Oklahoma #10 in 'Top 10 Dangerous States in America'

[Bunty]

It took a close call for me to become street aware. I was in line at a McDonald's drive thru in Mississippi late one night when this guy walked up to my door and was literally right on top of me at my door. He could have done something bad if he wanted. I was in close quarters and there was no way I had any room to fight him off If I had to. Luckily for me he was just a panhandler. His line was "I just got out of prison and I have no Money." I said I couldn't help him I rolled my window up, locked the doors and realized I could have been seriously hurt or killed.

I'd just tell the panhandler, "Go get help at the welfare office. That's where some of my tax money is waiting there for ya."

[Bunty]

You would be surprised the number of burglaries that happen from people forgetting to lock doors, leaving doors open and unattended. Every year Norman, Edmond and Nichols Hills get hit by a rash of Auto Burglaries and Home Burglaries because people leave cars unsecured with keys or a garage door opener in the car and valuables in plain view. It only takes about 10 seconds to bust a window, grab an item and runway or run to a getaway car down the street or around the corner.

At a restaurant parking lot one time I left my convertible parked with the top down. Like an idiot, I absently mindedly left my Sony compact camera in view. And so it was missing when I came back. For fun to see who takes the bait, I may leave my old, unused and empty billfold in plain view on the seat and watch nearby for what type of person would swipe the billfold as well as see the reaction to it being empty. And, of course, get it on camera.

[Dubya61]

Oklahoma is also one of the 10 most depressing states. The Enid people can just deal with their "flat, barren landscape". Anyway, Republicans at the State Capitol need to get on the ball and figure out how to make Oklahoma a better state. There's surely more to it than slowly getting rid of the state income tax:

FROM: 10 Most Depressing States in the U.S. - weather.com

Maybe it's the flat, barren landscape and threat of severe weather; maybe it’s the high poverty rate (16%) and low rates of health-insurance coverage. For whatever reason, the Sooner State ranks in the bottom five of every category we considered.

Even the official state rock song is depressing. In 2009, the Oklahoma legislature bestowed that honor on "Do You Realize?" by the Flaming Lips; it's a dirge-like tune featuring lyrics such as "Do you realize that happiness makes you cry? Do you realize that everyone you know someday will die?"

Know whut would put our state on the map? more mountains and valleys! We oughtta start building man-made mountains and carving out man-made valleys up near Enid!

[RadicalModerate]

Obviously somebody has never been down around Idabel and Broken Bow plus points north like Heavener and Poteau.

[Bunty]

Know whut would put our state on the map? more mountains and valleys! We oughtta start building man-made mountains and carving out man-made valleys up near Enid!

Ah, surely some people like the 360 degree view of distant horizons up that way without any trees to speak of to block any of it.

[bluedogok]

Ah, surely some people like the 360 degree view of distant horizons up that way without any trees to speak of to block any of it.

Yep, my father-in-law was born and raised, lived and died in West Texas. He would come to Austin every year and go fishing, my wife took him and her nephew camping at Bastrop State Park one time before I moved down there, the thick and tall pine forest in the area made him feel a bit claustrophobic. He preferred Blanco State Park (and the cabins later in his life) because it felt more open than Bastrop.

[Dubya61]

Ah, surely some people like the 360 degree view of distant horizons up that way without any trees to speak of to block any of it.

Then those guys wouldn't consider Oklahoma to be one of the 10 most depressing states, eh?