This article ran in the New York Times a couple of weeks ago and I have been meaning to post it. It is nice to see Oklahoma City getting positive attention for the great things that have been going on.

I really like where the author Finn-Olaf Jones attempts to explain where Oklahoma City is located regionally. I always say that Oklahoma and Texas are similar with a mix of old south, midwest, and southwest – but Okies lack the Texas ego. Finn-Olaf comes to a similar conclusion, but with vivid descriptions as to why:

Newcomers to Oklahoma City might at first have a hard time guessing what part of the United States they’re in. A generally flat cityscape and the Chicago-style Art Deco architecture downtown, coupled with the friendly-but-not-too-friendly nods and hellos, hint at the Midwest. Jazz, blues bars and ubiquitous barbecue joints suggest the South. But the wide vistas, blast-furnace winds from the surrounding red-dirt prairie and preponderance of American Indian shops (Oklahoma has 38 sovereign tribes), pickups and cowboy hats indicate that you are indeed in the West.

Check out the full article here and think of all the reason you have to love Oklahoma!