OKLAHOMA: Rural Towns With High Children's Poverty Rates
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Ninnekah smiles her empty smile
Tonight shes in a heavy disguise
She looks at her wrist to clock the passing time
Weathers mild tonight
She wonders will they notice her tired eyes
She wonders will her Adelita wigs survive
And will they see shes going down a third time
Everybody tries -
She sees herself as JayLo on the mild
But really she’s a Deathrow Rapist’s child
Perfecting a motionless slide
For Fifteen years she put her future aside
Ninnekah seems so sure and so poised
She shimmers for the Urns on the shelf
And says, Love is for others, but me it destroys
She wasn’t the girl in the cake
Got pregnant too soon by mistake
Someone told her her brain was half baked
And Ninnekah lifted her Texas Steel Reserve
And said, Cheers
She stands to one side
Theres no more to this than meets the eye
Everybody drinks their cheap beers dry
And talks about those plaid shirt and pink hair styles
They said she did it - with grace
They said she did it with style
They said she did them all
Oh, they said before she died
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
I remember Ninnekah Smiles
Nobody saw her go
They said they should have noticed
Cause her living conditions were so low
Well, it only goes to show
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
How many real men do any of them know
She climbed the dining room chair
Stood silent alone in the air
Tied her lame belt around the plastic chandelier
And went out kicking in the cheap perfumed air
Oh, oh
They said she did it - with grace
They said she did it - with style
They said she did them all
Oh
They said it before she died
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Now no one remembers Ninnekah Smiles
Date: 2024-01-28
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daviddecelles8714
Did see the first cat in Clayton; but espying those three other cats imperiously ensconced upon an automobile in Hartshorne was a welcome visual addition. Didn't know Albion existed No U. S. stats for it Makes one wonder whether the U. S. government knows it's there. Said somewhat facetiously but, if it were true, it would be a delightful novelty. It's more than OK if they don't know everything. Counted four people on foot. Like to look for them. The poverty stats in Talihina (beautiful name) are especially grim since the numbers for the general population, the elderly and children (especially the latter) are all over 30% Still, for the kids (44% poverty) who grow up there, I don't think it's a terrible thing that'll scar them for life. Certainly hope not. Your beloved spouse's compassion for canines compelled her to break her deferential silence to be sure you avoided hitting the creature, although, I'm sure, there was no real danger of that happening. Coming East! Looking forward to it.
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Did see the first cat in Clayton; but espying those three other cats imperiously ensconced upon an automobile in Hartshorne was a welcome visual addition. Didn't know Albion existed No U. S. stats for it Makes one wonder whether the U. S. government knows it's there. Said somewhat facetiously but, if it were true, it would be a delightful novelty. It's more than OK if they don't know everything. Counted four people on foot. Like to look for them. The poverty stats in Talihina (beautiful name) are especially grim since the numbers for the general population, the elderly and children (especially the latter) are all over 30% Still, for the kids (44% poverty) who grow up there, I don't think it's a terrible thing that'll scar them for life. Certainly hope not. Your beloved spouse's compassion for canines compelled her to break her deferential silence to be sure you avoided hitting the creature, although, I'm sure, there was no real danger of that happening. Coming East! Looking forward to it.
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daisyorpington784
This isn't abandonment. This isn't rural. This IS POVERTY! THIS is in EVERY town in America. Denver, Rapid City, LA, NYC, New Orleans. EVERY TOWN. If one only makes enough to buy food. that's all you buy. No insurance, no car unless you can fix it. No repairs on your house unless you can grab the supplies out of someone else trash. Yes rural America can be harder hit, simply because their are less jobs. But poverty is everywhere. If one is old or disabled no mowing. grass gets tall. roofs fall in windows get broke. This is the America no one in politics cares about. All the stimulus in the world can't fix this. In my small town, we try to look out for each other but things still fall apart. we try to care for our elderly and most take care of the few homeless we have. We don't have major crime yet and most offenses are petty. but don't paint us as so poor. We are rich in other ways. I'm sure the people of Clayton know of what I speak and love their town.
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This isn't abandonment. This isn't rural. This IS POVERTY! THIS is in EVERY town in America. Denver, Rapid City, LA, NYC, New Orleans. EVERY TOWN. If one only makes enough to buy food. that's all you buy. No insurance, no car unless you can fix it. No repairs on your house unless you can grab the supplies out of someone else trash. Yes rural America can be harder hit, simply because their are less jobs. But poverty is everywhere. If one is old or disabled no mowing. grass gets tall. roofs fall in windows get broke. This is the America no one in politics cares about. All the stimulus in the world can't fix this. In my small town, we try to look out for each other but things still fall apart. we try to care for our elderly and most take care of the few homeless we have. We don't have major crime yet and most offenses are petty. but don't paint us as so poor. We are rich in other ways. I'm sure the people of Clayton know of what I speak and love their town.
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jeanniebain7042
Videographers do not include families who do not live in these towns, but on their ranches or farms. Their per capita income could be a stat breaker. They have also overlooked the fact that the Five Civilized Tribes were located to Oklahoma in the early 1800s. Many of these noble people struggle economically and probably contribute to the poverty rates. My question is why counties involved don’t have laws pertaining to planning, zoning, health and welfare, dangerous buildings, or refuse codes.
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Videographers do not include families who do not live in these towns, but on their ranches or farms. Their per capita income could be a stat breaker. They have also overlooked the fact that the Five Civilized Tribes were located to Oklahoma in the early 1800s. Many of these noble people struggle economically and probably contribute to the poverty rates. My question is why counties involved don’t have laws pertaining to planning, zoning, health and welfare, dangerous buildings, or refuse codes.
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Melanie-xb7tg
Oklahoma has some of the sweetest, most loving people you will ever find. Every time I have ever visited there, it was a joy.
Wouldn't it be great if some people with extra money, maybe some athletes, would go to some of these towns and reclaim buildings or land and put willing people to work Many places could use just a little love and elbow grease.
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Oklahoma has some of the sweetest, most loving people you will ever find. Every time I have ever visited there, it was a joy.
Wouldn't it be great if some people with extra money, maybe some athletes, would go to some of these towns and reclaim buildings or land and put willing people to work Many places could use just a little love and elbow grease.
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doogalloonni
All the positive comments aside, when you kids eventually hang up the Bronco keys, you'll have so many years of adventures to look back on. Most people never get out of their state, much less record what they see. Your and the wife's 'Memory Lane' will be many thousand miles long, while we happily tag along to look over your shoulders. Thank you for that.
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All the positive comments aside, when you kids eventually hang up the Bronco keys, you'll have so many years of adventures to look back on. Most people never get out of their state, much less record what they see. Your and the wife's 'Memory Lane' will be many thousand miles long, while we happily tag along to look over your shoulders. Thank you for that.
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Nativeindi123
Lol so the thing with this Area is all those small towns gravitated towards the major city there which is McAlester. A lot of people I know that started in one of those small towns usually just end up in McAlester since it’s close to doctors and groceries. As for income I mean it’s either work for the tribe, small shops and neither pays much.
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Lol so the thing with this Area is all those small towns gravitated towards the major city there which is McAlester. A lot of people I know that started in one of those small towns usually just end up in McAlester since it’s close to doctors and groceries. As for income I mean it’s either work for the tribe, small shops and neither pays much.
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UncleWreckum
Hey there Lord Sporda & fellow watchers. since we are talking about rural Oklahoma. how many of you out there (even folks from Oklahoma) know about Indian Hwy South of Talihina off 271 all the way down to Honobia. Now if you want remote & rural, take a stroll down those coordinates. You can thank me later for the experience. I be in them streets
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Hey there Lord Sporda & fellow watchers. since we are talking about rural Oklahoma. how many of you out there (even folks from Oklahoma) know about Indian Hwy South of Talihina off 271 all the way down to Honobia. Now if you want remote & rural, take a stroll down those coordinates. You can thank me later for the experience. I be in them streets
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raimobalk757
Love your sharing. I lived in tulsa in 1970-74 when I attended university there. Drove around Tulsa a lot, Osage county too, one christmas in Westville, near Arkansas border. so maybe everythings changed now. I did drive (twice) route 66 to California to my aunt's place for summer hols. that was a great experience too. Keep these videos coming!
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Love your sharing. I lived in tulsa in 1970-74 when I attended university there. Drove around Tulsa a lot, Osage county too, one christmas in Westville, near Arkansas border. so maybe everythings changed now. I did drive (twice) route 66 to California to my aunt's place for summer hols. that was a great experience too. Keep these videos coming!
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bonfirebon23
Bro what your happiness looks like doesn't look the same in others eyes, another man's trash is another man's treasure! Shame on you for being so judgemental on the way people live let people be human dude, just know what you say about others and how you judge others GOD will do the same to you. That's if you even get to meet Him!
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Bro what your happiness looks like doesn't look the same in others eyes, another man's trash is another man's treasure! Shame on you for being so judgemental on the way people live let people be human dude, just know what you say about others and how you judge others GOD will do the same to you. That's if you even get to meet Him!
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joemalikowski8961
lord spoda I live in the hills off the grid in Red Oak thanks for coming to town. I thought the purple trash cans are cool. I'm a transplant from Central Minnesota. I'm not sure because I'm only in Red Oak for four months the winter months but I believe the purple trash cans are the school colors.
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lord spoda I live in the hills off the grid in Red Oak thanks for coming to town. I thought the purple trash cans are cool. I'm a transplant from Central Minnesota. I'm not sure because I'm only in Red Oak for four months the winter months but I believe the purple trash cans are the school colors.
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Jumpnjacksdaddy
Well I thought governor Stitt was saving Oklahoma. Typical governor all talk. But he sure loves the crooked law enforcement in Oklahoma and signed a goofy bill to protect cops that violate every constitutional right that was written. Back the blue until it happens to you. Guaranteed.
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Well I thought governor Stitt was saving Oklahoma. Typical governor all talk. But he sure loves the crooked law enforcement in Oklahoma and signed a goofy bill to protect cops that violate every constitutional right that was written. Back the blue until it happens to you. Guaranteed.
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usa-by-car
Red Oak: The high school was named one of America's Best High Schools in 2017 by U. S. News & World Report. The school is a one-to-one technology school and boasts programs in STEM, technology, 4-H, FCCLA, FFA, and art. KIBOIS also operates a Head Start program in Red Oak. Impressive!
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Red Oak: The high school was named one of America's Best High Schools in 2017 by U. S. News & World Report. The school is a one-to-one technology school and boasts programs in STEM, technology, 4-H, FCCLA, FFA, and art. KIBOIS also operates a Head Start program in Red Oak. Impressive!
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courtneyjohnson782
Small town Oklahoma is depressing, a lot of people are moving away so there’s a lot of abandoned homes. The cost of living is low but so is the pay. I always hated going somewhere and always seeing someone I know
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Small town Oklahoma is depressing, a lot of people are moving away so there’s a lot of abandoned homes. The cost of living is low but so is the pay. I always hated going somewhere and always seeing someone I know
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usa-by-car
Hey guys! Im from the last town yall visited (Hartshorne) and also work for the local Police Department as a police officer! Yall should have called us and I gladly would have given yall a tour of this old mining town!
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Hey guys! Im from the last town yall visited (Hartshorne) and also work for the local Police Department as a police officer! Yall should have called us and I gladly would have given yall a tour of this old mining town!
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Oklaoz
My great grandfather and both of his brothers died in a coal mining accident a few miles outside of Hartshorne many years ago. We all still live here in this area. I'm about a 20 minute drive southwest of Hartshorne.
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My great grandfather and both of his brothers died in a coal mining accident a few miles outside of Hartshorne many years ago. We all still live here in this area. I'm about a 20 minute drive southwest of Hartshorne.
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kituwahband
Boy you went to some boot splat towns!
Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton is where Dept of Corrections used to train their officers. My mother and dad went there for their DOC training in the 90s
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Boy you went to some boot splat towns!
Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton is where Dept of Corrections used to train their officers. My mother and dad went there for their DOC training in the 90s
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Bearclaw_Jake
You can always tell who's not an okie by how they pronounce our town names. SE Oklahoma is considered The Choctaw Nation. Theres a hospital in talihina ran by the tribe, my daughter was born there.
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You can always tell who's not an okie by how they pronounce our town names. SE Oklahoma is considered The Choctaw Nation. Theres a hospital in talihina ran by the tribe, my daughter was born there.
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lovettashleigh
Yeah I live in hartshorne and some of your video where you say you where in hartshorne you were in haileyville. The two towns are so close you sometimes can't tell when you have crossed over.
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Yeah I live in hartshorne and some of your video where you say you where in hartshorne you were in haileyville. The two towns are so close you sometimes can't tell when you have crossed over.
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johnrobinson1140
Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton has a good forestry program. Robbers Cave State Park is beautiful with rock climbing, a lake and of course a cave. Beautiful area of Oklahoma.
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Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton has a good forestry program. Robbers Cave State Park is beautiful with rock climbing, a lake and of course a cave. Beautiful area of Oklahoma.
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ruthlessgoat3702
I've never been to this part of Oklahoma. No regrets. Tulsa was bad enough. Funfact: Like in West Virginia, every county in Oklahoma voted for Trump. How's that working out for you
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I've never been to this part of Oklahoma. No regrets. Tulsa was bad enough. Funfact: Like in West Virginia, every county in Oklahoma voted for Trump. How's that working out for you
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okie-kan9240
One thing, old falling down structures, are not necessarily a sign of poverty. It just means they haven't tore down those structures. Now what they actually live in tells the story.
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One thing, old falling down structures, are not necessarily a sign of poverty. It just means they haven't tore down those structures. Now what they actually live in tells the story.
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utopia4056
My cousin lives in Hartshorne and I've always said it as the spelling. It's probably a native word knowing down here. Not a place for people like me though, I know that much about it!
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My cousin lives in Hartshorne and I've always said it as the spelling. It's probably a native word knowing down here. Not a place for people like me though, I know that much about it!
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katietaylor8659
You didn’t see trash cans in front of some of the homes because people in rural Oklahoma (myself included) typically burn their trash instead of paying for garbage services.
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You didn’t see trash cans in front of some of the homes because people in rural Oklahoma (myself included) typically burn their trash instead of paying for garbage services.
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usa-by-car
I live in this town and not every house or person is like this. Notice only a few houses were shown. We aren’t have any poverty problems you just think you know everything lmao
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I live in this town and not every house or person is like this. Notice only a few houses were shown. We aren’t have any poverty problems you just think you know everything lmao
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thebigokie6. 4_392
People in these little towns will be more prepared for the crazy economic times and WW3 that's in our near future. They already know how to survive on almost nothing.
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People in these little towns will be more prepared for the crazy economic times and WW3 that's in our near future. They already know how to survive on almost nothing.
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tomfisher7206
Thank you Mr. Educated man for showing us how oklahoma sucks. Maybe go to San Francisco and see how the earned income is high but everyone lives and poops on the streets.
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Thank you Mr. Educated man for showing us how oklahoma sucks. Maybe go to San Francisco and see how the earned income is high but everyone lives and poops on the streets.
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blackgrl71
I've always believed that we need to re-imagine dying rural towns, especially now with our increasing housing crisis. Obviously not EVERY town can (or should) be saved.
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I've always believed that we need to re-imagine dying rural towns, especially now with our increasing housing crisis. Obviously not EVERY town can (or should) be saved.
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jolenedouglas3207
if some of the people still living in these areas why not salvage some of the wood and rebuild their own homes, I really do not think this would be a crime,
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if some of the people still living in these areas why not salvage some of the wood and rebuild their own homes, I really do not think this would be a crime,
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littleweasel4728
Need to stop showing rural towns. All you’re doing is showing city people small town living, that they can come in and destroy an honest way of life.
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Need to stop showing rural towns. All you’re doing is showing city people small town living, that they can come in and destroy an honest way of life.
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usa-by-car
Most of business centres in closed position. Wonder how people used to make financial income here. Do they own farm lands Any Industrial estates in town
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Most of business centres in closed position. Wonder how people used to make financial income here. Do they own farm lands Any Industrial estates in town
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natdizzle4259
From the area. I'm in Oklahoma City now and I can't find any job that will take care of me sucks working my butt off and nothing to show for it
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From the area. I'm in Oklahoma City now and I can't find any job that will take care of me sucks working my butt off and nothing to show for it
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dondighton9916
You would be surprised by how many people you drove by in Clayton Albion an talihina that had a lot of money an own hundreds of acres of land
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You would be surprised by how many people you drove by in Clayton Albion an talihina that had a lot of money an own hundreds of acres of land
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davidkatra3130
Coal mine ending killed Wilburton, nothing else. Every town has trashy houses. The filmer only picks out the bad, never the good. Obviously.
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Coal mine ending killed Wilburton, nothing else. Every town has trashy houses. The filmer only picks out the bad, never the good. Obviously.
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WhittyPics
All these places in destress but we have plenty of money to send overseas I live in Clover SC. It may be a town you want to see sometime.
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All these places in destress but we have plenty of money to send overseas I live in Clover SC. It may be a town you want to see sometime.
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