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volatil said:
Haha still no reason to go to Oklahoma
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Was out there 15 years back. Landed in OKC, picked up our rental car, and got ready to drive to our destination about 3 hours away. Thought "I'll get out the of the city, then stop on the outskirts for lunch". Hit the city limit...then nothing. Completely nothing. No suburban buffer. City...then tumbleweeds. Stopped in McAlester and finally found a small home cooking place...where everyone stares at you, because clearly you aren't from here. Drove further, got off the 'big road' and then drove for over 50 miles on an *unpaved* road. How is that possible? Almost third world.

In fairness, the locals were nice. But man, I had no concept of how hard the line between civilization and potential death on the prairie was. Kinda creepy.
 
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SSVol said:
Was out there 15 years back. Landed in OKC, picked up our rental car, and got ready to drive to our destination about 3 hours away. Thought "I'll get out the of the city, then stop on the outskirts for lunch". Hit the city limit...then nothing. Completely nothing. No suburban buffer. City...then tumbleweeds. Stopped in McAlester and finally found a small home cooking place...where everyone stares at you, because clearly you aren't from here. Drove further, got off the 'big road' and then drove for over 50 miles on an *unpaved* road. How is that possible? Almost third world.

In fairness, the locals were nice. But man, I had no concept of how hard the line between civilization and potential death on the prairie was. Kinda creepy.
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I have been out there a number of times and one of the neater things is id say 90% of the driveways in the neighborhoods there have either OU or OSH painted on the curve. It's pretty cool to see
 
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SSVol said:
Was out there 15 years back. Landed in OKC, picked up our rental car, and got ready to drive to our destination about 3 hours away. Thought "I'll get out the of the city, then stop on the outskirts for lunch". Hit the city limit...then nothing. Completely nothing. No suburban buffer. City...then tumbleweeds. Stopped in McAlester and finally found a small home cooking place...where everyone stares at you, because clearly you aren't from here. Drove further, got off the 'big road' and then drove for over 50 miles on an *unpaved* road. How is that possible? Almost third world.

In fairness, the locals were nice. But man, I had no concept of how hard the line between civilization and potential death on the prairie was. Kinda creepy.
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Not much has changed. Nebraska is just as bad if not worse. I-80 sucks.
 
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SSVol said:
Was out there 15 years back. Landed in OKC, picked up our rental car, and got ready to drive to our destination about 3 hours away. Thought "I'll get out the of the city, then stop on the outskirts for lunch". Hit the city limit...then nothing. Completely nothing. No suburban buffer. City...then tumbleweeds. Stopped in McAlester and finally found a small home cooking place...where everyone stares at you, because clearly you aren't from here. Drove further, got off the 'big road' and then drove for over 50 miles on an *unpaved* road. How is that possible? Almost third world.

In fairness, the locals were nice. But man, I had no concept of how hard the line between civilization and potential death on the prairie was. Kinda creepy.
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We drove to Kansas to see our son return from deployment. Got detoured off the highway and ended up on a two lane road and we drove, and drove and drove. No sign of life whatsoever. Chairs and tools along the way but you couldn't tell the last time someone was there. No cell service. No radio.

I finally asked my husband, "What if the rapture happened and we didn't go?"
 
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SSVol said:
Was out there 15 years back. Landed in OKC, picked up our rental car, and got ready to drive to our destination about 3 hours away. Thought "I'll get out the of the city, then stop on the outskirts for lunch". Hit the city limit...then nothing. Completely nothing. No suburban buffer. City...then tumbleweeds. Stopped in McAlester and finally found a small home cooking place...where everyone stares at you, because clearly you aren't from here. Drove further, got off the 'big road' and then drove for over 50 miles on an *unpaved* road. How is that possible? Almost third world.

In fairness, the locals were nice. But man, I had no concept of how hard the line between civilization and potential death on the prairie was. Kinda creepy.
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Have been all over OK. Even Chattanooga,OK.
 
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vollygirl said:
We drove to Kansas to see our son return from deployment. Got detoured off the highway and ended up on a two lane road and we drove, and drove and drove. No sign of life whatsoever. Chairs and tools along the way but you couldn't tell the last time someone was there. No cell service. No radio.

I finally asked my husband, "What if the rapture happened and we didn't go?"
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Ever been to North Dakota?
 
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