New - MUST SEE - OKC Video; Chamber of Commerce.

[Larry OKC]

When it becomes continuous in a few decades, then you can include it, but until then, I say leave it out. Just as there used to be a definite stopping point from OKC and Moore and even more pronounced between Moore and Norman. At least along I-35, it is becoming harder to tell where one stops and the other starts.

[HOT ROD]

relax Larry, Shawnee isn't included in OKC's 1.25 million MSA metro numbers.

Shawnee is part of the CSA but not the MSA. I imagine soon, however, that Stillwater will be included in the CSA as it is already in OKC market and only 45 miles away from downtown.

Here in Seattle, the MSA claims areas 70 miles away and it is NOT continuous. Just so happens the counties are very large in area here. This is why you always hear about "Greater Seattle Tacoma" as 3.8 million people, but in reality - that is almost the entire Puget Sound outside of the North part towards Vancouver BC Canada. ....

That's quite a wide area of Greater "Seattle" yet the true MSA is really just King, Kitsap, and Snohomish counties (population of about 2.5 million). Tacoma is really separate and with Olympia/Thurstan should stand alone at 1 million. But the government lumps everything together, and calls it all Seattle (or occasionally Seattle-Tacoma).

You want to talk about a contiguous metro, see Chicago. for miles and miles on hand, you have continuous development. Milwaukee should really be part of Greater Chicago, but for political reasons they draw the line at Racine, WI. LA/SD/Riverside is another example.

[metro]

or SoCal, pretty much solid city from SD to LA.

[Catty Encores]

I think this video is awesome!

[OKCisOK4me]

Stillwater is not 45 miles from downtown. It was exactly 50 miles from my fraternity house in Stillwater to my parent's driveway in north Edmond, just a mile south of the Logan County line. Probably more like 65 miles...

Oh, and the video was great! I put it up on my Facebook last night...

[Pete]

Nicely done.

And to think, it's already out of date! So many things happening now they'll have to re-do it in a year or two....

Imagine Boathouse Row all illuminated in neon at dusk, with the completed Devon Tower and rest of the skyline behind it.

And the newly remodeled and expanded Ford Center, all the downtown streets completely redone, the new and improved Myriad Gardens, the new I-40 with Skydance Bridge, the American Indian Cultural Center, all the shiny new construction at the HSC, etc., etc.


BTW, it would be cool for them to include the holiday lights of Automobile Alley and the CHK campus, as both are absolutely stunning. And I bet a Devon Tower light show or two is in our future.

[Chautauqua]

So what some of you guys are saying is that Shawnee shouldn't be included just because they're isn't continuous urbanization from OKC to there? Ridiculous. In a few decade's time there will be no country between the two. It's all one in the same. Whether we count it now or not, it will eventually be consumed by the growing OKC metropolitan area.

Good lord, I hope not.

[okclee]

The video has been viewed over 1000 times more just since being linked to Okctalk, that is just over 48 hours ago. When I linked this thread to youtube the view count was at 1623 as of now it is at 2691.

[HOT ROD]

I will put it on the national boards.

It's OKC's Time!

[Thunder]

The video was lame. Was there any voice speaking anything at all? If so, then this is one hella inaccessible video.

MidTowner, do I have grounds to sue?

[Larry OKC]

Thunder, another negative post? LOL

There was about 5 minutes of voice over...are your speakers/sound turned on?

[Thunder]

Thunder, another negative post? LOL

There was about 5 minutes of voice over...are your speakers/sound turned on?

You forgot that I am deaf. What pisses me a lot is that this video came from the Chamber of Commerce and that is a part of OKC. It is inexcusable for not making this video accessible. Who knows how many deaf members we have on here. Hell, I can't even pass this video onto the thousands of deaf people in the state subscribed to a group on Yahoo. Whoever made this video should be ashamed of themselves.

[Larry OKC]

Thunder, thanks for the clarification, I didn't know you are deaf. Maybe there is a close captioned version of it...anyone know?

[Thunder]

Larry, I know the video is mainly for online. Not sure if it is shown on TV.

CC is not quite there yet for the Internet. Quite sad we can't enjoy videos and movies online. Even on our smartphones.

I do know that YouTube is working on new technology to display CC/subtitle with voice recognition, but far from perfect. I believe it is heavy in beta testing. Not all videos have this feature (dunno why), but some videos do. I'd say another 5 years.

Still, OKC should've paid for prepared CC on the video that we can switch it on. YouTube has that option, but only if the person have the CC stuff within the video. It is like VHS/DVD, it is on there, but only viewable when its switched on thru the TV.

[okclee]

The video has been viewed over 1000 times more just since being linked to Okctalk, that is just over 48 hours ago. When I linked this thread to youtube the view count was at 1623 as of now it is at 2691.

View count = 4270, after two weeks being on Okctalk.

I'm sending this video link out along with the USA Today 10/12/10 article and now today's Forbes news of top 5 fastest growing cities.

[RadioOKC]

Sending this out on Facebook and Twitter now! This is great stuff!!



Chris
http://radiookc.com