Thread: New OKC relocation video!

Very cool. Prepare for an onslaught of Facebook shares...

Very impressive!

Virtually everything featured is relatively recent... Shows how far we've come in a short time and makes it fun to extrapolate that trend forward.

5:47 is that how you blow a trumpet?

Don't ask how I noticed a one second scene.

In that same vein Will, that aerial of OCU may as well be from the 90s.

Originally Posted by UnFrSaKn

5:47 is that how you blow a trumpet?

Don't ask how I noticed a one second scene.

Ha! That's how you empty the spit valve. A rather unfortunate fraction of a second to catch.

If that can't get you jacked up about OKC, then you just aren't alive.

"...And if you don’t feel it, you ought to go have your saliva checked." - Barry Switzer

Sorry, couldn't help bringing that one full circle.

What restaurant is this:

I like this one a lot better than the "Big League City" one from a few years ago. It seems more genuine.

Originally Posted by shawnw

Very cool. Prepare for an onslaught of Facebook shares...

Nailed that one.

I shared this video last night on Facebook and today probably 8 or more of my friends have shared it as well. Props to the OKC C of C!

Nice video, for what it is. Unfortunately, it only dulls some into complacency about just how run down many parts of Oklahoma City is becoming. West OKC used to be a great area of town, it's now close to ghetto status in some areas. Gang activity is at all time highs. Murder rate, ditto. I like this video, but it is a Disney version. Oklahoma City exists outside of our pretty and revitalized downtown and much of it is rotting.

Originally Posted by zookeeper

Nice video, for what it is. Unfortunately, it only dulls some into complacency about just how run down many parts of Oklahoma City is becoming. West OKC used to be a great area of town, it's now close to ghetto status in some areas. Gang activity is at all time highs. Murder rate, ditto. I like this video, but it is a Disney version. Oklahoma City exists outside of our pretty and revitalized downtown and much of it is rotting.

Thanks, Debbie Downer. You know, it's OK to celebrate the good while trying to fix the bad. Do you suggest that we make a video to lure businesses here by highlighting the troubles that we have? Troubles, by the way, that are no different from any other city? No one is suggesting that we're perfect, but we're trying and succeeding in a lot of areas. We can enjoy our successes and fix our problems at the same time.

Originally Posted by zookeeper

Nice video, for what it is. Unfortunately, it only dulls some into complacency about just how run down many parts of Oklahoma City is becoming. West OKC used to be a great area of town, it's now close to ghetto status in some areas. Gang activity is at all time highs. Murder rate, ditto. I like this video, but it is a Disney version. Oklahoma City exists outside of our pretty and revitalized downtown and much of it is rotting.

So, you are saying all the national and international accolades OKC has garnered is undeserved? That great things aren't going on here? Or are you just trying to counter any pride OKC citizens might want to feel about their city and their fellow citizens?

Originally Posted by zookeeper

Nice video, for what it is. Unfortunately, it only dulls some into complacency about just how run down many parts of Oklahoma City is becoming. West OKC used to be a great area of town, it's now close to ghetto status in some areas. Gang activity is at all time highs. Murder rate, ditto. I like this video, but it is a Disney version. Oklahoma City exists outside of our pretty and revitalized downtown and much of it is rotting.

I am not sure if much can be done to fix West OKC. It was once "the place to be" for suburban living but now that has moved to Deer Creek Edmond and West Moore. I would rather the city continue focusing on revitalizing its inner core rather than a has-been suburban area. Maybe there can be local community incentives and investments to revitalize West OKC? That's how it works in many larger cities. Maybe the city could offer an "emerging neighborhood" home buying program but city intervention should stop there.

Dayummmmm....Zookeeper got smoked! lmao

But on the real...yeah, lets show Lake Hefner and it's 500 foot dry shore lines, let's do an aerial of Oklahoma City during the fall when all the trees are dead and the grass is brown, let's show the ghetto neighborhoods and the graffiti that is strewn about all over the place, let's show the roads that are filled with potholes, and the usta be corporations that have come and gone and their properties are all run down. Make sure to include shots of all the properties downtown that are parking lots. And we definitely gotta make sure to show the portions of the North Canadian River that are not affected by locks and dams...meaning up or down stream from the Oklahoma River.

That sounds like an awesome video!

Sorry to shoot ya again but your post was definitely negative nancy...

Originally Posted by zookeeper

Nice video, for what it is. Unfortunately, it only dulls some into complacency about just how run down many parts of Oklahoma City is becoming. West OKC used to be a great area of town, it's now close to ghetto status in some areas. Gang activity is at all time highs. Murder rate, ditto. I like this video, but it is a Disney version. Oklahoma City exists outside of our pretty and revitalized downtown and much of it is rotting.

And the (North) West side still isn't even CLOSE to the need that exists on the (South) East side.

Let Bethany, Warr Acres and The Village figure out West OKC and OKC can focus on it's core and other parts of the city that have been neglected for far longer...

They moved Pops downtown?!!

Originally Posted by skanaly

They moved Pops downtown?!!

Yeah, just like they moved the Tinker jets, the wind turbines, sailboats, the University of Oklahoma campus, and Remington Park downtown. This isn't a video about downtown. It's a video promoting relocating to OKC for the amenities in the metro area.

I noticed this video showed up on a rowing forum

Originally Posted by Teo9969

And the (North) West side still isn't even CLOSE to the need that exists on the (South) East side.

Let Bethany, Warr Acres and The Village figure out West OKC and OKC can focus on it's core and other parts of the city that have been neglected for far longer...

Agreed. I was down on the Southside today. West OKC needs help but its nothing like the Southside. It's sad to see the condition South OKC between I-240 and I-40 is in. When I lived in OKC as a child, it was starting to get run down but it was nothing like it is today.

On a positive note, the West Moore area is awesome and is one of the prettiest suburban areas in the metro in my opinion.

Originally Posted by Pete

What restaurant is this:

I'm trying to place it but am having difficulty too. It looks familiar though.

Why don't we try to identify the restaurants in this video:

• I'll have to go back and look again, but there were a lot of long red florcent lights in one of the opening scenes. I think it was Red Prime, or it could have also been some of the funky lighting in the Underground.
• Cafe 501 at Classen Curve (expansive shot from the front of the restaurant)
• West (I believe there's a quick shot of the bar area)
• Table with the wall with the wacky mural painted on it... anyone know where this is?
• Toby Keith's
• OKCMOA Restaurant (featured several times)
• Unknown... a chef cooking at a table with four burners in it, and people seated around him?
• Our mystery place with the J-shaped booth. The voice-over is talking about greater-OKC at this point, so perhaps it's a place in Edmond or Norman?
• A Bricktown bar. Not sure which one for sure. The open expansiveness of it and the decor makes me think it might be Dollhouse?
• Brix (in Bricktown)

Originally Posted by bchris02

Agreed. I was down on the Southside today. West OKC needs help but its nothing like the Southside. It's sad to see the condition South OKC between I-240 and I-40 is in. When I lived in OKC as a child, it was starting to get run down but it was nothing like it is today.

On a positive note, the West Moore area is awesome and is one of the prettiest suburban areas in the metro in my opinion.

I think what you're referring to as West Moore is actually in OKC.

Originally Posted by bchris02

On a positive note, the West Moore area is awesome and is one of the prettiest suburban areas in the metro in my opinion.

I grew up in Moore, and I have to agree, the growth there has been phenomenal. It kind of reminds me of Edmond, west of Broadway. Back in the early '70's, people would say about Edmond: "Don't buy any property on the west side of town, it will never be anything." Now look at it.