Young people were leaving Oklahoma City in droves for Washington and Dallas and Houston and New York and Tokyo, anywhere where they could  find a job that measured up to their educational attainment, because in Oklahoma City, the good jobs just weren't there.
Die jungen Leute verließen  Oklahoma City in Scharen und zogen nach Washington,  Dallas, Houston, New York oder Tokyo, überall dorthin,  wo sie eine Arbeit fanden, die ihrer Ausbildung entsprach, weil es in Oklahoma City  einfach keine guten Stellen gab.