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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 2044603" data-attributes="member: 5412">I'll say this. Over my lifetime, I've been fortunate/unfortunately able to travel over every part of this world with the exception of the middle east.Military and civilian. When getting out of the Military, I had the option to relocate just about anywhere in the world. I've lived for periods of time in Asbury Park NJ, New York City, Tokyo Japan, Pusan Korea, etc, the list goes on, and visited many others all over the world.No matter where I went, the people knew about Oklahoma and Texas. The last of the great west. They still want to see where the Native Americans roamed, buffalo grazed, etc. The reputation of the oil patch has made the name recognition as well.I chose to come back to Oklahoma. Its not a nostalgic thing or anything like that. I'm of the opinion that my home is the square foot my feet are standing in at the moment.Its because I knew a lot of people, and I loved the lifestyle of the folks around my home town. I know this sounds redneck, but some of the old guys would put on weekend BBQ's. The young uns' would have to go out and butcher the goats, and a cow or two, for some true pit BBQ's.BBQ guns were always in the open, way before it was legal.I can hunt and fish just about anywhere by dropping a name of somebody that is a big land owner for a reference.I can't stand to go to any metro area anymore. OKC/Tulsa is the nearest, and I would be in the headlines for a mass killer after driving around those folks for any time. Rural life is much slower. We moved some folks from LA to Ponca in the early 90's when we shut the plant down out there. They couldn't stand the slower pace of life, and went back to the rat race. Good riddance.Anyway, life in Ok is great.</blockquote>

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