STUDY PROVES OKLAHOMA HAS LOWER COST OF LIVING

From: The Journal Record | Date: August 19, 1989| Author: BILL MAY | Copyright information
It may not come as a surprise, but it costs less to live in Enid and Stillwater than it does in Oklahoma City or Tulsa.

While most Oklahomans have suspicioned this for years, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce wasn't able to prove it until Friday when it released two University of Oklahoma studies on cost of living in the state.

The study, begun in April, compares actual prices in seven state communities with similar costs in cities of surrounding states, other major cities ...

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