Californian's Finding Oklahoma Attractive

[Conan71]

Some positive Oklahoma news, that is if you don't mind an influx of Californians 

"OKLAHOMA CITY — Former Hollywood producer Neal Nordlinger, raising funds for a technology venture a couple of years ago, was stunned when a partner suggested locating the start-up here in Oklahoma's capital and leaving Los Angeles behind: "I said: 'Are you blankety-blank crazy? Oklahoma City? It's a cow town.' "
That was then. Now Nordlinger is running a software firm here and preaching the virtues of the heartland — low costs, unclogged streets, friendly people. "It's a dream here," he says. "The selling price of a house here would not be the down payment on a house in L.A. ... People in L.A. do something for you because there's something in it for them. Here, they genuinely want to help you succeed."

Nordlinger, who co-produced the Arnold Schwarzenegger movies Last Action Hero and Junior, is part of a mini-exodus: Since 1999, the number of Californians departing the Golden State for Oklahoma has outnumbered those going the opposite direction by more than 21,000, a reversal of the Depression-era migration west that John Steinbeck described in The Grapes of Wrath. In August, Boeing announced plans to shift 550 jobs from Long Beach to its complex next to Tinker Air Force Base outside Oklahoma City."

Read on:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2010-10-12-oklahoma12_CV_N.htm

[patric]

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[guido911]

I took a four day mini-vacation to San Diego last week. Californians can keep California.

[Hometown]

I took a four day mini-vacation to San Diego last week. Californians can keep California.

San Diego certainly doesn't hold a candle to Jenks, the site of your abode.  The whole world is aching to get a little Jenks fix.  Ha ha ha.  When I was growing up in Lortondale in Tulsa, Jenks was known for Sparkey's Graveyard, a favorite spot for teenage parking.  But you had to keep one eye open because Sparkey was liable to show up with his ax, ready to chop your head off.  Anyway, Californian's moving to Oklahoma!?!  Oh my.  Shows you that Americans will do anything to get a job.  Guess who will be leaving as soon as there are jobs elsewhere.  The only people who are willingly moving to Oklahoma these days are Latinos.  And look what they get for it.

[Conan71]

Heee's baaaaack...

[guido911]

San Diego certainly doesn't hold a candle to Jenks, the site of your abode.  The whole world is aching to get a little Jenks fix.  Ha ha ha.  When I was growing up in Lortondale in Tulsa, Jenks was known for Sparkey's Graveyard, a favorite spot for teenage parking.  But you had to keep one eye open because Sparkey was liable to show up with his ax, ready to chop your head off.  Anyway, Californian's moving to Oklahoma!?!  Oh my.  Shows you that Americans will do anything to get a job.  Guess who will be leaving as soon as there are jobs elsewhere.  The only people who are willingly moving to Oklahoma these days are Latinos.  And look what they get for it.

I live in Bixby.