I disagree. Just because it's not L.A. or NY does not mean it is a culturual wasteland. For one thing, you've got the largest American Indian population in the US in OK. Just because a culture is different than everything promoted out of Hollywood does not mean it's a wasteland.
And Tulsa is green far longer than three months, good God. It's not N. Dakota, sheesh.
But yes, I know about the red dirt thing.
I agree that Oklahoma outsourcing has been largely ignored. Even the obvious cheaper-to-do-business factor of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, there are the much smaller towns just waiting to be exploited (Muskogee, Tahlequah, Lawton, Shawnee, etc.). Land is cheap, labor is cheap, and cities are often willing to make tax deals to get businesses to come. It's a no-brainer. Until this happen, most of OK's IT grads will continue going to Texas.
One thing I don't understand about what you said--Tulsa being surrounded by wasteland? Hu? Tulsa is in Green Country, something that typically isn't likened to wastelands. Eastern Oklahoma in general is far different than the western side of the state.
Wrong. Cost of living IS what it's all about. Not only is it possible to make far less many in rural American, that say NY or CA, I can for example often still buy a bigger house. Just because people live in rural America does not make them morons. Living in a big city with traffic, smog, high cost-of-living, crime, you name it, there are a lot of reason people have no desire to live there. If they can live comfortably where they are, that's often enough for them. Large amount of concrete do not equate with smartness or quality of life.
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I disagree. Just because it's not L.A. or NY does not mean it is a culturual wasteland. For one thing, you've got the largest American Indian population in the US in OK. Just because a culture is different than everything promoted out of Hollywood does not mean it's a wasteland. And Tulsa is green far longer than three months, good God. It's not N. Dakota, sheesh. But yes, I know about the red dirt thing.
I agree that Oklahoma outsourcing has been largely ignored. Even the obvious cheaper-to-do-business factor of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, there are the much smaller towns just waiting to be exploited (Muskogee, Tahlequah, Lawton, Shawnee, etc.). Land is cheap, labor is cheap, and cities are often willing to make tax deals to get businesses to come. It's a no-brainer. Until this happen, most of OK's IT grads will continue going to Texas. One thing I don't understand about what you said--Tulsa being surrounded by wasteland? Hu? Tulsa is in Green Country, something that typically isn't likened to wastelands. Eastern Oklahoma in general is far different than the western side of the state.
Wrong. Cost of living IS what it's all about. Not only is it possible to make far less many in rural American, that say NY or CA, I can for example often still buy a bigger house. Just because people live in rural America does not make them morons. Living in a big city with traffic, smog, high cost-of-living, crime, you name it, there are a lot of reason people have no desire to live there. If they can live comfortably where they are, that's often enough for them. Large amount of concrete do not equate with smartness or quality of life.