This brings a tear to my eye, A PROUD TEAR! I'm proud to be born and raised here. This is OKC!! This is just a tip of the iceberg what we offer. There is so much happening here and we offer so much diversity it's difficult to touch on all the growth. Thank You for doing this, it was done very well!! I'm have always been proud to be an OKIE, now even more.
Bruce Lee my goodness. Where do live? We don’t get hurricanes, snow rarely happens and we have the most eco systems of any states outside of California and Texas. You want hills and trees/forrest? We have that on east side of OKC/Edmond/MWC/Norman areas. Like flat? West side of the city. OKC has a ton to offer and why it’s still one of the fastest growing cities in US to this day.
This was just awesome! It brought back good memories. :) I remember when I was 12 I loved going to the climbing gym...the adrenaline rush I got from climbing then jumping off those walls was great! Okc is a great place and I'm so happy someone else sees the good things here and not just bad! Thanks so much for this!
I got chills watching this ^_^ I love my sooner state and all within it! Thank you so much for putting into perspective how great this city is and showing the potential as it grows!!
I'm from Argentina, I am 13 years old, I love the Thunder so I became interested in OKC and it's culture. I would like to live there one day, and I tell my parent I want to go on holidays, however they do not let me.
I am from Uruguay and I want to go there too. It looks like a cool city. I would like to go to a Thunder's match to appreciate a NBA team playing. I don't know why I have written this in English because we both speak Spanish but it is good to me to practice English haha. Saludos desde Uruguay!
Thank You for this video, and the look at Startup Culture in Oklahoma City. I actually find it rather funny that the video opens with mention of Portland, Oregon. I am in the process now of preparing for a relocation to Oklahoma City from Portland, Oregon at the end of this Summer. Portland has become quite expensive and inhospitable to small business, with even more policies that will negatively impact small businesses and their employees currently on the table. ("Sidewalk tax," Additional taxes for businesses that stay open after 10pm...Sheesh!) As someone self-employed with multiple e-commerce outlets, and dreams of brick-and-mortar, Oklahoma City caught my eye, due in part to all the glowing press, recommendations from friends who have lived there, and the incredibly low (Comparative) cost-of-living. My partner, also an entrepreneur, and I will be moving in September to see how it works out for us. I'm very excited to experience Oklahoma City, and get to networking!
Excited to have you in oklahoma city bitch call me for drinky drinks lets get crunk and dance on tables in bricktown okc, do yo have any butter I'm out???
Wonderful to see my city shared like this. I've been away for years now, hoping to one day return. There have ALWAYS been great things about the city, but they were hidden and small bootstrapped affairs. Those same people that made do with nothing and made great (but small ) things, are the ones that pushed and guided the development of these big things that are going on today. Couldn't be prouder of the folks of OKC.
This is a great video, I'm from Oklahoma and it is great to hear good things from my fellow Oklahomans. I'm currently going to OSU and my field of study is public service/business administration, and I'd really like to be one to make a difference in this city by providing opportunities for growth through public service.
3rd time to watch this documentary.. I use it for any of my friends out of state or country to show what our city is and has to offer.. Ps.. this video is 7 years old now and so much has changed.. we need a updated documentary.. please and thank you
this is my beloved OKC. this is the only place i can call my home town after my birth place in islamabad, pakistan. i lived there for 18 years and loved it every single day. i hope one of these days i will find my way back. i must say, oklahoma city was in ruins under frank keating and town was only good for GOOD OLD BOYS, but after that in early 2000s it started a transformation. i hope and pray that oklahoma keep growing and become best of the best.
I really like this video. I wish you could have included more things in your video. I learned about Rock Town. I'm still unsure about the best places to eat in OKC.
love Oklahoma...my 2nd home state :) Im a Cali girl but Oklahoma's people and their culture won me over. I found so many cool places in Oklahoma. I love how the people live and breath thunder!!! They made me a fan as well! Lol
Upper limits in bloomington IL is another grain silo gym. It's no time quite as tall and also doesn't have routes on the outside but is definitely worth going to if you're from IL or around there
Great video about the city that I call home. I also just read a report that OKC is twelfth in the nation for population growth due to low cost of housing and available jobs.
Dude, do a part two...you missed H&8th, Dead Center Film Festival and others. You really should have talked to Mick Cornett (current mayor), Kirk Humphries and Ron Norick who really sold MAPS to help make OKC what it is today. But all in all, a fair representation about OKC and where we are headed!
Thanks for chiming in, OKCgal1! We were pretty upset that we weren't in town during an H&8th fest, that would have been a pretty ideal fit for our show. Time was very tight when we were in town, and I'm happy with what we were able to cover in the short time we were there. More would have been merrier, but with the resources we had, I hope we came as close to the bullseye as possible!
I have driven an 18 wheeler over the road for 36 years in all 48 states, and can also say, people in Oklahoma are friendly-unlike the folks in some states. OKC drivers could be a bit more considerate to big trucks-please? We bring everything to OKC. All in all, friendly people all over the state.
I call Hogwash on the city mowing the ditch 3 times a year. I use to raft down this river (North Canadian) as a kid. Granted, they made a part of it nice, but made upstream pretty much useless as far as kayaking and such. I feel they could do soooo much more along the banks of the river, not just in the boat house district.
I liv these places its in okc and I've been to all the places here... Its super boring no matter how hard they try I just can't seem to not find anything boring heree
I'm an okc native and you missed some of my favorite parts of the city! There is an art group called factor obscura building collaborative art experiences that mirror larger works like meowwolf in Santa Fe. The okc underground is a network of artsy tunnels that house coffee shops, restaurants, etc all below downtown.
Amazing how its all changed down there. 35 years ago it was a ghost town. No bricktown. No canal. Downtown shut down after 5. Parking garages all empty after 5. Nothing along the river that you wanted to see. Now something new every month.
excellent video, thank you. I have been offered a position at.....one of the colleges in OKC. everything makes sense from a cost of living standpoint, growth, commute times!!, etc. I am very nervous, I visited, and it is an amazing place, beautiful, and extremely kind people (in comparison). What it is like to relocate to OKC from a large area? anyone have that experience? tips? great opportunity but also a huge decision leaving family and everything I know....thank you in advance
I recently relocated from the NY area to Oklahoma this past December for a better work opportunity as well. I agree that the people are much kinder although I did leave behind some pretty amazing people. It definitely is a bit of an adjustment since I was used to all the advantages of a bigger city -- miss my NY pizza at 2 am. I am not sure where you are looking to live but the Bricktown area has a pretty decent nightlife and it is close to museums and the Civic Center. Good Luck in your transition and hope you enjoy it as much as I have been.
actually.......I visited again this winter, I turned down the position and returned to Miami, even with the high cost of living...and traffic, I could not take the terrible cold and ice
This is the documentary about OKC I've always wanted to see! There is so much culture here and it's definitely on the up & up - district 5 just elected our first democratic congresswoman!
Very cool. Would have loved to see more. There are other areas growing and expanding. OKC is at least trying to get with the modern times. If only the taxpayers would bring in more capital and there were loans that could be made especially on the infrastructure A lot of the roads and designs are still from the 50s and that is going at a snails pace to improve and expand, and even then it is just a band-aid on a gushing wound.
Thanks for weighing in! I agree with you that there was more to see than we could have hoped to cover in one visit. I would have loved to have covered events like H&8th, that could have made for some great video. We saw a bit of Midtown and the Plaza District, but we didn't have time to film in Film Row, Automobile Alley, Paseo, Deep Deuce, even Bricktown. I'm pleased at what we covered in the time allotted, but there's a wider story to be told there. I'm eager to watch it play out in the years ahead from afar.
Have you been downtown lately veganchef? Complete traffic and pedestrian redesign. Maybe you missed the crosstown I-40 bridge that has been demolished and replaced by a sexy 5 lane section that is below grade. Not sure where you are driving, but it is a far cry from the way it used to be and it has all happened in the last 5-10 years. Hardly a snails pace.
HyperBlueZYZ I am downtown very often. I-40 and the bridge is a good start and long overdue. You should see the ODOT 8 year plan for the highways. www.okladot.state.ok.us/cwp-8-year-plan/cwp_ffy2014-ffy2021/cwp_ffy2014-ffy2021_OCARTS.pdf 240/I35 should have been redone 10+ years ago, their plan for it is just a baindaid and unimpressive. The plan for 235/44 is going to take 7-10 years to complete which is another headache and accident prone area. The bottleneck in Norman is a year and a half into getting taken care of and it is another area that should have been done 10 years ago. Believe me, compared to other cities that will actually spend money and take out loans OKC is slow and does not spend nearly enough on infrastructure.
OKDOT is a state agency. 1)This video was about Oklahoma City, which has little to no say in what the state agency does with highways. You'd need to look to state government for that. 2)Norman is not Oklahoma City. 3)You're right about 235/44 being a traffic nightmare, but let's see you come up with a better plan to address it without causing even worse traffic for commuters in the process. 4)None of these are OKC infrastructure issues.
I left home in the 80's because I couldn't stand living in poverty. It is better now, but now I have no home to return to. Mayfair just aint the same anymore.
wow all the areas are in a small little dubai type place that they have built and invested in, but the outer community is a crap fest , the huppies and rich love the downtown but the rest of the city is completely ignored.
Tell me, does Japan, Africa, Israel, and Saudi Arabia need to be more "multicultural?" What is exactly meant by "multicultural?" If you mean to turn the caucasians who founded it and made it what it is today into a minority, then you are wrong.
@@gdcat777 shut your a$$ up! Talking about " the Caucasians who founded it" bs! Y'all a$$es stole it!! It was already founded before u got there! Then u have the nerve to act as though you"re upset when it was never yours to begin with. And fyi...u go back to where YOU!! come from...and thats the Caucasus mountains from south georgia russia. Thats your true homeland...no place else!! Smh
Oklahoma's great, I wouldn't want to live anywhere. Except government seems to be going more to the right everyday, very few people realize we once had one of the biggest socialist parties in the USA.
Hi Carol! Seamus Payne here. I certainly didn't want to be irreverent to the sanctity of the monument. When the crew and I arrived, there about a hundred or so visitors walking up and down the rows of chairs, looking at the names inscribed in each one. I followed along, reading each name as I explored the site. Had these chairs been sectioned off, or the visitors stayed entirely on the inner path, I would have followed suit. In short, the crew and I approached this place with honor and respect, and I certainly hope I didn't tarnish it!
TheCoolist Haha. Well that's understandable. No disrespect. Glad you loved the city I'm from! If you went in a bit further or over to Moore you could have scoped out some of the tornado damage. Thank you for respecting the memorial by commenting back. I truly hope you'll come again.
This video was not informative at all. Touched on very very few things about the city. I'm looking to relocate here for work but this didn't motivate me at all...
This brings a tear to my eye, A PROUD TEAR! I'm proud to be born and raised here. This is OKC!! This is just a tip of the iceberg what we offer. There is so much happening here and we offer so much diversity it's difficult to touch on all the growth. Thank You for doing this, it was done very well!! I'm have always been proud to be an OKIE, now even more.
AGREED I LOVE LIVING HERE! AND PROUD ALSO👌💁
Bruce Lee my goodness. Where do live? We don’t get hurricanes, snow rarely happens and we have the most eco systems of any states outside of California and Texas.
You want hills and trees/forrest? We have that on east side of OKC/Edmond/MWC/Norman areas. Like flat? West side of the city. OKC has a ton to offer and why it’s still one of the fastest growing cities in US to this day.
This was just awesome! It brought back good memories. :) I remember when I was 12 I loved going to the climbing gym...the adrenaline rush I got from climbing then jumping off those walls was great! Okc is a great place and I'm so happy someone else sees the good things here and not just bad! Thanks so much for this!
I got chills watching this ^_^ I love my sooner state and all within it! Thank you so much for putting into perspective how great this city is and showing the potential as it grows!!
I'm from Argentina, I am 13 years old, I love the Thunder so I became interested in OKC and it's culture. I would like to live there one day, and I tell my parent I want to go on holidays, however they do not let me.
I am from Uruguay and I want to go there too. It looks like a cool city. I would like to go to a Thunder's match to appreciate a NBA team playing.
I don't know why I have written this in English because we both speak Spanish but it is good to me to practice English haha.
Saludos desde Uruguay!
Kid you rock, your 15 now, and Oklahoma City can't wait for contributions some day.
brother, tell me before you make the move and I will be your guide.
You're 18 now? It's nice to see someone interested, tyy
Come and join us in OKC!! 👍🏼
Thank You for this video, and the look at Startup Culture in Oklahoma City.
I actually find it rather funny that the video opens with mention of Portland, Oregon. I am in the process now of preparing for a relocation to Oklahoma City from Portland, Oregon at the end of this Summer.
Portland has become quite expensive and inhospitable to small business, with even more policies that will negatively impact small businesses and their employees currently on the table. ("Sidewalk tax," Additional taxes for businesses that stay open after 10pm...Sheesh!)
As someone self-employed with multiple e-commerce outlets, and dreams of brick-and-mortar, Oklahoma City caught my eye, due in part to all the glowing press, recommendations from friends who have lived there, and the incredibly low (Comparative) cost-of-living.
My partner, also an entrepreneur, and I will be moving in September to see how it works out for us. I'm very excited to experience Oklahoma City, and get to networking!
Come to confluenceconference.org/ Sat Sept 6th.
Excited to have you in oklahoma city bitch call me for drinky drinks lets get crunk and dance on tables in bricktown okc, do yo have any butter I'm out???
You're an asshole !
How is it being without mountains or even bigger... lack of beaches and national forests? I could not do it.
Awesome Video! Glad you enjoyed your time here! Im proud if my city and how far its come in such a short time. It's only going to get better.
I Love you Oklahoma City!!! You've come a long way in such little time...
Wonderful to see my city shared like this. I've been away for years now, hoping to one day return. There have ALWAYS been great things about the city, but they were hidden and small bootstrapped affairs. Those same people that made do with nothing and made great (but small ) things, are the ones that pushed and guided the development of these big things that are going on today. Couldn't be prouder of the folks of OKC.
This is fantastically made....great cinematography
This is a great video, I'm from Oklahoma and it is great to hear good things from my fellow Oklahomans. I'm currently going to OSU and my field of study is public service/business administration, and I'd really like to be one to make a difference in this city by providing opportunities for growth through public service.
proud to be born and raised and live here GO OKC😘
3rd time to watch this documentary.. I use it for any of my friends out of state or country to show what our city is and has to offer..
Ps.. this video is 7 years old now and so much has changed.. we need a updated documentary..
please and thank you
great production! Oklahoma City reminds me of Winnipeg in many ways. Looking forward to more videos from you all.
I’m a proud Okie! Thank you for the great video.
would move to okc in a heartbeat.
Thank you guys for doing this, you are our Oklahomies!
this is my beloved OKC. this is the only place i can call my home town after my birth place in islamabad, pakistan. i lived there for 18 years and loved it every single day. i hope one of these days i will find my way back. i must say, oklahoma city was in ruins under frank keating and town was only good for GOOD OLD BOYS, but after that in early 2000s it started a transformation. i hope and pray that oklahoma keep growing and become best of the best.
Im in the interview process at a job in OKC. I hope i get it!
Very well made documentary. Are there any plan to make more documentary on other cities?
Excellent vid -- I really enjoyed -- and, learned from it. Thanks.
I miss Oklahoma.
I really like this video. I wish you could have included more things in your video. I learned about Rock Town. I'm still unsure about the best places to eat in OKC.
I love the video, but in reality this takes places within about a 10 mile radius of a 620 sq mile city.
This is a awesome video. Made me sad because it brought back memories.
love Oklahoma...my 2nd home state :) Im a Cali girl but Oklahoma's people and their culture won me over. I found so many cool places in Oklahoma. I love how the people live and breath thunder!!! They made me a fan as well! Lol
I was just down the road at Winstar last weekend. I didn't know!
Upper limits in bloomington IL is another grain silo gym. It's no time quite as tall and also doesn't have routes on the outside but is definitely worth going to if you're from IL or around there
Great video about the city that I call home. I also just read a report that OKC is twelfth in the nation for population growth due to low cost of housing and available jobs.
OKC rules!
Dude, do a part two...you missed H&8th, Dead Center Film Festival and others. You really should have talked to Mick Cornett (current mayor), Kirk Humphries and Ron Norick who really sold MAPS to help make OKC what it is today. But all in all, a fair representation about OKC and where we are headed!
Thanks for chiming in, OKCgal1! We were pretty upset that we weren't in town during an H&8th fest, that would have been a pretty ideal fit for our show. Time was very tight when we were in town, and I'm happy with what we were able to cover in the short time we were there. More would have been merrier, but with the resources we had, I hope we came as close to the bullseye as possible!
18:15 what is the name of the song?!
The background music is WAY TOO LOUD!!
Thanks a lot for this.
Thank you. At bhge we are part of the okc innovation district. If you would like a tour or presentation. Let me know.
Great job!
I have driven an 18 wheeler over the road for 36 years in all 48 states, and can also say, people in Oklahoma are friendly-unlike the folks in some states. OKC drivers could be a bit more considerate to big trucks-please? We bring everything to OKC. All in all, friendly people all over the state.
Good narration and this video is well produced. I am just starting it, but based upon the intro i want to watch the entire thing ::).
hermoso, interesante y completo.. me fascina!!.. :)
I call Hogwash on the city mowing the ditch 3 times a year. I use to raft down this river (North Canadian) as a kid. Granted, they made a part of it nice, but made upstream pretty much useless as far as kayaking and such. I feel they could do soooo much more along the banks of the river, not just in the boat house district.
Should've interviewed Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips.
Sadly, when we were in town, the Flaming Lips were out of the country on tour in British Columbia. Next time!
My city is definitely on the rise. Lots of new industry and low unemployment!
It's even better now.
I liv these places its in okc and I've been to all the places here... Its super boring no matter how hard they try I just can't seem to not find anything boring heree
I'm an okc native and you missed some of my favorite parts of the city! There is an art group called factor obscura building collaborative art experiences that mirror larger works like meowwolf in Santa Fe. The okc underground is a network of artsy tunnels that house coffee shops, restaurants, etc all below downtown.
Amazing how its all changed down there. 35 years ago it was a ghost town. No bricktown. No canal. Downtown shut down after 5. Parking garages all empty after 5. Nothing along the river that you wanted to see. Now something new every month.
excellent video, thank you. I have been offered a position at.....one of the colleges in OKC. everything makes sense from a cost of living standpoint, growth, commute times!!, etc. I am very nervous, I visited, and it is an amazing place, beautiful, and extremely kind people (in comparison). What it is like to relocate to OKC from a large area? anyone have that experience? tips? great opportunity but also a huge decision leaving family and everything I know....thank you in advance
I recently relocated from the NY area to Oklahoma this past December for a better work opportunity as well. I agree that the people are much kinder although I did leave behind some pretty amazing people. It definitely is a bit of an adjustment since I was used to all the advantages of a bigger city -- miss my NY pizza at 2 am. I am not sure where you are looking to live but the Bricktown area has a pretty decent nightlife and it is close to museums and the Civic Center. Good Luck in your transition and hope you enjoy it as much as I have been.
thank you so much for the comment and insight! I am actually looking in the bricktown area. Bestidos!
actually.......I visited again this winter, I turned down the position and returned to Miami, even with the high cost of living...and traffic, I could not take the terrible cold and ice
MiamiMaria1 ya, it rarely gets cold or icy here. Bad timing. Avg winter temp is 55 degrees. Lots of 70 and 80’s during winter.
Sales tax is way too high in this city, it is almost 9% !
This is the documentary about OKC I've always wanted to see! There is so much culture here and it's definitely on the up & up - district 5 just elected our first democratic congresswoman!
Very cool. Would have loved to see more. There are other areas growing and expanding. OKC is at least trying to get with the modern times. If only the taxpayers would bring in more capital and there were loans that could be made especially on the infrastructure A lot of the roads and designs are still from the 50s and that is going at a snails pace to improve and expand, and even then it is just a band-aid on a gushing wound.
Thanks for weighing in! I agree with you that there was more to see than we could have hoped to cover in one visit. I would have loved to have covered events like H&8th, that could have made for some great video. We saw a bit of Midtown and the Plaza District, but we didn't have time to film in Film Row, Automobile Alley, Paseo, Deep Deuce, even Bricktown. I'm pleased at what we covered in the time allotted, but there's a wider story to be told there. I'm eager to watch it play out in the years ahead from afar.
Have you been downtown lately veganchef? Complete traffic and pedestrian redesign. Maybe you missed the crosstown I-40 bridge that has been demolished and replaced by a sexy 5 lane section that is below grade. Not sure where you are driving, but it is a far cry from the way it used to be and it has all happened in the last 5-10 years. Hardly a snails pace.
HyperBlueZYZ I am downtown very often. I-40 and the bridge is a good start and long overdue. You should see the ODOT 8 year plan for the highways.
www.okladot.state.ok.us/cwp-8-year-plan/cwp_ffy2014-ffy2021/cwp_ffy2014-ffy2021_OCARTS.pdf
240/I35 should have been redone 10+ years ago, their plan for it is just a baindaid and unimpressive. The plan for 235/44 is going to take 7-10 years to complete which is another headache and accident prone area. The bottleneck in Norman is a year and a half into getting taken care of and it is another area that should have been done 10 years ago. Believe me, compared to other cities that will actually spend money and take out loans OKC is slow and does not spend nearly enough on infrastructure.
OKDOT is a state agency. 1)This video was about Oklahoma City, which has little to no say in what the state agency does with highways. You'd need to look to state government for that. 2)Norman is not Oklahoma City. 3)You're right about 235/44 being a traffic nightmare, but let's see you come up with a better plan to address it without causing even worse traffic for commuters in the process. 4)None of these are OKC infrastructure issues.
Smart water = cool
I left home in the 80's because I couldn't stand living in poverty. It is better now, but now I have no home to return to. Mayfair just aint the same anymore.
Good now make a video for every other city so people will move back there from the NW.
OKC is really great and cool until the tornadoes come out to play...
Meh only two months you really have to worry about.
deshoda
I can’t go there because of a tornado
So uh ....who else is here from Mr. Jensen's Class?
im a pure Oklahoman: )
wow all the areas are in a small little dubai type place that they have built and invested in, but the outer community is a crap fest , the huppies and rich love the downtown but the rest of the city is completely ignored.
Rome wasnt built in a day.
The city is upcoming but it needs to be a bit more multi-cultural !
Tell me, does Japan, Africa, Israel, and Saudi Arabia need to be more "multicultural?" What is exactly meant by "multicultural?" If you mean to turn the caucasians who founded it and made it what it is today into a minority, then you are wrong.
Shut up idiot !
@@gdcat777 shut your a$$ up! Talking about " the Caucasians who founded it" bs! Y'all a$$es stole it!! It was already founded before u got there! Then u have the nerve to act as though you"re upset when it was never yours to begin with. And fyi...u go back to where YOU!! come from...and thats the Caucasus mountains from south georgia russia. Thats your true homeland...no place else!! Smh
No it doesn't. Not every single city in the whole dang country needs to be more multicultural. Get over yourself.
Oklahoma's great, I wouldn't want to live anywhere. Except government seems to be going more to the right everyday, very few people realize we once had one of the biggest socialist parties in the USA.
He shouldn't walk by those chairs... And I lost my glasses at that boathouse...
Hi Carol! Seamus Payne here. I certainly didn't want to be irreverent to the sanctity of the monument. When the crew and I arrived, there about a hundred or so visitors walking up and down the rows of chairs, looking at the names inscribed in each one. I followed along, reading each name as I explored the site. Had these chairs been sectioned off, or the visitors stayed entirely on the inner path, I would have followed suit. In short, the crew and I approached this place with honor and respect, and I certainly hope I didn't tarnish it!
TheCoolist Haha. Well that's understandable. No disrespect. Glad you loved the city I'm from! If you went in a bit further or over to Moore you could have scoped out some of the tornado damage. Thank you for respecting the memorial by commenting back. I truly hope you'll come again.
18:20 there is nothing cool about stomp clap music
Comparing Clearsight(LiSiK)
I think I'd rather wing it with my own confusion than pay this guy for his confusion.
Thing is they kicked out auto sports for preppy adventures.
Xibaba
Lots of tweekers😷
This video was not informative at all. Touched on very very few things about the city. I'm looking to relocate here for work but this didn't motivate me at all...
Oklahoma City is not as good as ppl see