Miranda Lambert once sang “Everybody Dies Famous in a Small Town.” Having grown up in Elk City way out in Western Oklahoma, I think I could adopt that ballad as my theme song. I swear to God, to this day I am far more famous for being on the cover of the Elk City phonebook in high school than I am for my TLO articles. There is something about rural Oklahoma that makes everyone feel like they are welcome and belong. Unless you’re LGBT or non-Christian, but that’s another article. So as I packed up my overnight bag to reinforce my grandma’s guilt-tripping about never visiting and plan to head back to my hometown for the weekend, I reminisced on other attributes that make rural towns great. Here are 8 reasons rural Oklahoma doesn't suck.
