Oklahoma City Worse Place to Live Than Newark?

I appears that I am in the 5th worst place in the country to live. So what are the factors that put OKC so high up on this list?

Lots of fat people...check
Lack of parks...check
Lack of people biking or walking to work...check (who the hell would want to walk in this heat anway?)

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/08/05/10-worst-places-to-live/

I never thought I would consider Newark as an upgrade but there you have it. At least I can still look down on Detroit! Maybe if I start eating non-stop and stop moving completely I can help propel us to #1 for next year.

Oklahoma Politics

I've been trying to ignore the fact that I have been living in a red state but the signs are clearly all around me:
1. The political candidates here talk about God in their ads. In CT a Republican won't even use the word "conservative" let along use the word "God."
2. A woman bragged to me about her husband loving Glenn Beck. I'm assuming she has never seen his show or else she would try and keep that one under wraps.
3. The local tea party is forming an armed militia...as if the tea party wasn't crazy enough!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/13/oklahoma-tea-party-plans_n_535412.html
This from a city that lost 168 people, many of them children when an anti-government terrorist blew up the building that used to be right next door to where I currently live.
4. A co-worker is heading to DC to spend her wedding anniversary at a Sarah Palin-Glenn Beck-Tea Party rally. Nothing says romance like that trio! She is a little nervous about "black panthers, communists and socialists (oh my)" that are sure to protest but why let an anniversary stand in the way of a perfectly good riot!

All of this is just a little but overwhelming for someone who is liberal even by New England standard.