Northside vs Southside

**Martin** · 10-20-2006, 07:39 AM

Originally Posted by xpertinfun

somehow people just seem a little more "friendly" on the southside of town....especially the extreme south side.

i agree with you... however, it seems that the southside is becoming more fast-paced and less friendly as the years pass. -M

**chrisok** · 10-20-2006, 05:48 PM

There are so many generalities associated with "Northside" and "Southside" that for the most part no two people can agree on where one ends and one begins. I grew up in the Moore/Norman area. Specifically, I lived in Norman, but was in the Moore School District and for a long time considered anything north of 240 the "northside". Far north OKC and Edmond may as well have been in Kansas. The "Southside" was 240 south to 89th. As I grew older and my "horizons" expanded, the dividing lines changed to reflect a more traditional view. However, to be honest with you, I think the city's pretty much a mirror image of itself going both north and south from downtown. I think the bigger differences are between "Eastside" and "Westside".

**Mandy** · 10-23-2006, 04:34 PM

I was just wondering, if you work in the South but want to live in the North, is there anywhere to live where driving back & forth wouldn't be too bad? I was planning on living near Quail Springs mall, but my friend I'm moving with is going to be working near Moore. He says he doesn't mind driving because they're the nicest apartments in our price range that I could find, but I know he'll get sick of it.

**okcguy** · 10-26-2006, 01:56 PM

I can definitely feel a difference from the southside to the northside. Alot of the southside just feels so rednecky to me. It's uglier than most of the northside, hell even the strip malls look worse. Fewer trees and dirtier. Just kind of icky. I live downtown now, but if I wasn't a downtown boy, I'd be a northsider any day over southside. No offense to any southsiders, as I'm sure you all are delightful people. Just my opinion.

**Easy180** · 10-26-2006, 02:21 PM

Alright okcguy...No more sticking up for you on the gay threads

Northsiders just hate us because Draper Lake is so much nicer than Hefner

**NE Oasis** · 10-26-2006, 02:55 PM

No worries Mandy-as long as you work the day shift you are opposing the traffic norms. Take Lake Hefner Speedway all the way to 240 should be easy with one caveat: 10 minutes can make a big difference in traffic. Have your roomy pick a very safe departure time, then take a couple of days to add/subtract ten minutes to see which is the least stressful.