Cost of living is very reasonable. Amount of stuff to do in town was reasonable for a college kid or grown-up, but probably excruciatingly dull for teenagers and younger. The weather was, in my opinion, beautiful, with nice hot summers, and winters that would bring 3 or 4 shallow snowfalls a year. The snow would stick around for a few days and then melt—it would stay long enough to be fun, but not so long as to become a hassle.

That said, Stillwater seems to have more than its fair share of litter, and that drove me crazy. I don’t know if it’s because it’s so windy, or what, but there is always litter on the sides of the roads and all over parking lots. I found that really depressing.

When I first moved there, I was somewhat terrified by the rental properties—they were all ALL ALL ALL dumps. However, by the time I moved away, some new things had been built, and there seemed to be a trend by landlords to spruce up their properties.