The 2016 City of Oklahoma City Citizen Survey shows OKC residents have consistently worried about driving conditions and travel infrastructure.
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Chicken-Fried News: Stop that racket!
Note to those who cherish peace and quiet: Do not move anywhere close to OKC Downtown Airpark. Nearby residents are once again complaining about the concert venue’s noise pollution/racket, which was presumably being enjoyed by America’s degenerate youth at the Mystick Sanctuary electronic dance music festival earlier this month. Said residents — apparently treble […]
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Living proof
Modeled after a similar report in Kansas City, Downtown Oklahoma City Inc. (DOKC) launched its first downtown residents survey last fall to gather data about downtown residents and people considering moving downtown to see what was on their minds. “We started with Kansas City’s questions as a rough draft and then tweaked it,” said DOKC […]
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We’re no. 10!
Yes, you guessed it. Oklahoma is the 10th most dangerous place to live in the nation. Is it time to party or what? FBI stats show 469.3 violent crimes were committed in 2012 for every 100,000 Oklahoma residents. That doesn’t include the 3,401 property crimes per 100,000 residents. But there’s more: Aggravated assaults statewide jumped […]
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Stepping up
Several large corporations and shopping malls sprang up on the fringes, while most upscale residential developments headed for the suburbs. Downtown was not a welcoming place after 5 p.m. on weekdays, as the exodus of workers left behind an area predominantly populated by vagrants. Mass transit, for the most part, was allowed to wither, its […]
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Western Residents — Sunlit Nights
Western Residents are an anomaly in that their first release, the earnestly delivered and judiciously crafted Sunlit Nights, sounds like the musical equivalent of a tattered wool blazer. They wear it well. The Oklahoma City outfit has existed in some form or fashion for more than a decade, undergoing a bevy of name changes and […]
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American DREAM
Judith Huerta and Fredy Valenzia Photo: Mark Hancock The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program offers a two-year deferment of deportation proceedings to undocumented immigrants. Qualified applicants must have entered the country as children, stayed out of major legal trouble and received at least a GED or be currently enrolled as students, among other requirements. […]