Oklahoma Tied For Dead Last ....

[Sabanball]

..in this latest Gallup Poll...
http://www.gallup.com/poll/125849/Hawaii-Tops-Utah-Nation-Best.aspx...and, we in Alabama are only decimal points behind.

I don't get it. I lived out there for 10 yrs from '76-'86 and you could never have convinced me of this. What do you think is the explanation for this? Gallup is, whether you agree with them or not, a respected organization.

[Frozen Sooner]

Yay! We beat Mississippi!

I don't get it. I like it here.

[PrideTrombone]

You read it wrong. West Virginia is last. We're tied for 40th and ahead of you guys. No one's gonna convince me that Kansas is better off than Oklahoma though.

[nighttrain12]

I think you are reading that wrong. West Virginia is 50th (worst), Oklahoma is 41st or in a 3 way tie for 39th. There is only 9.7 points between best and worst so it sounds pretty even to me.

[Frozen Sooner]

CRAP! We lost to Mississippi!

[picasso]

You read it wrong. West Virginia is last. We're tied for 40th and ahead of you guys. No one's gonna convince me that Kansas is better off than Oklahoma though.

KC > anything in Oklahoma. And well being has to do with good health. Go take a look at the folks at the mall in Oklahoma.

[Collier11]

Lets see, morally sound state (thatll bug some people though), farely safe, cheap to live here, stable housing market and job market, I think Oklahoma probably gets a bad rap because many people still think we live in TeePees and dont have the internet

[XingTheRubicon]

The look pretty good at Penn Square Mall. I'm afraid to go to Crossroads

[Soonerus]

Totally statistically reliable right ??? Totally bogus...

[Boarder]

KC > anything in Oklahoma. And well being has to do with good health. Go take a look at the folks at the mall in Oklahoma.
Yeah, I agree...Kansas City, Missouri.

[Boarder]

See, all that healthy Word of Wisdom stuff in Utah really works. Way to go, Mrs. Smith!

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Lets see, morally sound state (thatll bug some people though), farely safe, cheap to live here, stable housing market and job market, I think Oklahoma probably gets a bad rap because many people still think we live in TeePees and dont have the internetand, lots of those stupid Christians live in OK, too. That's so yesterday.

[Collier11]

heh

[delhalew]

Oklahoma is a good place, but like most states that can be considered southern, we have more than our share of fattassery.

And kansas city...I was there last week. It was 6 degrees...f that. They can keep it.

[MamaMia]

I travel a lot and there is one thing I know for a fact...People hug more in Oklahoma; a LOT more. :)

[tommieharris91]

Lets see, morally sound state (thatll bug some people though), farely safe, cheap to live here, stable housing market and job market, I think Oklahoma probably gets a bad rap because many people still think we live in TeePees and dont have the internet

http://www.well-beingindex.com/%5Cfiles%5C2010WBIrankings%5COK_StateReport.pdf

They interviewed residents of each state and compared scores. I think that drop from 3rd best work environment to 20th is because the Oklahoma unemployment rise lagged behind the rest of the US. We as a state gotta get workin out though. 49th in healthy behavior?!?!

Here's the jist of what they asked. (http://www.well-beingindex.com/methodology.asp)

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

And kansas city...I was there last week. It was 6 degrees...f that. They can keep it.

Did you see any of those crazy wimmen that kC is so famous for ?

[delhalew]

Did you see any of those crazy wimmen that kC is so famous for ?

Hell no! Not this time;)

It was too cold. I was the only one stupid enough to be outside.

[badger]

Us and the SEC are always at the bottom of health polls (diabetes, obesity, lack of access to healthy food and health programs, you name it, we and the SEC have it).

However, polls also show that we like our state, much like the proud SEC likes themselves, so while a national poll will tell us that our state isn't very good for our health, we continue to enjoy life in our unhealthy, non-well being way.

Take this poll for what it's worth, cuz it might be worthless.

[StoopTroup]

Hawaii has Gov't run healthcare and some how makes #1`.

[Frozen Sooner]

Hawaii has Gov't run healthcare and some how makes #1`.

Hey, four decades is nowhere near long enough to know the ramifications of such a step. It'll fail. Just you wait!

[Stitch Face]

How could Hawaii possibly afford healthcare for its citizens?

Do they have more tourist revenue or somethin' than we do? It just makes no sense.

[NormanPride]

They interviewed a whole 4900 people here in OK for those statistics!

[Ike]

we rank near the bottom in their "healthy behavior" category (basically, how many smokers and fat people are there), and near the bottom in their "basic access" category

http://sas-origin.onstreammedia.com/origin/gallupinc/GallupSpaces/Production/Cms/POLL/aplgdsks9kynshogpep9rq.gif

[Frozen Sooner]

How could Hawaii possibly afford healthcare for its citizens?

Do they have more tourist revenue or somethin' than we do? It just makes no sense.

It's probably all the oil revenue they collect.

[Stitch Face]

They interviewed a whole 4900 people here in OK for those statistics!

The whole study by design looks to be a subjective, biased mess, but 4900 is actually a pretty huge sample.

[OUDoc]

Seriously, people in Hawaii are happier than people in Oklahoma?
What a surprise.

[Stitch Face]

It's probably all the oil revenue they collect.

Coconuts aren't that profitable.

[SteelClip49]

KC > anything in Oklahoma. And well being has to do with good health. Go take a look at the folks at the mall in Oklahoma.

KC has more edible bbq than Oklahoma. KC'ers should have more health problems!