11 Things Okies Want Travelers To Know

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Oklahoma is an amazing place to visit and live. It also has been one of the most popular states for Travel Nursing assignments. Here’s a list of things that Okies want you to know before traveling to Oklahoma.

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1. Okies call Oklahoma City “The City”.

2. Tulsa is called “T-Town”

City skyline at dusk with illuminated office towers and apartment buildings
Modern bottle-shaped tower beside a lit pavilion at dusk, set in a grassy field under a blue sky

3. Soft drinks are referred to as “coke”. Okie’s will tell you to head to Pops 66 Soda Ranch to try many different flavors of “coke”.

4. Get your gas at QuikTrip. It’s the cleanest and the cheapest.

QT gas station at dusk with snowy lot and street signs, including Southwest Fwy, One Way, and Stop
Retro poster with red and teal text reading “I’M fixin’ TO...”

5. “Fixin’ to” means “going to”.

6. Don’t buy your beer at the grocery store. Beer that’s over 3.2% alcohol volume is only allowed to be sold at the liquor store. Grocery store beer has an alcohol level that is modified specifically for Oklahoma laws.

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Remote in hand beside chips, beer bottles, and a football on a TV game-day table

7. Buy beer before Super Bowl Sunday as Oklahoma alcohol laws state that liquor stores have to close on Sundays.

8. If you thought you saw a buffalo, it is actually a Bison. Fun fact: the only true buffalo are the Asian water buffalo and the African buffalo.

Bison standing in a grassy field with wildflowers
Close-up of a pile of golden-brown fried chicken on a red plate

9. You may come across “calf fries” or “rocky mountain oysters”–not sure what they are? They are deep fried bull testicles. You’re welcome.

10. Oklahoma barbecue is the best barbecue in America.

Roast on a grill with flames rising around it
Plate of fried chicken topped with white gravy, mashed potatoes, and green beans on a wooden table

11. Chicken fried steak is steak fried the same way you would fry chicken.

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