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Oklahoma City is shedding its dull and dusty image.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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October 9, 2000
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2000 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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OKLAHOMA CITY _ This is a city that hasn't gotten much respect, from the outside world or even from itself.
Bisected by the Canadian River (which locals joke is the only river that needs mowing three times a year), its economy dominated by the cattle industry (step outside a downtown building, and some days you can smell the evidence of the giant stockyards operation just west of downtown), it has been hammered for being dull and dusty, unsophisticated and unattractive. Even Tulsa looked down on it.
But the final straw came in the early `90s, when Oklahoma City lost out on attracting a major out-of-town employer that had promised to create up to 7,000 jobs. The company ...
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