Oklahoma City, In the Press

[catcherinthewry]

https://www.southernliving.com/best-...14b10001967827

[Bowser214]

Free good publicity never hurts! Great article!

[progressiveboy]

Good PR article for OKC!

[FighttheGoodFight]

Ardmore Michelin plant closing. About 1400 jobs lost.

https://michelinmedia.com/pages/blog...icle/c0/a1319/

[HangryHippo]

Ardmore Michelin plant closing. About 1400 jobs lost.

https://michelinmedia.com/pages/blog...icle/c0/a1319/

Yikes. That’s a big one.

[chssooner]

Not sure what that has to do with OKC...it is bad news for the state, but I am sure Ardmore will survive. Hopefully the people are able to find jobs down there, or move up to OKC to find jobs.

[progressiveboy]

Not sure what that has to do with OKC...it is bad news for the state, but I am sure Ardmore will survive. Hopefully the people are able to find jobs down there, or move up to OKC to find jobs.

Ardmore has no choice but to survive, or die on the vine. Their government officials are going to have to get aggressive in getting new jobs/industry in their communities. They can also move to Dallas to find jobs.

[bchris02]

Not sure what that has to do with OKC...it is bad news for the state, but I am sure Ardmore will survive. Hopefully the people are able to find jobs down there, or move up to OKC to find jobs.

Ardmore will survive, but the loss of a manufacturing base usually means increasing disparity between the haves and have nots and a lower quality of life for everyone except for the rich. Fort Smith, Arkansas lost a number of their plants during the 2000s and it's sad to see what the town has become compared to what it was 20 years ago.

[SEMIweather]

Ardmore will survive, but the loss of a manufacturing base usually means increasing disparity between the haves and have nots and a lower quality of life for everyone except for the rich. Fort Smith, Arkansas lost a number of their plants during the 2000s and it's sad to see what the town has become compared to what it was 20 years ago.

Exactly. My first thought after hearing this news was that Ardmore's future might look a lot like Shawnee's present. Shawnee is still slowly gaining population, but no one would mistake it for a thriving community.

[Bunty]

Exactly. My first thought after hearing this news was that Ardmore's future might look a lot like Shawnee's present. Shawnee is still slowly gaining population, but no one would mistake it for a thriving community.

But Ardmore is a lot further way from OKC than Shawnee. Surely not very many people want to move to Shawnee just to commute over 30 minutes away to jobs in the OKC area. Why not live in Norman or Moore for closer commute for starters?

Unlike Stillwater, Ardmore doesn't have a behemoth like OSU to lean on to more than make up for significant losses suffered at the manufacturing level, so it will be interesting to see how Ardmore does for the next several years. Will being kind of close to DFW help?

[Isaac C. Parker]

https://www.travelandleisure.com/the...review-8417803

[Rover]

OKC big bang for the buck in apartment rental.

https://www.velocityokc.com/blog/eco...partment-size/

[Isaac C. Parker]

Atlas Obscura included OKC in its Wanderlist of 2024.

https://wanderlist.atlasobscura.com/.../oklahoma-city

[Shortsyeararound]

Don’t forget the Furries school bill. SMH.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture...234948434/amp/

[Bunty]

Don’t forget the Furries school bill. SMH.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture...234948434/amp/

The bill sounds like my former state rep who said years ago at a town hall meeting that a lot of solutions are running around at the state capitol in search of problems to solve. The legislator, Justin Humphrey, who sponsors that bill comes from very tiny Lane, OK, in the southeast rural part of the state, which, I think, explains his thinking as well as his constituents. For all we know he may be going by false rumors that are far from the truth.

Since 2020 Humphrey has run unopposed for reelection. In 2018, he defeated the Democrat opponent by 68%.

If furries are really causing distractive problems in Oklahoma schools, then treat it the old-fashioned way. Send them to the principal's office!

[Shortsyeararound]

The bill sounds like my former state rep who said years ago at a town hall meeting that a lot of solutions are running around at the state capitol in search of problems to solve. The legislator, Justin Humphrey, who sponsors that bill comes from very tiny Lane, OK, in the southeast rural part of the state, which, I think, explains his thinking as well as his constituents. For all we know he may be going by false rumors that are far from the truth.

Since 2020 Humphrey has run unopposed for reelection. In 2018, he defeated the Democrat opponent by 68%.

If furries are really causing distractive problems in Oklahoma schools, then treat it the old-fashioned way. Send them to the principal's office!

Oh I agree. Lane has 215 people according to the census. I love when small town thinking "tries" to go global.
Two of our kids are in school and furries are not an issue, but I guess if 1 in town of 215 is, then it is an epidemic.

[scottk]

Mayor Holt met with President Biden in regards to the Annual Mayor Conference this past week.:

https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/wa...n-202464837522

[Jeepnokc]

Nic's in press again

https://www.noteabley.com/recipes/be...so0JuXlNmX55xF

[Mesta Parker]

An article in AFAR magazine about the Oklahoma film industry

https://www.afar.com/magazine/how-to...ive-film-scene

[fromdust]

Study shows OKC at #8 where millennials are moving.
https://www.fox13news.com/news/mille...-tampa-florida

[FighttheGoodFight]

Study shows OKC at #8 where millennials are moving.
https://www.fox13news.com/news/mille...-tampa-florida

The one that surprises me on that list is Las Vegas. I can't imagine a worse place to live but maybe I am missing something.

[PhiAlpha]

The one that surprises me on that list is Las Vegas. I can't imagine a worse place to live but maybe I am missing something.

The actual city is pretty cool. A ton to do around there and you can always go enjoy the things that tourist come there for when you decide to. Had some friends that lived there for about 5 years and loved it. Came back to Tulsa for a job offer that one of them couldn't turn down.

[mugofbeer]

Vegas heat? Nope.

[Celebrator]

Vegas heat? Nope.

But it's a dry heat (as they say).

[mugofbeer]

Dry roasting vs. Par broiled