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I find in my life abroad from Oklahoma that a lot of people really have no idea of what is in the state. Most people have an image in their head of Oklahoma as a treeless prairie; gray with dusty wind, and void of hills and color. I also find that people who visit are very surprised. The first thing people usually notice are the friendly people. That is how Oklahoma City got the nickname “The Big Friendly”.
Oklahoma City has changed imensely since I have been away. There are high-scale restaraunts everywhere, museums, and parks. Downtown Oklahoma City has been renewed with the life that the Bricktown Canal has brought, and the building of townhouses and apartments in the city center which is bringing people back to the downtown area to live.
Travel in the country side and you will find beautiful green rolling hills, covered with dense trees and tall grasses. Scattred throughout the state their are the glorious oil mansions; leftover from the haydays of the companies like Conoco and Phillips Petroleum.
The culture of the Native Americans still survives with pow-wows and tribal art.
Oklahoma is many things, but it is seldom what an outsider expects.
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When will it stop….hopefully never