The article was pretty sad. The quote was pretty misguided as well. But you're not going to say something to piss off a potential market later, and for sure you're going to say something you think the market you're just going in to wants to hear.

I don't really give a crap if Tulsa gets some chain stores first. I don't sleep any better/worse at night knowing that a fraction of the population had to wait a little longer to go to Anthropolgie in OKC....seriously.