another way of saying "touché"?
If not, it should be. =)

Is that another way of saying "touché"?
If not, it should be. =)

I'm not touche'ing that with a 5 foot rod...

Sorry, bad joke on a bad joke.

I'm 54, born in Dallas, TX. Family moved back to Zoe, OK when I was 2. I was raised in Howe, OK. Move to Dallas for a year after high school then back to Howe. Moved to California in 1988, UTU negotiated me out of a job. Moved to Hayden, ID in 1991 and back to California in 2000. Moved to OKC in 2003 and would like to retire here.

I'm 68, born in Miami, OK, graduated from NEO A&M and OSU, retired from Tinker AFB after 32+ years. In 2005 we left OKC for the Pacific Northwest and found, as the old saying goes, "it's a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there." After five years of trying, we finally sold our house in Washington and moved back to OKC in November...now house-hunting. I've used this forum quite a bit since we moved back.

My Step-Dad was from Broken Bow. That's all I'm saying.

My Step-Dad was from Broken Bow. That's all I'm saying.

I know THAT's a lie: Nobody would ever leave Broken Bow for no good reason. =)
(oh . . . wait . . . how else would the pending exposé of The Bangladeshi "mafia" (as if . . .) ever have come into being?)

I sit corrected and support your cause. For what it's worth. It is, after all, an issue involving The Fundamentals of American Representative Republican Democracy . . . Well, Ain't it? =)

Age 69, lived in Oklahoma City from 1948 to 1966 at which time I entered the U.S. Army. Upon discharge relocated to Dallas, Texas, joined the police department, retired after 32 years service and still live there. Attended Putnam Heights Elementary, Harding Junior High and Central High School, graduating in 1963.

R.M. ... I have not been to Broken Bow (yet). I arrived in Oklahoma City in Sept. of 1999 after living in South Carolina for 19 years. Before that, I lived in Arizona for almost 4 years, and before that, I lived in California (San Francisco and San Diego) for the first 25 years of my life. And I have no hesitation in saying I am looking forward to my first Social Security Retirement Check later this year...it's gonna buy some new fishin' gear!

As for the East Pakistan Mafia...that will soon (some time between Jan 20 and Mar 20) be in the hands of several Federal, State, County and City Agencies/Departments/Offices. In the meantime...I still stand on my corner when the weather and time permit.

House paid for last month so I'm done moving until it's time to head to the roaster so I can, once again, be a nice piece of ash.

HAH!!! Congrats on paying off the house.

55, born in Houston and lived in SE Texas (and one year in Alabama) until moving to NE OKC when I was 11. Other than one year in San Antonio when I was 18, lived the next thirty years in Bethany and OKC. Moved to the DC area (Northern Virginia) in 2000 and moved back to SW OKC ten years later.

54, born in St. Anthony. Lived as far away as Edmond once. Other than that NW Oklahoma City has always been home.

R.M. ... I have not been to Broken Bow (yet). I arrived in Oklahoma City in Sept. of 1999 after living in South Carolina for 19 years. Before that, I lived in Arizona for almost 4 years, and before that, I lived in California (San Francisco and San Diego) for the first 25 years of my life. And I have no hesitation in saying I am looking forward to my first Social Security Retirement Check later this year...it's gonna buy some new fishin' gear!

As for the East Pakistan Mafia...that will soon (some time between Jan 20 and Mar 20) be in the hands of several Federal, State, County and City Agencies/Departments/Offices. In the meantime...I still stand on my corner when the weather and time permit.

I got the tip on Broken Bow/Idabell/etc. right here on this website. Previously, I thought the Grand Lake Area was about as good as it got, Oklahoma-wise. I was wrong. Do not miss a trip down to that part of the state.

Age 58. Born in Chicago. Moved to Oklahoma in 1960 at age 5. Currently living in Warr Acres. Other than 3 years living in Stillwater after highschool attending OSU I have lived within 2 miles of where we settled in 1960.

28 years old, been in OKC since 2009. Moved here from southwestern Idaho. I was here on contract work initially, but decided to make OKC my permanent home.

53. Moved here from Knob Noster, in 1979.

53. Moved here from Knob Noster, in 1979.

What a delightful name.

What a delightful name.

lol

What a delightful name.

That's what I thought too! Sounds like it is a few furlongs or whatever from Downton Abbey . . . well, don't it?
(in fact it's in Missouri . . . yes: I couldn't resist doing some research. =)

(and please excuse the somewhat bawdy lol's in the background of the foreground. =)

(back whar' i done come from, there was a hill--possibly more of a knoll--overlooking a power plant lake with a flagpole and a couple of old, rusting cannons. it was a "parking"/"make-out" location for local teens before and after a visit to the Motorena Drive-In Theater. i think the official name of the place was "American Legion Park" but it was known, locally, as Pecker's Knob. honest to gawd, until i was about 19 years old i had no idea that there was a "double-ontawndray" involved in any of it. i thought the name had something to do with birds or something. and since this was back in '65 or so, just after "the British Invasion" i guess it did.)

What a delightful name.

It's at Whiteman AFB in Missouri.

53. Moved here from Knob Noster, in 1979.

I lived in that town, way back when I was in elementary school. Great memories.

I lived in that town, way back when I was in elementary school. Great memories.

You've lived everywhere lol