I used to live there. Even Tulsans make fun of OKC. It has among the highest rates of teen pregnancy, and lowest rates of postsecondary education of any major city in the US. I really, really hated it, though obviously YMMV. In the interest of accuracy, my experience there was as follows:
- Move in to an apartment in Norman, in a perfectly decent apartment complex - I believe it's called Forest Pointe - only to find a baby rattlesnake waiting for me inside.
- Two weeks later, the largest tornado in the history of the planet rocks the OKC area, killing 49 IIRC (May 3rd, 1999). The winds were recorded at 318 MPH, and at its largest the tornado was a mile wide and 30,000 feet high.
- After about 5 months, I walk out of my apt to find my car (a then 10-month-old Acura Integra GSR sedan) vandalized. Someone had car-doored it violently and repeatedly, then tore off the passenger-side rear-view mirror. I get it fixed though a comprehensive claim.
- Within 3 weeks of getting my car back, I walk down to my apartment parking lot at 7 am. This time, my car is gone completely. It appears it was stolen just a few minutes earlier, because the parking spot is largely dry, although it is gently raining.
- Two days later, I get a call from the OKC Police Dept, and my car has been recovered and transported to an impound lot. I go to see it, and it is missing its engine, transmission, wheels, seats, dashboard, and airbag, as well as all the personal property inside. The thieves have gouged "Got your ass!" and "$23,000 gone to waste!" into the paint.
- I replace the car. A few months later, I walk down to the parking lot, and find the rear license plate of my car has mysteriously come largely unscrewed. Honestly I didn't think much of it - I had only had the car a couple of weeks, and figured I must have installed it haphazardly. Since it is my third set of plates in less than a year, I have no idea whether the plate number was mine. Later, I get a call from the OKC Police, telling me that my license plates have been found on a stolen car located in OKC - apparently the thieves not only took my plates, but replaced them with another set.
- I dated about 8-10 women in the 2+ years I lived in OKC. They were ALL nuttier than squirrel crap.
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