Re: Population Growth for OKC
Originally Posted by
Swake
From April 2020 to the July 2021 estimate for MSAs, which is the latest actual real estimate we have from the US Census, Oklahoma City grew by 1.12% as compared to .85% for Tulsa.
A .27% gap in growth is not really very large.
And god forbid a Tulsa newspaper would mention Tulsa in an article. Pure insanity. Talk about having a complex.
Swake, nobody is saying that Tulsa newspaper can't mention Tulsa in the article, but it is written to infer that the growth in the state was in Tulsa - which it wasn't. The article should have mentioned the OKC metro area as the vast majority 80% or greater of the growth in the state went there. Tulsans and Tulsa media OFTEN like to shortscape or ignore Oklahoma City unless Tulsa has some advantage or positive by comparison, this is a fact.
The should have just as easily wrote the article as Oklahoma grew to 4 million people in 2022, with the vast majority coming from Tx and elsewhere. Leave it at that, and there's no need to mention OKC where the growth went to. But the article mentioned Tulsa, which was NOT a growth area by any significance and then mentioned "the rest of the state" which was also not a significant growth area but NO MENTION of the actual growth area. This is often the case with Tulsans and Tulsa media, not sure why since OKC growth benefits the state (and Tulsa if it wants to be part of it). Not sure why Tulsan's always want to take the credit or discredit/ignore Oklahoma City. That is what most on here are discussing, not that Tulsa World mentioned Tulsa.
Oklahoma City, the RENAISSANCE CITY!
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