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Oklahoma City, OK cityscape

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Oklahoma City

ok · metro 1.5M

a dispatch from

oklahoma city

OK

35.47°N

97.52°W

Oklahoma City is Bricktown's canal and warehouses, the Thunder (who get loud), and the deeply moving Oklahoma City National Memorial. The downtown's grown up fast in the last decade, the food scene leans steaks and Vietnamese (the Asian District is legit), and the surrounding plains give the city an enormous sky. The Cowboy Hall of Fame is more thoughtful than the name suggests.

metro1.5M

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$247

more expensive each month than Chattanooga

Oklahoma City runs a little pricier than Chattanooga. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the oklahoma city entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,376/mo

10% cheaper than Chattanooga(vs $1,524/mo)

02state income tax

4.75%

$396/mo more in state tax than Chattanooga

vs 0% in Chattanooga

03after rent

$6,562/mo

$247 less than Chattanooga

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

04a house here

$246k

24% cheaper than Chattanooga

vs $322k in Chattanooga

05metro size

1.5M

vs 580k in Chattanooga

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

191

pleasant days a year, in oklahoma city.

Chattanooga barely cracks 167 pleasant ones.

113% more happening than in Chattanooga.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

45/100

35% lower than Chattanooga

vs 69/100 in Chattanooga

Closest outdoor draw: Lake Thunderbird State Park, 24 mi.

·walk score®

73/100

11% lower than Chattanooga

vs 82/100 in Chattanooga

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

20

150% more than Chattanooga

vs 8 nonstops in Chattanooga

04 · see also

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