A better MWC...

[dmoor82]

I think the focus should shift more towards the North part of MWC now,that part of town has gotten really bad especially around NE 10th and MW Blvd. all the way over to Douglas and 10th.I think landscaping and better housing options might help out alot!

[bombermwc]

Well... i graduated a titan, but kindergarten was spent at East Side and my 7th grade year was spent at Jarman and I dated girls from MWC and went to the football games too. I lived in a variety of houses on Givens, Ercoupe, Grumman, Jacobs and born on Arnold.

Small world, i lived on Givens until 5th grade when we moved into Titan land...but still went to Jarman/MCHS.

I do think there is (or at least was) a group that sort of focussed on the original mile. There for a while when they would renovate a house, you would know it was them because the dumpster in the driveway had their logo. It may have been a city lead effort though. The tough part on signage would be the number of entrances to the area...that's a lot of signs. But perhaps they could just put in new signs at the intersections in the neighborhood.

[bombermwc]

I think the focus should shift more towards the North part of MWC now,that part of town has gotten really bad especially around NE 10th and MW Blvd. all the way over to Douglas and 10th.I think landscaping and better housing options might help out alot!

As long as it's OKC schools, you won't see any effort put into it. It's night and day when you cross that 10th street line. The homes are the same as those across the street in so many ways, but the district lines make for a very different demographic. Unfortunately, i think the rest of MWC would rather see that area cut off and removed from the city than do much to change it. It's short-sighted, but the "south of 10th-ers" don't really even call that MWC. Which is a bit funny since there is almost (if not the same) as much square milage north of 10th as there is south of it.

[oneforone]

My wife lived here when we first met. When we got married, I gave up my place because she had the larger place. I was not sure how I would like it when I first moved in. I am here to say, I am glad I did it. The people of MWC are very friendly. I have all kinds of places to shop with in 5-10 minutes of home. The city goes the extra mile to keep the area clean. I especially like the response from emergency services. My neighbor collapsed from the heat this past summer. Fire was on scene in 2 minutes, EMS a minute later, police were on scene in 5 minutes. While fire and EMS were getting him in the ambulance, the police officers helped us lock up his house and car. The officer took his keys and wallet to the medics just as they were pulling out. That all went down in less then 15 minutes. I used to live in Oklahoma City and I have to admit it took a lot longer for Fire and EMSA to respond.

The only thing I would change is the hospital. I wish INTEGRIS or Mercy would buy the place. Just simply because Midwest will always be a subpar hospital as a for profit facility. You have way too many Sooner Care folks north of tenth and east of the city to be profitable.

[mmonroe]

Well, the area directly North of 10th between Air Depot and Midwest Blvd is known as "The Panic Zone" I lived in some apartments over here in my early early twenties and I can say I will never do that again. The area between Midwest Blvd and Douglas is known as "Murder One." Use your imagination, but don't let it get away from you.

Midwest Regional has always had a bad reputation of killing patients, there I said it. As long as the Hospital Authority has financial influence in Midwest City, they hospital will stay the same. But there are good points, a lot of grants are given by the Hospital Authority to fund local civic projects and first time home buyer grants/loans. Maybe the new hospital at I-40 and Douglas will give them a little bit of run for their money and hopefully that area south of 29th and east of Douglas will start to be developed.

[TaoMaas]

Well, the area directly North of 10th between Air Depot and Midwest Blvd is known as "The Panic Zone" I lived in some apartments over here in my early early twenties and I can say I will never do that again. The area between Midwest Blvd and Douglas is known as "Murder One." Use your imagination, but don't let it get away from you.

Hmmm...and what do Edmond folks call MWC, in general? Careful...this is the same kind of talk I used to hear about MWC, Moore, Mustang, etc...when I lived on the NW side of OKC and in Edmond. Right now, I have a friend who lives in one of the better sections of MWC who is talking about selling his house because he sees the neighborhood "going downhill". It's all relative.

[mmonroe]

TaoMaas, those areas just include those square miles, nothing more.

I have noticed the houses around the SE corner of Reno and Air Depot going up for sale.

[woodyrr]

The LED light covered trees look nice on SE 29th at Town Center Plaza.


Midwest City Median Lights by woodyrr, on Flickr

I have noticed the houses around the SE corner of Reno and Air Depot going up for sale.

I'm a little confused. All I recall around the SE corner of Reno and Air Depot is a gas station surrounded by apartments.

[mmonroe]

I'm a little confused. All I recall around the SE corner of Reno and Air Depot is a gas station surrounded by apartments.

I'm referring to the neighborhood area directly behind those apartments.

Nice pics of the median btw. I'll have to head over and get some night shots tonight.

[woodyrr]

I'm referring to the neighborhood area directly behind those apartments.

Nice pics of the median btw. I'll have to head over and get some night shots tonight.

Thanks.

In the southwest part of Midwest City where I live, there is an unusually large number of houses for sale. I'm glad I'm not one of the sellers.

[mmonroe]

I got it!! Lets trade some land north of tenth towards the NE side with Oklahoma City and include an easement along 23rd and in return get access to the river! Why the river, later development. It would be nice to have some more development along the river, even if it's later down the line. Of course we'd have to work on the river bank, prepare the land around the banks for development, damn that part of the river to bring the water up to an acceptable level... eh pipe dreams.

[catch22]

Damning the river won't do much good. You don't want the river to turn into hot steam.

[mmonroe]

Damning the river won't do much good. You don't want the river to turn into hot steam.

Hot steam? Am I missing something?

[catch22]

Hot steam? Am I missing something?

Water turns into steam at high temperatures....damning the river to hell would produce some steam.

[mmonroe]

HA! I see where I put damn and meant dam, gotcha.