Opinions on OKC?

I was wondering, since on this board most people who have ever posted in one my threads, seem to have a very smug attitude of OKC, I was what the general membership's opinions on our fine city was. I thought it was especially funny how snooty "Louisville Playa" was when he talked about laughing if OKC was where the NO Hornets chose to temorarily relocate, and well, I hope he will enjoy his laugh, because he earned it! (sarcasm) But has anybody heard of the renaissance taking place in Bricktown, Deep Deuce, and Automobile Alley? You know, OKC isn't just about Edmond and Lake Hefner. We're developing some very nice urban substance. Substance that will soon become the envy of the Texas-Oklahoma region... not to undermine the wonderful cities of Dallas and Houston et all, remember, the glass is half full. But please don't tell me that you actually believe OKC is just some piss stop on Route 66, en route to LA. Please don't tell me that you think our economy relies on Indian smoke shops and call centers, or even oil anymore. I think we learned a hard lesson from oil. Don't think Oklahoma is this flat dusty place that never really made it out of the Dust Bowl. No, we've seen many disasters since that disaster, and some even worse, like the Murrah Building Bombing. Don't think that Oklahomans are these unedumuhcated hicks that live in quonsack huts on the side of the Whateva River, with their shotguns poised, and their eyes a-squintin, and their mean faces lookin' at you funny. I once heard it said that Tulsa was a Merceded-Benz, and that OKC was an old Dodge pick-up truck with a shotgun rack in the rear. Because if so, then the Mercedes had gotten repoed and they traded the old Dodge pick-up in for a lovely BMW. Tulsa is a fine city, don't get me wrong, nicer than some other Midwestern armpits, and a little stroll along the Arkansas River is just the thing for when I need one, but they've fallen behind the progressive Land Run spirit still presiding over it in OKC, a city that has caught with it, and every other city it's size, and now it's about to overlap them all at the rate we are redeveloping our inner city, making changes for the good, and improving our economy. </end rant>>