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BIGOSUFAN

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I grew up in OKC. Live out of state and am looking to move back to Oklahoma in the nearer future at some point. I absolutely cannot stand suburban sprawl. Nothing more annoying to me than living in a cookie-cutter subdivision and having to drive 10+ minutes to the nearest store. I currently live in a first-ring suburb and within a two-minute drive I have every thing I could ever need...which brings me to Midtown in Tulsa. I've never really spent much time in Tulsa but from what I understand the Midtown area may be just what I'm looking for. I've read that its a beautiful area with mature trees, houses with character, is walkable and everything you would need is short drive away. Anyone live in Midtown or has lived there in the past? Curious to hear thoughts on the area.




This post was edited on 1/5 10:54 AM by BIGOSUFAN
 
I lived there. It was great. Moved out to the burbs to get the bigger house with all of the shiny new appointments. Idea is to move back to midtown in a few years to a bigger house there with all of the shiny new appointments.
 
I like Mid-Town and nothing is far away.

If you are willing to take a risk on getting in on a neighborhood that is starting to be revitalized, look into the Pearl District.
 
Originally posted by BIGOSUFAN:

I grew up in OKC. Live out of state and am looking to move back to Oklahoma in the nearer future at some point. I absolutely cannot stand suburban sprawl. Nothing more annoying to me than living in a cookie-cutter subdivision and having to drive 10+ minutes to the nearest store. I currently live in a first-ring suburb and within a two-minute drive I have every thing I could ever need...which brings me to Midtown in Tulsa. I've never really spent much time in Tulsa but from what I understand the Midtown area may be just what I'm looking for. I've read that its a beautiful area with mature trees, houses with character, is walkable and everything you would need is short drive away. Anyone live in Midtown or has lived there in the past? Curious to hear thoughts on the area.




This post was edited on 1/5 10:54 AM by BIGOSUFAN
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Tulsa is the best city in America to live (unless money is no object), in my opinion. Cheap, no traffic, geography is decent, nice eats and decent entertainment. Not sure what your stage of life is or your family situation. The heart of midtown Tulsa is the most expensive in the city and though smaller is somewhat comparable in price to the expensive parts of Dallas or Houston. A nice house is going to cost you in the $600 K to $1 M range, and you will have to send your kids to private school. The good thing is though you can go a mile or two from the "heart" and find very affordable houses that are still minutes from Brookside, Utica Square, Cherry Street and Downtown. I would define the "heart" of midtown to be south of 21st, north of 41st between Peoria and Lewis. There are some expensive pockets in midtown outside of that area (Maple Ridge, Oakview) but most will be affordable. I use to live in Florence Park and loved it. Ranch Acres is nice. But you cannot go wrong with Tulsa. I would pack my bags and move right now if I had the opportunity.
 
I work in the heart of midtown (Utica & Cherry Street). What you describe sounds like you'd love midtown. It actually extends quite a bit south of where I am. I don' tthink that "everything" is with in close proximity of every part of Midtown. But lots of restauarants pretty much whichever part you'd choose.

If you chose the more southern part of Maple Ridge, i.e. South of 21st Street, you'd be quite close to the new megapark that the George Kaiser Foundation is bankrolling on the east side of Riverside, A Gathering Place for Tulsa. They have been doing some work on it already and are getting ready to kick it into high gear this week. It is scheduled to take about 3 years to complete the whole thing.
 
The older neighborhoods around Utica are beautiful. I thoroughly enjoy driving through the areas to see the architectural diversity that exists just door-to-door.

Plenty of shopping and food around. Biking and jogging paths, too.
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Tulsa is just amazing. It reminds me a little bit of Atlanta, GA. It's spacious yet has a lot of beautiful housing. Those homes around Brookside and Utica are just awesome but SUPER expensive. My folks had a house over on Florence Park (near Merritt's Bakery) and loved it. Midtown is just the coolest. South Tulsa (81st yale) is pretty nice as well with some nice homes as well. Tulsa is hands down one of the neatest cities I've been to and is why I love living there.
 
Thanks for the responses thus far.

How would you'll define the borders of Midtown? East of the river, south of 21st, north of 51st and west of Yale sound reasonable?
 
Originally posted by BIGOSUFAN:
Thanks for the responses thus far.

How would you'll define the borders of Midtown? East of the river, south of 21st, north of 51st and west of Yale sound reasonable?
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Pretty much. I'd extend the northern boundary to 15th (Cherry) St., though. Some might push the southern boundary to 61st.

The heart of Midtown would be between 15th and 41st and Lewis and Riverside.
 
Lived in mid-town since '93 near 36th and S Wheeling. Have 3200 sq ft house (major remodel in 2008) on 1/2 acre lot with lots of old oak trees. My lot is worth almost as much as the house.

They are building a lot of new homes on existing smaller lots (
 
Originally posted by Marshal Jim Duncan:
Originally posted by BIGOSUFAN:
Thanks for the responses thus far.

How would you'll define the borders of Midtown? East of the river, south of 21st, north of 51st and west of Yale sound reasonable?
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Pretty much. I'd extend the northern boundary to 15th (Cherry) St., though. Some might push the southern boundary to 61st.

The heart of Midtown would be between 15th and 41st and Lewis and Riverside.
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What Marshall said. Realtors will definitely push the definition of but I think 15th to I-44 and Riverside to Harvard (possibly Yale in some areas) is reasonable. Plenty of entry level bungalows can be found between 15th and 21st from Peoria to the BA and near Brookside. You'll have upper end houses scattered throughout with a good concentration near Maple Ridge, Philbrook, Cascia/Utica, Bolewood and the 31st-41st/Harvard-Lewis sq mile.
 
Anywhere in Maple Ridge/Sunset Terrace, you're going to be looking at $200+/sq. ft. for a smaller home, and probably $160+/sq. ft. for larger homes. Of course, depending upon the lot too.
 
I grew up just east of 31st and Yale. Midtown Tulsan born and bred. Wouldn't choose any other place in town to live. Met my college sweetheart (now wife) at OSU, and her family lived just south of 31st between Harvard and Lewis. Some absolutely massive, beautiful homes around that area. There's even a Frank Lloyd Wright home in the area... I forget where exactly.

I always was amused by the "South Tulsa kids" who wouldn't be caught dead north of 71st. I always told them they were missing out on so much.
 
I live in Terwilliger Heights (21st-31st, Utica-Peoria). Walking distance to Utica Square, and Cherry Street, less than 5 mins to Downtown. I think it's the perfect Tulsa location.
 
I generally agree with the geographical limits described for "Midtown" but noticed at least two posts proposing the eastern boundary of Midtown as Lewis. I think that is a mistake. Despite the, perhaps, humorous mental image it may evoke, I believe Ms. Taylor and Mr. Kaiser might object to their homes being left out of any "Midtown" discussions. Indeed, they might lose face in social circles if their enclaves were deemed east of midtown with the riffraff (tongue in cheek, of course, lots of good people east of midtown).

Just to add a bit more detail, if you draw the line at Lewis, you leave out Ranch Acres, Bryn Mawr, Florence Park, Florence Park South, Lewiston Gardens, Crestwood, Woody-Crest, the Tulsa Tennis Club, etc., etc.
 
Mario, you're probably right. I didn't say that the Eastern boundary was Lewis, just that the "heart" of midtown probably has its eastern boundary at Lewis. But, you're probably right; should've said Harvard.
 
Ok. Fair enough.

I only mention it because, since the original poster may be considering Midtown housing, the area between Lewis and Harvard includes several solid neighborhoods he might want to consider.


On a related note, I found these two links pretty handy when searching for a home in Tulsa:


Tulsa Zip Code Map:
http://www.tulsachildcare.com/images/zipmap.gif

Public MLS searchable by Zip Code:

http://www.tulsarealtors.com/ResidentialSearch.aspx

Midtown Housing Search usually includes:

74104
74105 (north of I-44)
74114 (west half)
74119
74120

This post was edited on 1/5 5:39 PM by Mario_C
 
..and there are a lot of really nice (and expensive) homes in Bolewood Acres too, which is south of 41st.

This post was edited on 1/5 9:24 PM by Marshal Jim Duncan
 
Originally posted by BiloxiPoke:
I grew up just east of 31st and Yale. Midtown Tulsan born and bred. Wouldn't choose any other place in town to live. Met my college sweetheart (now wife) at OSU, and her family lived just south of 31st between Harvard and Lewis. Some absolutely massive, beautiful homes around that area. There's even a Frank Lloyd Wright home in the area... I forget where exactly.

I always was amused by the "South Tulsa kids" who wouldn't be caught dead north of 71st. I always told them they were missing out on so much.
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71st - shoot that is north Tulsa. I wouldn't be caught dead north of 81st.

Seriously, I am actually one of those that have lived entirely in south Tulsa. Grew up at 101st and Sheridan and live around 111th and Yale. My wife grew up in the heart of midtown and attended private school.

Nothing wrong with midtown and based on what you said you were looking for I would say that is a good fit. However, if you are not familar with Tulsa there is not much of Tulsa that really defines "urban sprawl" and cookie-cutter homes (at least not in far south Tulsa).
 
As I said earlier I would define the "heart" of midtown to be south of 21st, north of 41st between Peoria and Lewis. I would say that "midtown" is more like Riverside on the west to Yale on the east, the BA/15th on the north to 41st/I-44 on the south. It really all depends on what you can afford. And as someone who lives in Houston, anywhere in midtown is close to just about everything in Tulsa (not walkable, but close). There are also some up and coming areas too. Like The Peal district. And it is just a mater of time before the area around TCC and west of OSU Tulsa become trendy. Lots of potential in that area with what is going on in the Brady District. Though at the moment you would need a safe room and lots of home defense.
 
Originally posted by cableok:

Originally posted by BiloxiPoke:
I grew up just east of 31st and Yale. Midtown Tulsan born and bred. Wouldn't choose any other place in town to live. Met my college sweetheart (now wife) at OSU, and her family lived just south of 31st between Harvard and Lewis. Some absolutely massive, beautiful homes around that area. There's even a Frank Lloyd Wright home in the area... I forget where exactly.

I always was amused by the "South Tulsa kids" who wouldn't be caught dead north of 71st. I always told them they were missing out on so much.
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71st - shoot that is north Tulsa. I wouldn't be caught dead north of 81st.

Seriously, I am actually one of those that have lived entirely in south Tulsa. Grew up at 101st and Sheridan and live around 111th and Yale. My wife grew up in the heart of midtown and attended private school.

Nothing wrong with midtown and based on what you said you were looking for I would say that is a good fit. However, if you are not familar with Tulsa there is not much of Tulsa that really defines "urban sprawl" and cookie-cutter homes (at least not in far south Tulsa).
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Cable, what neighborhood are you in? We live in Southern Oaks and are pretty similar to you in that I grew up at 81st and Harvard and my wife grew up in midtown and attended Cascia. It was actually her idea to move out south from Midtown a little over a year ago.
 
Originally posted by Marshal Jim Duncan:
Originally posted by BIGOSUFAN:
Thanks for the responses thus far.

How would you'll define the borders of Midtown? East of the river, south of 21st, north of 51st and west of Yale sound reasonable?
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Pretty much. I'd extend the northern boundary to 15th (Cherry) St., though. Some might push the southern boundary to 61st.

The heart of Midtown would be between 15th and 41st and Lewis and Riverside.
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I'd agree with that. 51st/61st are like the bastards of Tulsa, not really south Tulsa, not really mid town... You can get some decent deal in this area as well.


I will say that the only drawback to midtown is Tulsa Public Schools, my wife works for them and they're a freaking mess.
 
Originally posted by OSUIvan:

I'd agree with that. 51st/61st are like the bastards of Tulsa, not really south Tulsa, not really mid town... You can get some decent deal in this area as well.


I will say that the only drawback to midtown is Tulsa Public Schools, my wife works for them and they're a freaking mess.
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I am admittedly a south Tulsa guy and currently live in Jenks but the schools have always been what has kept any thought of a mid-town move just that.

Beautiful area but unless you are ready to shell out some serious coin for both house and schools then it is a bit overrated IMO.
 
Originally posted by BIGOSUFAN:

Originally posted by OSUIvan

I will say that the only drawback to midtown is Tulsa Public Schools, my wife works for them and they're a freaking mess.
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The kids will be going to parochial schools.
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Then you're good to go for mid town!
 
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