Oklahoma City, In the Press

[Plutonic Panda]

Definitely no argument from me on that one

Haha. Well I’ll leave at this, I see so much potential in OKC and good things are happening. I find myself constantly amazed each time I come back how much the place is changing. I love my hometown always.

[Rover]

This may be too positive for posting, but OKC named #9 travel destination for US cities. http://newsok.com/oklahoma-city-name...rticle/5586139

[Thomas Vu]

I wish they had a link to the original article

[Mr. Blue Sky]

I wish they had a link to the original article

Here you go
http://time.com/money/page/best-places-to-travel-2018

I wish it was a little more credible with the quick once-over test. A top 10 list of places to travel has Alexandria, VA as number one. Twelve miles from the Capitol of the United States and all there is to see and do there. But it's Alexandria, Virginia that is the #1 place to travel in the United States in 2018. I didn't read the fine print, but this seems outrageous on first sight.

"Did you go to the Capitol Building, Smithsonian, all those great places?"
"No, that was all 15 miles away, didn't make it this trip, but we went to Hank's Oyster Bar and The Torpedo Factory Art Center though!"

[Urbanized]

http://time.com/money/page/best-places-to-travel-2018/

[Thomas Vu]

Thanks guys. I did end up googling it myself. I find it odd that they source it, with no link to said source.

[LakeEffect]

Here you go
http://time.com/money/page/best-places-to-travel-2018

I wish it was a little more credible with the quick once-over test. A top 10 list of places to travel has Alexandria, VA as number one. Twelve miles from the Capitol of the United States and all there is to see and do there. But it's Alexandria, Virginia that is the #1 place to travel in the United States in 2018. I didn't read the fine print, but this seems outrageous on first sight.

"Did you go to the Capitol Building, Smithsonian, all those great places?"
"No, that was all 15 miles away, didn't make it this trip, but we went to Hank's Oyster Bar and The Torpedo Factory Art Center though!"

To their credit, it does say it's a "perfect jumping off point to...," so they're already acknowledging that it would be used as a base camp, of sorts, for regional tourism.

I would take issue with their lack of regional diversity - Alexandria No. 1 and Harper's Ferry No. 2? They're 70 miles apart... and the Alexandria one already tells you to visit Virginia wine country, which goes up to Harper's Ferry.

The write up for OKC isn't bad.

[KayneMo]

Here you go
http://time.com/money/page/best-places-to-travel-2018

I wish it was a little more credible with the quick once-over test. A top 10 list of places to travel has Alexandria, VA as number one. Twelve miles from the Capitol of the United States and all there is to see and do there. But it's Alexandria, Virginia that is the #1 place to travel in the United States in 2018. I didn't read the fine print, but this seems outrageous on first sight.

"Did you go to the Capitol Building, Smithsonian, all those great places?"
"No, that was all 15 miles away, didn't make it this trip, but we went to Hank's Oyster Bar and The Torpedo Factory Art Center though!"

The top 10 list of places to travel for the highest value for your dollar.

[Timshel]

Sam Anderson, a writer for the New York Times Magazine who has written stories about OKC, the Thunder, and Gary England over the past few years just announced a new book titled: "Boom Town
THE FANTASTICAL SAGA OF OKLAHOMA CITY, ITS CHAOTIC FOUNDING… ITS PURLOINED BASKETBALL TEAM, AND THE DREAM OF BECOMING A WORLD-CLASS METROPOLIS."

The book comes out in August - looks like it could be an interesting read and fair analysis of OKC's recent history. Summary of the book is below.

Award-winning journalist Sam Anderson’s long-awaited debut is a brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative of Oklahoma City–a great American story of civics, basketball, and destiny.

Oklahoma City was born from chaos. It was founded in a bizarre but momentous “Land Run” in 1889, when thousands of people lined up along the borders of Oklahoma Territory and rushed in at noon to stake their claims. Since then, it has been a city torn between the wild energy that drives its outsized ambitions, and the forces of order that seek sustainable progress. Nowhere was this dynamic better realized than in the drama of the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team’s 2012-13 season, when the Thunder’s brilliant general manager, Sam Presti, ignited a firestorm by trading future superstar James Harden just days before the first game. Presti’s all-in gamble on “the Process”—the patient, methodical management style that dictated the trade as the team’s best hope for long-term greatness—kicked off a pivotal year in the city’s history, one that would include pitched battles over urban planning, a series of cataclysmic tornadoes, and the frenzied hope that an NBA championship might finally deliver the glory of which the city had always dreamed.

Boom Town announces the arrival of an exciting literary voice. Sam Anderson, former book critic for New York magazine and now a staff writer at the New York Times magazine, unfolds an idiosyncratic mix of American history, sports reporting, urban studies, gonzo memoir, and much more to tell the strange but compelling story of an American city whose unique mix of geography and history make it a fascinating microcosm of the democratic experiment. Filled with characters ranging from NBA superstars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook; to Flaming Lips oddball frontman Wayne Coyne; to legendary Great Plains meteorologist Gary England; to Stanley Draper, Oklahoma City’s would-be Robert Moses; to civil rights activist Clara Luper; to the citizens and public servants who survived the notorious 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building, Boom Town offers a remarkable look at the urban tapestry woven from control and chaos, sports and civics.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/b...9780804137317/

[Timshel]

Also - meant to add the author's tweet announcing the book: "I got carried away and spent 5 years writing a book about Oklahoma City, the most secretly interesting place in America. I've waited my whole mag career for a subject to grab me like this. Outlaws, sit-ins, tornadoes, Durant & Westbrook. Coming August 21."

[Rover]

None of this can be accurate or right. Author is stupid or crazy to be so positive about our deeply flawed city.
😎😊

[king183]

Also - meant to add the author's tweet announcing the book: "I got carried away and spent 5 years writing a book about Oklahoma City, the most secretly interesting place in America. I've waited my whole mag career for a subject to grab me like this. Outlaws, sit-ins, tornadoes, Durant & Westbrook. Coming August 21."

Just pre-ordered it on Amazon. Looks like a good one.

[OkiePoke]

I just pre-ordered from Common Place Books.

[king183]

I just pre-ordered from Common Place Books.

...better idea.

[Plutonic Panda]

OKC earned tree city for third year.

https://analytics.twitter.com/mob_id...lored_ads=true

[Jake]

OKC number one city to start a business.

http://fortune.com/2018/04/30/top-us...startups-2018/

[Plutonic Panda]

After Wallethub’s last article, I don’t take them seriously anymore.

[jonny d]

After Wallethub’s last article, I don’t take them seriously anymore.

well, it was positive towards Oklahoma, so that makes sense...

[Plutonic Panda]

well, it was positive towards Oklahoma, so that makes sense...

Or rather because it was just absurd, but believe whatever makes you feel comfortable.

[gopokes88]

After Wallethub’s last article, I don’t take them seriously anymore.

[Jake]

After Wallethub’s last article, I don’t take them seriously anymore.

Is CNBC better?

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/27/us-c...twitter%7Cmain

[jonny d]

Is CNBC better?

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/27/us-c...twitter%7Cmain

He will take it as OKC being cheap.

[Plutonic Panda]

Is CNBC better?

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/27/us-c...twitter%7Cmain

Don’t know much about them. While jonny boy wants to be an ass, I’m simply saying I don’t trust WalletHub’s rankings. That article you posted is just a positive article about OKC and nothing to do with the best place to start a business, so you’re just trying to start a flame war with me.

[Plutonic Panda]

I guess it’s the inferiority complex, but this board just can’t seem to handle the slightest bit of anything doesn’t give OKC the greatest orgasm ever, that means better than the last one. Geeze. I didn’t even say anything negative either, just said I don’t trust WalletHub’s ranking. Oh well.

[dcsooner]

I guess it’s the inferiority complex, but this board just can’t seem to handle the slightest bit of anything doesn’t give OKC the greatest orgasm ever, that means better than the last one. Geeze. I didn’t even say anything negative either, just said I don’t trust WalletHub’s ranking. Oh well.

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