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Consider this my official petition to recognize April 5 (4/05) as a metro-wide annual holiday.

May all y'all Oklahoma Citians have a wonderful 405 Day!

Atlas Obscura included OKC in its Wanderlist of 2024.

https://wanderlist.atlasobscura.com/location/oklahoma-city

https://www.travelandleisure.com/the-national-oklahoma-city-hotel-review-8417803

Pretty cool!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2209650/American_Truck_Simulator__Oklahoma/

And the courthouse square down in Altus!
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Like other Southern cities, 60 years ago Oklahoma City had a Jim Crow problem too. All the more reason to celebrate how far things have come.

Awesome to see.

The Southern Baptist faith is a widely-known marker of Southern culture (one of several). It strongly correlates with perceptions of the cultural region that is "the South." Geographically, Oklahoma...

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This map is from a recent Reddit post depicting how each county in Oklahoma voted in the Presidential elections from 1908 through 1960 - well before there was ever a Southern strategy...

I really do appreciate the thoughtful replies on this thread. I've enjoyed reading them all.

I thought I'd share a couple of relevant polls attempting to pin down Oklahoma's self-identified...

If you think I'm whitewashing anything because I didn't mention Oklahoma's historic black communities, well I'm at a loss.

To elaborate a little more on the topic, the Oklahoma Territory was, at...

While I do feel that there is more evidence to lump Oklahoma in with the South more than any other cultural region, I am merely trying to have a nuanced conversation about why Oklahomans seem so...

Oklahoma should be proud of its communities, for sure.

In 1910, less than 3% of Oklahoma's population was foreign born. But just under 10% of the population was either foreign-born or born to...

Yeah, the Boomers (and broadly the land run settlers) did not comprise the majority of the settlers in early Oklahoma. But the trains were absolutely real; in that first 1889 run, there were trains...

Oklahoma was predominately settled by white Southerners after the Civil War. That's where this element of Southern culture in Oklahoma stems from.



I'm not sure what you mean here. Small town...

It really is fascinating. I have relatives all over the country and they all seem to have a different position on Oklahoma's regional affiliation too.

What's interesting to me is that my rural...

Inspired by the conversation in the First National Center thread, I wanted to start this topic in earnest.

Growing up in Oklahoma, I heard it variously referred to as part of the Great Plains,...

Thought I’d remind y’all that ‘Eddie’ airs on ESPN tonight at 8 pm CDT.

Is there anything in SI’s “The Dirty Game” piece that connects to Gundy’s recent controversies in some way?

It’s a popular misconception that the Civil War and Oklahoma are somehow distanced and unrelated. If I recall correctly, the very first official use of the word “Oklahoma” to refer to what was then...

Amazon had to (unexpectedly) shell out $4 billion this quarter on COVID-19 safety measures and hiring new employees. That may or may not be a recurring expense sometime in the future.

Their...

It's a fascinating subject. I think it's helpful to remember what kind of regions we are talking about; physical regions and cultural regions are quite different, but the former can influence the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySdEcLWd7uI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySdEcLWd7uI

RIP to an Oklahoma legend. Truly a sad day.

Here's hoping they retain the beautiful live oak trees on the property.

Thank you Kanye, very cool!