Quote Originally Posted by ComeOnBenjals! View Post
I've lived in other states that value public education and higher ed and the results are tangible. Higher wages, better health outcomes, etc. Oklahoma seems content to land a Data Center or Call Center every year or so and really hype it up as a huge success. I think OKC/Tulsa are starting to have enough critical mass to help change this.. but state leadership doesn't seem invested at all.
as someone who grew up in rural Oklahoma, and didn't move to OKC until after college, i can tell you that you basically have to drag the rest of the state up, before they drag you down, because rural Oklahoma won't ever want change. And then they wonder why they keep losing population every year.