Very funny Steve!

As a former Texan thats only mildly familiar with this so-called rivalry, I find the charges that OKC isn't urban compared to Tulsa a little odd. I've always found OKC to remind me a lot of Houston. And before you consider that an insult, I'll explain. Both are sprawling and kinda flat, and may not have the best reputations in the past, particularly by their rival cities (trust me when I say the OKC/Tulsa rivalry is peanuts compared to Dallas/Houston), but both have booming energy based economies and large medical centers, are surprisingly diverse and open even while being somewhat politically conservative, and are seeing their urban cores reborn.

One thing in that article that is spot on is the differing socioeconomic climates in each city. Tulsa can be very nice, but it is incredibly segregated, not so much racially as it is by income level. The old money element has separated itself probably allowed for a historically nicer city appearance wise with more culutral amenties supported by deep-pocket donors. The people tend to be a little "showy", but the fact is that Tulsa is very much a "who you know" kinda town. I learned that very quickly while doing an internship up there in the summer of 2008. Of course OKC has its own good-ol-boy group, but this place is pretty open and very "new-money." Even still OKC is generally laid back and unpretentious despite a higher household income here (according to City-Data anyway).

If T-town can get over some of its cultural quirks the city will take off. They have a great slate to start with, considerably better than when OKC started to reinvented itself. The problem is that social trends are hard to turn around overnight.