Would you rather live in West Virginia or Oklahoma?

[TDAS04]

Well?

[Vosem]

West Virginia has better scenery and weather.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTlN21bq-tA (sane)

[LLR]

Oklahoma City is fine

[IceSpear]

Suicide

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Suicide

Stop stealing my schtick.

[JA]

Oklahoma City is fine

Yep. I'd go with OKC. Not really a mountain and small town type of person.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

WV easily.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

In all honesty, I'd go totally mad if I had to live with this landscape:

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/9706153.jpg

[JA]

In all honesty, I'd go totally mad if I had to live with this landscape:

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/9706153.jpg

Tbf, so would I. But that's not all there is in Oklahoma either; there are woods and some mountains in the east and large urban areas in the center. So there's at least some variety.

[RFayette]

Both are great states, but I'd absolutely love to live in the mountainous parts of Oklahoma because it has better weather than WV.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

In all honesty, I'd go totally mad if I had to live with this landscape:

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/9706153.jpg

Tbf, so would I. But that's not all there is in Oklahoma either; there are woods and some mountains in the east and large urban areas in the center. So there's at least some variety.

I'm aware of that. I just can't think of this particular part of the state as... depressing.

[Goldwater]

I would rather live in Oklahoma, in one of the larger cities like OKC or Tulsa.

[DINGO Joe]

Well, there are two WV.  If you live in the Eastern Panhandle you're an 1 hr to 1 1/2 hrs from DC.  The population is much younger and more educated than the state as a whole.  The teen birth rate is normal, there are more births than deaths, few people on disability, more people in the workforce, a wider variety of job opportunities, etc... It's a normal functioning society.  Plus, it is scenic.  Harper's Ferry, lots of protected land, can go bicycling along the Potomac, no involvement or negative side effects with the coal industry whatsoever.

So, I'd vote for that 1st.

Real WV is old , has a teen birth rate as high as anywhere in the US, and despite that has 15-20% more deaths than births.  It has the highest drug overdose rate in the US.  The highest accidental death rate in the US.  Ranks in the top 2 for smoking, diabetes, heart disease, obesity.  Highest disability rate in the nation (well except for East KY).  Lowest college graduation rate. Jobs are scarce and tend to be in coal, logging, chemical industries.  Plenty of environmental damage from coal.  The state capital was without a water system for a month thanks to a chemical spill.  Horrible roads and infrastructure.  Lots of poor unhealthy angry people.  You don't ride a bicycle in this part of the state.  You get drunk and drive your ATV off a mountain.  Yes, WV ranks #1 for ATV deaths too.

I'd vote real WV last.

I should note, that I do live in New Orleans, in Louisiana, and I could reel off a litany of public health and environment and infrastructure issues (though WV is worse), but then Louisiana has a wide variety of cultural benefits (food, booze, music, architecture, etc) that run circles around Road Kill Festivals  and what not.  Plus Hasil Adkins is dead.

Tulsa an OKC are both tolerable places even if I don't like their politics and their museums are dull.  Weather is worse in OK, obscenely hot in the summer, plenty of opportunity for snow and ice in the winter.  Plus, tornados.  

Fun energy fact about OK, it just recently passed Iowa as the number two generator of wind energy in the US.  Bunch of dumb cracker hippies.

I voted OK in the poll because when people say WV they never mean the Eastern Panhandle.

[bagelman]

West Virginia, the eastern panhandle region specifically.

[Cashew]

West Virginia, assuming I could live in community of transplants.

[Cubby]

Is there any chance the Eastern Panhandle could be repatriated back to Virginia? Those three counties are like fingers that could still be saved while the rest of the hand has turned gangrenous. 

I can't choose, neither place has enough redeeming qualities to make up for its faults.

[SWE]

West Virginia has better scenery and weather.

[Santander]

WV, obviously.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

If I was really into college football, the one that still had a team undefeated in Big XII conference play.

[DINGO Joe]

If I was really into college football, the one that still had a team undefeated in Big XII conference play.

Well, that almost worked.

[morgieb]

Probably Oklahoma on balance, though West Virginia would be a nice place to retire to and the Eastern Panhandle doesn't seem all that bad.

[BaldEagle1991]

Oklahoma. I've been there and it's like a combination of Kansas and Texas.

I've never been to West Virginia and I feel like it's dangerous for someone like me to go there.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

If I was really into college football, the one that still had a team undefeated in Big XII conference play.

Well, that almost worked.

Oklahoma's still undefeated in conference play; their two losses were out-of-conference.  Not that I really have a preference between the two states.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Oklahoma.  I don't really care for cold and snow.  The culture is also more towards what I like.