# Thoughts on living in Tulsa, OK **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 3, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166 "2015-05-03T18:51:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166/21 "2015-05-05T17:06:54Z")
Oil well were banned in Tulsa long before fracking or earthquake monitoring were a ‘thing.’ ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166/22 "2015-05-05T17:21:57Z")
If you spell it backward it becomes _A Slut_ ---
**Author:** ![chaika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chaika/32/405_2.png) [@chaika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaika)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166/23 "2015-05-05T17:41:19Z")
Having lived in both Oklahoma and Massachusetts, I would never trade the latter for the former. It has nothing to do with the weather (though OK summers can be brutal) or the manmade earthquakes or the tornadoes. The only thing OK has to recommend it, in my experience, is low housing prices. You can get a lot of house for your money. But otherwise, I found the culture of OK entirely uncongenial. It is deeply conservative, even reactionary. And my experience in OK was in a university town, an enclave of more liberal thought. Nevertheless, I found the atmosphere a bit oppressive. Talk about clinging to guns and religion. YMMV, of course. I’ve never lived in Tulsa but it seemed like a nice enough city for Oklahoma. ---
**Author:** ![PeskiPiksi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@PeskiPiksi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeskiPiksi)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166/24 "2015-05-05T17:43:50Z")
If you do decide to move here I’m happy to help giving hints on the different neighborhoods, etc. Do you have/plan to have kids? Some schools are better than others, obviously. Can’t help you much socially since I’m pretty much a hermit but my Facebook feed does seem to indicate there is a social life to be had here. And people are very nice in general. As for weather…winters are frigid (windy and cold) but snow is a novelty in that we only get it once or twice per winter, usually. Summers are extremely hot and humid, but that’s what A/C is for. Spring and Fall are lovely. And don’t worry about tornadoes…I’ve lived here about thirty five years and have never seen one. They are definitely a real threat, but they’re the kind you can prepare for, and you’re not likely to be hit in any case. Earthquakes are a non-issue. The few I’ve felt I wasn’t really sure I \*was \*feeling them, so that tells you how (non) violent they are here. And you can’t beat the low cost of living! ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166/25 "2015-05-06T05:33:35Z")
For what it’s worth, Tulsa is currently constructing a pretty big park along the river. Looks like it will be a nice place. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166/26 "2015-05-06T13:35:26Z")
I heard on the radio there is something called, “Tulsa Time”. That may take some getting used to. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166/27 "2015-05-06T15:22:09Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I heard on the radio there is something called, “Tulsa Time”. That may take some getting used to. No, no, that’s “Tulsa thyme” - slang for marijuana. Livin’ on Tulsa thyme, livin’ on Tulsa thyme Well you know that I’ve been through it When I set my matchstick to it Livin’ on Tulsa thyme. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166/28 "2015-05-06T15:28:31Z")
Generally speaking, an earthquake under about 4.5 isn’t going to do any real damage. And, as noted, it’s a log scale so that 4.5 quake is 10x of what a 3.5 quake is; 100x what a 2.5 quake is. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166/29 "2015-05-06T15:45:19Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > … > > over 100 for 30- 60 days Summer… It’s not just the heat. Only one other, **PeskiPiksi** , mentioned humidity. I’ll say it, too: HUMID! I was stationed in Lawton, 200 miles to the SW of Tulsa. The humidity on top of the heat can really sap you. [Gotta love those tornado alley states! (Map image link)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Tornado_Alley_Diagram.svg/2000px-Tornado_Alley_Diagram.svg.png) ETA: Looks like **Sefton** has decided to pass on Tulsa. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166/30 "2015-05-06T23:24:49Z")
Tornado warning in Moore right now. Good grief ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166/31 "2015-05-07T00:21:22Z")
Minco, SW of OKC, 6" of rain in 2 hours ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166/32 "2015-05-07T01:06:49Z")
Tulsa seems to attract a lot of Christian Crazies, and I mean A LOT. An old schoolmate from West Texas runs some sort of End Times church there now. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166/33 "2015-05-07T01:08:41Z")
Tornado 10 miles SE of me, tracking NE. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166/34 "2015-05-07T02:01:11Z")
Worst evening in a while here. 4 straight hours of tornado sirens. Even without the tornadoes, we’re getting 80 mph winds, softball size hail, and freeway flooding. But, I’m in okc, not Tulsa. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166/35 "2015-05-07T02:54:21Z")
Tuttle’s exotic animal park got hit and tigers are now on the loose in the town. Tornadoes Tigers and Floods, Oh My! ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166/36 "2015-05-07T04:03:13Z")
Like any other place it’s what you make it. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166/37 "2015-05-07T14:02:39Z")
We drove through it once and stopped for lunch and it seemed pretty nice. The [USGS](http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/seismicity/images/centralus_small.jpg) views Tulsa as a low risk although you would feel some shaking in a major event on the New Madrid system. I think that [tornadoes](http://www.homefacts.com/tornadoes/Oklahoma/Tulsa-County/Tulsa.html) and the US Senators that oppose FEMA funding might be a bigger risk. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166/38 "2015-05-07T16:00:23Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Tulsa seems to attract a lot of Christian Crazies… > [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Tuttle’s exotic animal park got hit and tigers are now on the loose in the town. Well, they’re not lions, but it’s _something_ to work with. Slightly more seriously, someone asks about living in Tulsa, and within a week, it gets hit with Tigernado. That’s some master-level discouragement, there. ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166/39 "2015-05-07T16:24:41Z")
Having lived in Tulsa for 16 years, I saw my share of wall clouds and tornadoes, but never had one damage my home. Now, we had to get in the closet under the stairs more than a few times, but I’ve only been seriously worried once. IIRC, at one point, Tulsa was found to be the most “average” city in the U.S., for purposes of marketing or something like that. It has a great deal of chain restaurants, but also some good local restaurants as well - Ron’s, Savastano’s, Peppers, etc. > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Tulsa seems to attract a lot of Christian Crazies, and I mean A LOT. An old schoolmate from West Texas runs some sort of End Times church there now. I’ve gotta ask - which church is it? (Sadly enough, I have a few in mind) ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166/40 "2015-05-08T00:21:29Z")
We live just on the south side of downtown and had a tornadic supercell go right over us in March. No tornadoes, they had lifted. There was some amazing cloud movement as it went over, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-living-in-tulsa-ok/719166.md?page=3)