• Vitaly_Chernobyl@sopuli.xyz
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    Oklahoman here! I’ve personally haven’t spent much time in this part of the state. It’s was historically referred to as “No Man’s Land” if that gives you any idea. The panhandle has a much more arid, high plains type climate than other parts of the state. I believe there are literal sand dunes out that way. Oklahoma’s highest point, Black Mesa, is in the panhandle. Im told Black Mesa is a great camping spot for star-gazing, but I’ve never been. As far as I’m aware it’s mostly right-wing but jobs living in that area. I seem to recall a few local news stories about people in that part of the state making a big stink about trans kids trying to use the bathroom and so forth.

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        Black Mesa is the organization, IIRC. I had it in my head that the research facility was near Los Alamos, NM, but that might just be because I associate any theoretical physics research in a desert with Los Alamos.

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      As far as I’m aware it’s mostly right-wing (nut) jobs living in that area.

      This is different from the rest of Oklahoma how?

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        Well, not really. Oklahoma is a deeply red state, but it is more liberal in areas like Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and the university towns. I’ve always gotten the impression that people living in the panhandle were a different breed of conservative psycho though.

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        Like all states, there is a gradient of political leanings, especially around cities. For instance, northern Virginia is nothing like the rest of Virginia at all. I imagine it’s similar in Oklahoma, where the major population centers don’t reflect the rest of the state at all.