I’m really thankful that I have found the

regardless of what my parents look like or what they do with their time.

Some generalizations that I had about Tulsa before moving probably is that it wasn’t as diverse.

Or maybe that, I don’t know, it was mostly, probably Republicans more than it is very liberal. So those are kind of some initial sterotypes that I found to be false.

So as a family, we decided to move to Kendall Whittier Park area.

We can also walk to the market, which is important. We are vegans and so I love fresh fruits and vegetables. We love being able to walk down on Saturday and enjoy the atmosphere there.

I do swing dancing, which is something else that I discovered through here.

It was four weeks, Thursday night, one hour. There were some locals who were involved in the local swing dancing organization that he got to do the instruction for us. And it was awesome.

I was kind of dating cities before, three to six months at a time.

and I've also validated it over the last couple of months, and I think I would live here for five years, at a minimum, if not longer. I think that it has a lot of aspects of things I want forever.

When I lived in Denver for four years, I moved five times, just looking for that next apartment, just trying to find that better rent rate or just trying to settle into a new space. But in Tulsa, you can afford a house. In Tulsa, you can get settled. So not only are we close to our families,

Just within a span of a few days, there was just this incredible engagement and interest in wanting to get to know me as a person.

I just completed my full year with Tulsa Remote and

I have a community here. I have a voice here. I have a presence here and I never have had that before.