You've got to understand Tulsa. It's a beautiful city with a ton of potential, but why has OKC out-distanced Tulsa--boldness and aggressiveness
OKC is a "can do" city where as Tulsa has basically sit back and taken a back seat to progress.

I use to live in Tulsa in the late 70s and I still have fond memories of its beauty.

Tulsa had a $700+ million proposal to fund the Arkansas River Development which would have brought a wealth of companies to the downtown river development. In-fighting among Tulsa and many of its surburbs caused its demise.

The projects downtown (BOK Center and ONEOK ballpark) should spark potentially new development. I get that feeling that Tulsa doesn't want to mirror OKC's development which has triggered a lot of private development from MAPS I, MAPS for Kids, MAPS for Hoops and the new MAPS II.

Devon Energy of OKC would have left OKC and built its current 50-story 850 ft tower (under construction) in Houston had it not been for the MAPS projects in which OKC taxpayers invested in themselves.


I just can figure out why Tulsa is losing so many of its corporations? It is in my estimation the cleanest and most beautiful city in the United States.