Just to fully disclose my Okie connections, I am from a town in NE Texas called New Boston, and I have family in Idabel, Broken Bow, etc.
My cousins from SE Oklahoma were a rough bunch, and although as children they were great ball players and tough as nails, their grown-up lives didn't turn out too well, some marred by drug addiction, etc.
If you've ever seen the movie Leaves Of Grass, that's what I come from.