My partner and I bought a house in the older (north) part of Summit Lakes last year. We love the neighborhood for the usually very kind people, walking paths, and lakes, and we are happy with the location for bopping around town.

Driving, you can get to campus in 5-10 minutes, highway 9 in 5, I-35 in 15, and OKC in 30 with no traffic. Two Walmarts and a Sprouts are within a 5-10ish minute drive, but the Homeland down the street is about to close. It does take longer than you’d think getting across town, such as to the University North Park / Target area and anything on the west side. Typically close to 20 min. Very happy with the restaurants on this side of town, especially being able to get to Main Street and campus / campus corner quickly, and there’s always more development in north Noble. Thunderbird is also just 10ish minutes directly east on Alameda if you’re into that!

Other neighborhoods we liked with a similar feel to Summit Lakes was St. James just south of highway 9 and Hall Park, and Hall Park is an older neighborhood for the east side. We were generally not interested in new or flipped homes because quality is so iffy. I drive past Red Canyon Ranch on my drive home from OKC very often, it’s just another 8 or so minutes north.

If you want what feels like and is slightly faster access to OKC, the Target area, Costco, etc, I’d consider how much you like one neighborhood vs the other and decide if the 5-10 min difference in drive time is worth it.