Originally Posted by
stlokc
Dob and Pete,
Thank you so much for your breaths of fresh air on the topic of crime and safety. While it is always wise to keep abreast of your surroundings, pearl clutching really only serves to cut off possible avenues of enjoyment out of your own life. Of course, if an urban area isn't your thing, it isn't your thing.
As to the post about growth, growth is generally good. Readers of this board probably tire of me using St. Louis as an example. But the St. Louis metro area grows at like 1 percent a decade. For all practical purposes, zero. Low levels of growth introduce a huge new set of problems for a city that OKC, thank God, does not have. Be happy with growth! Now, I do think OKC and many other places could grow in a much smarter way. The sprawl will be unsustainable eventually. OKC could double in population without growing a whole lot more in "developed land area." But that's another topic.
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