I moved here from a large city on the East coast in the mid 2000s, the first thing that struck me as I stopped at a gas station off the 40 was how nice the people were. It cannot be overstated, just a different breed of people. For those of you that have never lived anywhere else I assure you it is quite striking. But, anyways, I thought it might be fun to summarize the city in 5 words as my initial impressions when I started to live here; Ill go first…

1) Friendly
2) Flat
3) Clean
4) Hot
5) Easy-to-live (sorry, I know its not one word)

Interesting exercise...

Quickly, without thinking too much:

1. Flat
2. Friendly
3. Easy
4. Evolving
5. Enthusiastic

Friendly
Sprawling
Optimistic
Conservative
Changing


Oh, and

6. Casual

Fun idea!

1) Rising
2) Progressive ... yet also ...
3) Conservative
4) Proud
5) Relaxed

severe inferiority complex fortunately disappearing.

most improvement for the money

(i used to be an OKC "hater". i used to be a dumbass.)

Only parts of Oklahoma are flat. The NE and SE are hilly and lovely - and I don't just mean just the corners. If you think Oklahoma is flat, you owe it go yourself to spend a few weekends exploring - you won't regret it.

Warm (as in people)
Resilient (both the land and its people)
Spiritual (and I don't mean just Christian - as a pagan, this place is incredibly rich and alive - just amazing)
Moving (hang on if you want to be a part of it)
Underappreciated (I am going to call that one word)

The home of my soul.

It is home sweet home!

Hot cold windy depressing lonely

home

changing

growing

inspiring

opportunity

My
favorite
place
on
earth

Oil
Sooners
Tornados
Bombing
Red

I can do it in one word...

Surprise

Emerging
Entrepreneurial
Evolving
Energetic
Underrated

1) Friendly (I can't tell you how taken back I was when the door wasn't held for me on my first trip to Florida, my first out of OKlahoma vacation. People are different on the coasts)
2) Home (No matter how many times I travel out of state, nothing beats the feeling of coming back to OklaHOMEa)
3) Conservative (Our hearts may always be in the right place, but not our brains sometimes)
4) Diverse (From the landscape to the people)
5) Smart (What city can boast in development and be for the most part debt free and recession proof)

Emerging
Entrepreneurial
Evolving
Energetic
Underrated

Great!

mostly harmless -M

/i kid, i kid!

Friendly
Flat
Extremes (weather-wise)
Conservative
Sprawling

More state than city, but my five words -

Archeologically exceptional, for 12,000 years.

Easy - Easy-going people, easy road layout for navigation, easy livin' in general with the low cost of living.
Friendly - 'nuff said in previous posts about this.
Resilient - Through the dust bowl, depression, oil bust, Murrah bombing, May 3rd, '99, Moore '13, etc., we keep dusting ourselves off and getting back up.
Family-oriented (counts as one hyphenated word :) ) - I understand that OKC can sometimes be a bit boring for single folk but, IMO there's no better place to raise a family.
Home - I wasn't born here, but it's "home" now and is the place I always look forward to returning to when I travel.

KD
Russ
Serge
Thabo
Perk

Laid Back
Friendly
Conservative
Western
Underrated

Flat
Conservative
Country
Family-oriented
Recession-proof

Emerging
Entrepreneurial
Evolving
Energetic
Underrated

Great list.

KD
Russ
Serge
Thabo
Perk

Another great list. One-dimensional, but great.

I moved here from a large city on the East coast in the mid 2000s, the first thing that struck me as I stopped at a gas station off the 40 was how nice the people were. It cannot be overstated, just a different breed of people. For those of you that have never lived anywhere else I assure you it is quite striking. But, anyways, I thought it might be fun to summarize the city in 5 words as my initial impressions when I started to live here; Ill go first…

1) Friendly
2) Flat
3) Clean
4) Hot
5) Easy-to-live (sorry, I know its not one word)

Interesting. Clean is a word I'd never use for okc. And I've been in quite a few places.

Matter of fact, while driving thru the city, it strikes me how dirty it is.

Interesting. Clean is a word I'd never use for okc. And I've been in quite a few places.

Matter of fact, while driving thru the city, it strikes me how dirty it is.

Clean definitely comes to my mind - in part because the wind that so many hate and our overall active atmosphere tend to keep things moving around. I detested the air back east near the coast because it felt stifling, hot and dirty. And I have to say that I heave a shudder of relief when I step off the plane from NYC because although individual apartments are clean, outside is just gross - just nasty - spit, dog crap, garbage, etc. Truly disgusting.

I think it depends upon where you are in OKC. Visitors regularly remark to that they can't believe how clean it is, but they often are generally if not strictly downtown, which IS very clean by the standards of most major cities. It's when you get out into the hinterlands that you start seeing litter and the occasional couch in the bar ditch.

Depends on where on the east coast you are comparing it to. OKC is dirty compared to the "New South" like Charlotte, Raleigh, Nashville, etc. It's clean though compared to many of the older cities a little farther north. It's also cleaner than Atlanta. I was really surprised at how dirty Atlanta was when I went.

Depends on where on the east coast you are comparing it to. OKC is dirty compared to the "New South" like Charlotte, Raleigh, Nashville, etc. It's clean though compared to many of the older cities a little farther north. It's also cleaner than Atlanta. I was really surprised at how dirty Atlanta was when I went.

Can count on you to always try to stress how OKC isn't as good as others think. LOL. At least you are consistent.

Can count on you to always try to stress how OKC isn't as good as others think. LOL. At least you are consistent.

Nothing untrue or exaggerated about my post.

Nor mine.

Depends on where on the east coast you are comparing it to. OKC is dirty compared to the "New South" like Charlotte, Raleigh, Nashville, etc. It's clean though compared to many of the older cities a little farther north. It's also cleaner than Atlanta. I was really surprised at how dirty Atlanta was when I went.

No offense . . . But how many times a day do you wash your hands? Is all of the silverware arranged perfectly in the silverware drawer? Did you remember to comb the fringe on the throw rugs?

Young
Diverse
Easy
Comfortable
Strong

Flat
Conservative
Country
Family-oriented
Recession-proof

Missed this thread earlier, surprised the you didn't say "not as good as Charlotte" lol

Resilient, rising, enthusiastic, underrated, thunder (double meaning: for obvious reasons and the weather)


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