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Re: Tulsa Remote

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Post by obiefernandez »

webkike wrote: post #106
jaredhansen wrote: post #98

It seems like every dozen threads or so in the last year have at least one thread with bizarrely cantankerous / dismissive replies, with a few lonely voices saying when did you all get so unhappy? Tulsa's initiative here is really, really good . It doesn't matter if you want to live in Tulsa, specifically (fine! don't move!), and it doesn't matter if the incentive is high enough to make it Worth It to You Personally.…

I’m not sure about everyone else, but I can point to a very specific date as to when we all became unhappy

November of last year.

Re: Tulsa Remote

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Post by dionian »

monocasa wrote: post #99

Ironically, Tulsa had a chance to be a thriving business center around the turn of the century. Unfortunately, the business owners were the wrong skin color as Tulsa was known as The Black Wall Street. In 1921, a white mob killed hundreds, and white police officers flew planes firebombing 35 blocks, in the first use of air bombing in anger on American soil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_riot Part of me is…

What city do you live in and do you judge them by what they did 100 years ago? Not sure why that is relevant.

Re: Tulsa Remote

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Post by rjdagost »

nwatson wrote: post #111
Twirrim wrote: post #26

Admittedly this is aggregate for the whole state: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/oklahoma Overall Rank Out of 50: #43 Health Care #48 Education #39 Economy #36 Opportunity #38 Infrastructure #31 Crime & Corrections #34 Fiscal Stability #22 Quality of Life #17 Those aren't great incentives for people with families to want to move. Might be more tolerable for younger folks? Of course, getting fresh tax revenue…

But where are they ranked in BBQ? I moved to North Carolina from SF Bay Area and NC has much going for it ... but North Carolinians think NC BBQ is like top-3 (Lexington style, Eastern style, etc.) -- but I don't see it. I much prefer Louisiana or Texas BBQ. I'll say other aspects balance out the mediocre NC BBQ. If Oklahoma / Tulsa BBQ is in the top-3 that might make up for a few of the deficits.

In Tulsa, barbecue bologna is a local specialty. It's delicious and definitely worth trying it if you're in the area.

Re: Tulsa Remote

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Post by TwentyTwenty4 »

webkike wrote: post #106
jaredhansen wrote: post #98

It seems like every dozen threads or so in the last year have at least one thread with bizarrely cantankerous / dismissive replies, with a few lonely voices saying when did you all get so unhappy? Tulsa's initiative here is really, really good . It doesn't matter if you want to live in Tulsa, specifically (fine! don't move!), and it doesn't matter if the incentive is high enough to make it Worth It to You Personally.…

I’m not sure about everyone else, but I can point to a very specific date as to when we all became unhappy

Guess you'll be unhappy til 2024, bucko.

Sad little libturd children :(

Re: Tulsa Remote

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Post by byproxy »

prestonbriggs wrote: post #23

I have a sister who recently bought a house in Tulsa. Their house is so large it's got rooms she's forgotten about... Pretty new, pool, nice neighborhood. Cost less than $300K. I don't know about the school district (Jenks). I'd sure like to see some progressive voters move down there.

>I'd sure like to see some progressive voters move down there.

Related to this, I wonder what the born&raised locals would think of this incentive. (gentrification?)

Re: Tulsa Remote

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Post by valtism »

dionian wrote: post #122
monocasa wrote: post #99

Ironically, Tulsa had a chance to be a thriving business center around the turn of the century. Unfortunately, the business owners were the wrong skin color as Tulsa was known as The Black Wall Street. In 1921, a white mob killed hundreds, and white police officers flew planes firebombing 35 blocks, in the first use of air bombing in anger on American soil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_riot Part of me is…

What city do you live in and do you judge them by what they did 100 years ago? Not sure why that is relevant.

Something like this doesn't just blow away in the dust. There are wounds caused by this that will run deep, affecting the community for generations.

Re: Tulsa Remote

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Post by war1025 »

damon_c wrote: post #46
damon_c wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You'd think "Quality of Life" would have a little more weight... I mean... what else is there?!

Whoa. The #1 state in this report is Iowa. Hmm. Maybe time to... check out Iowa.

Iowa is a good place. Thriving tech scene too in the Des Moines metro. Gets cold in the winter, but not that cold.

Edit: Also great public school systems and pretty low cost of living.

Re: Tulsa Remote

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Post by mwcampbell »

metildaa wrote: post #80
zumu wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I went to high school in Tulsa, so allow me to clear up some misconceptions. > Looking at the website, pretty obvious that they're not asking me to settle in a small town or a burnt-out husk of a city. In reality Tulsa is somewhere in between a "small town" and a "burnt out husk of city". > Despite my biases against Oklahoma, I get the sense that this is a pretty exciting place to be. It is not. Its main benefits are…

See, I would be afraid to move to Tulsa with this context. I don't have a firm grasp on the economic outlook of the region, nor the demographics or the culture. Nor do I know how welcoming the citizens in Tulsa are toward gay, athiests like myself. I know most of my friends wouldn't feel comfortable (one calls the place she hails from Misery, in reference to the state and her former state of mind while growing up the…

Seth Andrews, the founder of TheThinkingAtheist.com, grew up in Tulsa and called it "Jesustown" in his book Deconverted. (Not sure exactly how I wrote it as I listened to the audio version.)

Re: Tulsa Remote

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Post by poulsbohemian »

knightswhosayni wrote: post #119
pstuart wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thought experiment: you are now Mayor of Tulsa and have received a $100M grant to "make Tulsa exciting". Assume the situation is that whatever you propose would not be opposed. What would you do?

Allow new business to be created without the city's red tape and dismantle the old-boys club that drove away innovation for a century.

> dismantle the old-boys club

How?

Re: Tulsa Remote

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Post by [deleted] »

monocasa wrote: post #99

Ironically, Tulsa had a chance to be a thriving business center around the turn of the century. Unfortunately, the business owners were the wrong skin color as Tulsa was known as The Black Wall Street. In 1921, a white mob killed hundreds, and white police officers flew planes firebombing 35 blocks, in the first use of air bombing in anger on American soil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_riot Part of me is…

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