same $100k income, fresh start from Oklahoma City
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las vegas
NV
36.17°N
115.14°W
Las Vegas is the Strip's neon dream, the desert's quiet edges, and a food scene that has quietly become world-class on the back of all those visiting chefs. Red Rock Canyon is 20 minutes from the Bellagio fountains, which is a useful reset button. Pools open in April and parties go until sunrise. Locals know the best restaurants are always one block off the Strip.
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cheaper each month than Oklahoma City
Cost barely budges between Las Vegas and Oklahoma City. Pick this one for the texture of the days, not the math.
a quick ledger.
$1,731/mo
26% more expensive than Oklahoma City(vs $1,376/mo)
0%
$396/mo less in state tax than Oklahoma City
vs 4.75% in Oklahoma City
$6,602/mo
$40 more than Oklahoma City
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$451k
83% more expensive than Oklahoma City
vs $246k in Oklahoma City
2.3M
vs 1.5M in Oklahoma City
field notes, weather & such.
210
pleasant days a year, in las vegas.
Oklahoma City only logs 191 pleasant days. Heat is the cost: 104 days top 95° vs Oklahoma City's 26.
7059% more happening than in Oklahoma City.
80/100
78% higher than Oklahoma City
vs 45/100 in Oklahoma City
Closest outdoor draw: Death Valley National Park, 66.5 mi.
82/100
12% higher than Oklahoma City
vs 73/100 in Oklahoma City
133
565% more than Oklahoma City
vs 20 nonstops in Oklahoma City
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