My wife and I are flying out to tulsa in sept(labor day...

....didn%26#39;t want to stay in fayetteville(we%26#39;re coming to wacth our trojans play the hogs) so we decided to stay in tulsa for the weekend. The reason I%26#39;m posting is because we are in the process of looking for another city to live in and start a fam.(the cost of cali is way to high) and we were worndering what tulsa has to offer? and since we%26#39;re going to be out there, where should we start looking as far as neighborhoods?

thxs. just curious

My wife and I are flying out to tulsa in sept(labor day...

You don%26#39;t say what you have in mind, USC, as far as what offerings and neighborhood amenties you%26#39;re interested in. Tulsa is a very livable small city. Big enough to have good highways, small enough to keep them relatively unclogged. Big enough to have a variety of established, older neighborhoods as well as many suburbs. What you have in San Diego, they have in Tulsa; just on a much, much smaller scale.

My wife and I are flying out to tulsa in sept(labor day...

UCS619 - Hopefully you will find Tulsa to be a charming little City. It%26#39;s much different than so cal. in regards to almost all areas that I can think of. By far the biggest difference is the cost of living. It%26#39;s VERY low and traffic is almost non-existent compared to what you are used to. Homes are affordable for the most part but some parts of town have really started to escalate due to folks like you guys taking advantage of our low cost of living cashing out their equity in other states and moving here. As far as neighborhoods, it all depends on what you are interested in. For the high 200K%26#39;s and low 300K%26#39;s you can score a fairly top of the line brand new custom 3,000sf 4bd, 3 car garage home in either Jenks or BA schools (some of the better area schools), you can spend a bit more in Mid-Towne in the really, really, nice old oil baron areas around 21st and Utica near Cassia Hall high school (private). Many of these homes resemble stuff in so. cal (Anaheim) in their design (i.e. Mediterranean estates mixed with craftsman bungalows) Prices in these estate type areas can range between 300K and 2mil with most homes right now going in the 400k%26#39;s. In established South Tulsa areas you can find perfectly nice homes with nice yards in wonderful oak woodland areas in the high 100k%26#39;s to 300k’s for about 2,800 sf. We are in Jenks Schools, which are some of the best public schools in the state.

Btw, I highly recommend the Ambassador hotel should you need lodging. It’s just a bit north of downtown near Boston Avenue United Methodist ( 1920’s Era Art Deco Church). It’s a great small hotel with wonderful dinning.

Anyway, have a great time at the game and enjoy Tulsa.

Tulsa is a very livable smaller city, very low cost of living, hardly any traffic. There are some great neighborhoods, with costs varying alot depending on whether you have school age children (now or in your future). Great live music scene, good arts (opera, ballet, a couple of good museums), minor league sports (alot of fun without the high cost). And did I mention, low cost of living? (I know I did, but it bears repeating.) Moving from California you will likely experience reverse sticker shock on housing prices.

thanks(everyone) for the info.

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