$100k a year, no longer in Tulsa

change
New Haven, CT cityscape

instead of tulsa

New Haven

ct · metro 568k

a dispatch from

new haven

CT

41.31°N

72.92°W

New Haven invented apizza (that's a-PEETS, the local New Haven Italian style), and Frank Pepe's claims the white clam pie as their original. Yale anchors the city with its Gothic spires and museums (the Yale University Art Gallery is free and exceptional). The Long Island Sound is right there, and the city's a 90-minute train ride to Grand Central. Pizza-pilgrimage worthy on its own.

metro568k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$802

more each month than Tulsa ran you

New Haven is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
landable, recorded on the new haven entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,089/mo

55% more expensive than Tulsa(vs $1,350/mo)

02state income tax

5.5%

$63/mo more in state tax than Tulsa

vs 4.75% in Tulsa

03after rent

$5,786/mo

$802 less than Tulsa

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$424k

67% more expensive than Tulsa

vs $253k in Tulsa

05metro size

568k

vs 1.0M in Tulsa

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

155

pleasant days a year, in new haven.

Tulsa edges ahead with 163 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 40 days drop below 20° vs Tulsa's 12.

53% fewer events than Tulsa. The pace eases up.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

67/100

37% higher than Tulsa

vs 49/100 in Tulsa

Closest outdoor draw: Wildwood State Park, 24.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

25% higher than Tulsa

vs 77/100 in Tulsa

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

1

94% fewer than Tulsa

vs 18 nonstops in Tulsa

04 · see also

neighbors of new haven on the map of tradeoffs: