**The Best Thing About Oklahoma City?**  We’re #1

For a relatively small large city OKC finishes #1 in ranking in a bunch of “best of” lists. These include: #1 for High Wages and Low Cost of Living, #1 for America’s Best New Restaurants, #1 Most Passionate Live Music Fans, #1 Most Romantic Cities In America. It also finishes in the Top 10 for a whole slew of other city benefits. All-in-all these rankings signal an amazing place to be for young professionals and young families looking for the next great American city. 

**The Worst Thing About Oklahoma City?**  Public Schools

The big challenge for families is the quality of the public schools. Lots of factors have played a role in poor performing schools including: decreased state funding, suburban schools pulling away families, charter school growth, and too few kids spread across too great a size city causing funding to sink when it is based on a $$$ per enrolled student model. The district is shutting down schools as a way to improve and focus but for the time being the schools remain troubled. 

**How You Living?**  With The Millennials (and some Gen Z’ers)

There are definitely family friendly neighborhoods in OKC, like Crown Heights - Edgemere Heights, with beautiful streets, wonderful homes in every style, and prices friendly to a range of middle-class families. However, it’s the younger population that is seeing the emergence of high-growth, popular neighborhoods: Plaza District, Bricktown, Deep Duce, and Automobile Alley are all filled with young professionals and lots of art galleries, live music, theater, cool retail, bars and restaurants. 


**Why You Should Move Here Now?** The Ratio

We hate to put the rational out front of the emotional in such a vibrant city but it is seriously hard to ignore the fact that OKC is the #1 city in the country for the ratio of high salaries to low cost of living. If you want to make a good living and have more of it to spend or save, OKC is your joint. The cool part of it all is that not only will you have that extra $$$ but this city has so much going you’ll get to enjoy the experience while you’re saving. That’s a tough combo to pass up. 


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**The Best Thing About Tulsa?** An Interesting Mix

Many of the best things about Tulsa seem to be embedded in affordable family-friendly neighborhoods. While that might be true there is also an active downtown scene with plenty of arts, culture, music, festivals and tons of bars and restaurants That mix of family vibe and a social center for younger professionals make Tulsa a compelling place. 

**The Worst Thing About Tulsa?** Meth

If you ask locals many will complain about the poor roads but what it is more widely known for is the meth scene. Of course not all areas of the city are plagued by the scourge of meth but nonetheless just know that Oklahoma in general and Tulsa in particular wrestle with clearing out the drug. 

**How You Living?** 

As was noted there are a mix of neighborhood options 
in Tulsa. Most notable for those with young families is Cherry Street. Beautiful homes, lots of art and culture, boutique retail and a growing restaurant scene make this the perfect mix for those looking to raise kids with energy in the neighborhood. Downtown is also a good option for young professionals and young families who like to live near the classical arts and music scene and want to avoid any semblance of sleepy neighborhoods. 

**Why You Should Move Here Now?** Stretching A Buck

Tulsa is consistently rated one of the 10 most affordable cities in the country. It’s also often rated of the 10 best real estate markets due to a combination of affordable housing + the high percentage of homes that sell near their list price in case you need to move on. If you’re looking to move from a more expensive place and stretch your bucks in a mid-sized city with arts and energy Tulsa is a great option. 


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