Thinking of move to Tulsa, OKC, Austin???

Any suggestion for a mature Urban person moving from downtown Chicago looking for community-neighborhood with walking and local amenities plus public transportation. More interested in apt. or condo than house. We like to be able to leave our apartment and walk to stores/movies/restaurants/library and have a safe neighborhood. Lived on Near-north side of Chicago near Oak Street Beach and Lincoln Park.

WE DO NOT like suburbs.

Is there any recommendation?

Thank you.

Thinking of move to Tulsa, OKC, Austin???

Tulsa, OKC, and Austin are all suburbs!

Austin, OKC, and then Tulsa in that order have the lifestyle your looking for. Austin is the bigger of the three with the biggest downtown but the highest cost of living of the three.

OKC with it%26#39;s downtown seeing a new beginning with Bricktown, condos, and the NBA Hornets is probably your best bet.

Good luck.

Thinking of move to Tulsa, OKC, Austin???

Have lived in Tulsa since 1956. Live %26amp; work downtown. New arena under construction, a lot of new residential development downtown; slowly growing bar/restaurant scene downtown, set to accelerate. Cal. investor recently purchased 1/4 of available downtown buildings, %26amp; is ';betting on the come'; with the new arena under construction, small but growing residential %26amp; night-life scene downtown. Tulsa has very low cost of living; very easy to get around; good live music; good art scene.

Thank you for the very informative post. We are visiting the towns in Oklahoma in the Spring and will keep your information as a reference.

I%26#39;ll chip this for OKC. We have a growing arts district with hundreds of condo/apartment units under construction. Among what%26#39;s available now is the nicely restored Montgomery:

http://www.themontgomeryokc.com

Everything you need is within walking distance. To find out what%26#39;s waiting for you if you live there, check out

www.downtownokc.com

Another community not in downtown, but still true blue inner OKC, is The Classen tower condos developed by the same company: www.theclassen.com

Public transportation? Be aware that public transportation in the southwest consists of sharing the back of a pick up truck with mexican migrant workers. Seriously, none of the cities you mentioned have REAL public transportation. If that is really a priority for you, you might need to stay in Chicago or go to NYC.

Btw, of the cities you mentioned Tulsa is my fav.