I grew up in VA right outside of DC.....Oklahoma is not in the South...Mason Dixon line..and down the coast..that is the true south...


I tell friends in DC about Oklahoma..


And it is simple

Pros...

Cost of living is cheap..


Cons...

Cost of entertainment high...


VS Washington DC area...

Pros....

Cost of entertainment low

Cons...

Cost of living high..

When people from other states look at OK...there isn't much of a WOW factor to the state..

Same goes for TX but they hype it up in the press and people believe it...