Tulsa, one of the top 10 places to live

Oklahomans are happier financially than residents of most other states

Oklahoma one of only 6 states not in recession

Tulsa at top of best places to live

Tulsa has also been identified as the fifth best city in the nation to ride out the recession, according to Forbes.com.

Oklahoma ranked 4th in income growth

Oklahoma gets good rankings for business

Good Reports About Oklahoma

Investors from all over the world are discovering Tulsa as the place to invest in real estate.

Tulsa Sunday World January 22, 2006:
~ Front page in the Tulsa World about investors from CA and NY buying up property in downtown Tulsa
~ Business section "City earning reputation with out-of-state investors".

2008- Relocate-America ranked Tulsa fifth on a list of the top 100 places to live in the US. Cities were evaluated on such factors as economic growth, education, employment prospects, air and water quality, crime rate and housing options. Tulsa's balanced economy includes energy, telecommunications, manufacturing, aerospace and transportation.  

Tulsa ranked 19 out of 50 of the nation's smartest cities (Click to read)

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A LITTLE ABOUT TULSA

In the heart of Oklahoma's Green Country, Tulsa, a historic, cosmopolitan city nestled in the rolling foothills of the Ozark Mountains is home to several nationally recognized museums, including the Philbrook and Thomas Gilcrease museums.

With so much to do in and around Tulsa that we can only give a small sampling.

• Admiral Twin Drive In Movie Theatre Opened 1951

• Allen Ranch (working ranch)

• Art Deco Buildings built in the 1920s and 1930s ~ Pictures 

• Art Deco Walking Tours (printable information)

• Art in the Square (Utica Square Shopping Center)

• Arkansas River Historical Society

• Big Splash Waterpark

• Blue Dome (Festival held in May) 

• Blue Whale Swimming Park Landmark (Catoosa)

• Brady Theatre  (Built around 1910 as the Tulsa Convention Hall)

• Brookside  Residents there refer to it as a village

• Cains Ballroom (National Register of Historical Places)

• Camp Takatoka (YMCA)

• Carson Attractions Tickets

• Casinos in Oklahoma (includes Creek Nation and Cherokee, in Tulsa)

• Celebration Station Amusement Park

• Celebrity Attractions (Tickets)

• Civic Art  Statues, fountains, murals, lighting, paintings, stained glass

• Cherry Street District In the 1900's when trolley cars and horse drawn carriages were common, 15th street was known as Cherry Street.

• Cherry Street Farmer's Market 15th & Peoria, Saturday during April-October 7 am to 11 am.

• Clarke Theatre 

• Comedy Clinic

• Creek Council Oak Tree--Where Tulsa Began  

• Discoveryland!  Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA!" musical,  June-August.  2000 seat amphitheater  

• Drillers Baseball (Farm team) 

• Exchange Tower 320 S. Boston built in 1917. The top of the tower was designed as a zeppelin mooring and has a spiral staircase for people to "disembark" from the zeppelins. It became known as NBT. (Later used as a lighted "weather station" which could be seen for 20 miles ) 

• Expo Square  the largest clear-span building in the world

• Fair Meadows Horse Racing

• Fenster Museum of Jewish Art  see Sherwin Miller Museum 

• Frankoma Pottery Factory, Sapulpa

• Garage Sales in Tulsa (use garage sale as your key word)

• Gatesway Hot Air Balloon Festival - Aug. 4-5, 2006

• Gilcrease Museum includes the work of Frederic Remington, Charles Russell and Thomas Moran.

• Greenwood Cultural Center (Black Wall Street) preserves the history of "The Black Wall street" prior to the infamous race riot of 1921.

• Golden Driller (76 Ft tall)

• Hands of Children Museum     7704 E 38th St

• Harwelden 2210 S. Main (1923 Mansion can be rented.)

• Hot Air Balloon Rides 

• Ida Dennie Willis Miniatures Museum (Trains, Robots, Dolls, Toys) 628 N. Country Club Drive (In a 1910 Tudor mansion)

• Imax Theatre 71st and Hwy U.S. 169

• Incredible Pizza  (indoor go-kart races, bumper cars, miniature golf, bowling, and game arcade.)

• J. M. Davis Gun Museum  or  The Gun Museum/  the largest private gun collection in the world, is located in Claremore

• Labyrinth at Hunter Park 5804 E. 91st St.

• Lavender Hill Farm         Things to do with lavender when you buy it.

• Mabee Center 

• Mabel Little Heritage House

• Mac's Antique Car Museum 1319 East 4th St 

• Mayfest -  May 18-21, 2006

• Miss Jackson's Tulsa's oldest department store,

• Missions Memorial Museum & Gardens 8863 E. 91st St.

• Movies Theatres ~ Showtimes and Trailers

• National Register of Historic Places in Tulsa 

• Nightingale Theatre 

• Oklahoma Aquarium  (underwater tunnel!)

• Oklahoma Blues Festival - May 5-6, 2006

• Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame  

• Oktoberfest - Oct. 19-22, 2006

• Oklahoma Scottish Games, River West Festival Park.    September 16-17, 2006.

• Oral Roberts University

• Oxley Nature Center

• Penguins on Parade

• Perryman Wrangler Ranch - first ranch established in the Tulsa area, 11524 S. Elwood Ave

• Philbrook Museum of Art  museum  and botanical gardens 

• Philtower ( Art Deco)

• Port of Catoosa 

• Promenade Mall 41st and Yale 

• Prayer Tower- ORU

• Redbud Valley Nature Center 

• Rhema Christmas Lights   

• Riverlanes Bowling Center

• River Parks 10 mile asphalt paved trail along the banks of the Arkansas has picturesque gardens, fountains, wildlife sculptures and murals.

• River Walk Crossing

• Route 66 (11th Street from East Tulsa through downtown to West Tulsa and on to Sapulpa)

• Scottish Games   (Tulsa)

• Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art   Holocaust Education Center, with World War II memorabilia (Call first)

• Skydive Tulsa 

• Society of Exploration Geophysicists Geoscience Center reflects the city's strong connection to the petroleum industry 

• South Tulsa Children's Ballet

• Spotlight Theater  

• Starlight Concerts  Riverparks Amphitheatre (free)

• Summer's 5th Night features live music every Thursday in summer at Utica Square

• Sunbelt Railroad Museum 1323 E. 5th (Sat 10-4) Free/Donations accepted

• Swan Lake near Utica Square (Starting in 1919 homes were built to overlook "lake". Previously known as Orcutt Lake, it had an amusement park)

• Sweet Adelines

• Theatre Tulsa

• Tulsa Air and Space Center

• Tulsa Ballet

• Tulsa Convention Center 

• Tulsa Drillers Baseball

• Tulsa Flea Market (Saturdays ~ Tulsa Fairgrounds ~ 21st & Yale) 

• Tulsa Historical Society (Next to Tulsa Garden center) 

• Tulsa Indian Artfest 

• Tulsa Opera, internationally known.

• Tulsa Oratorio 

• Tulsa Parks 

• Tulsa Performing Arts Center  

• Tulsa Rose Garden  

• Tulsa Raceway Park

• Tulsa Rowing Club

• Tulsa State Fair   end of September 

• Tulsa's Underground Tunnels 

• Tulsa Union Station, Art Deco building built in 1931

• Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum recognized as America's favorite zoo

• Utica Square Shopping Center  Water fountains, English phone booths, wrought iron benches, Old World tower clocks 

• Vineyards ~ Wineries in the area
  

• YMCA Free 3 day guest pass

• YWCA 

• West Bank (River West Festival Park) a unique venue with an amphitheater and floating stage.

• Willard Elsing Museum

• Williams Center Tower (The largest skyscraper in Oklahoma ~ located on 2nd street)

• Woodland Hills Mall   1.2 million sq. foot shopping center (150 specialty shops and four department stores) Coupons for Woodland Hills Mall Stores

• Woodward Park (a bridge where couples have pictures made)  Historical 1919 home houses Tulsa Garden Center.