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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

$298

more expensive each month than El Paso

Oklahoma City runs a little pricier than El Paso. 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

7% cheaper than El Paso(vs $1,473/mo)

02state income tax

4.75%

$396/mo more in state tax than El Paso

vs 0% in El Paso

03after rent

$6,562/mo

$298 less than El Paso

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

04a house here

$246k

6% more expensive than El Paso

vs $231k in El Paso

05metro size

1.5M

vs 872k in El Paso

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

191

pleasant days a year, in oklahoma city.

El Paso edges ahead with 222 pleasant days.

1.6× the events of El Paso, and the calendar shows it.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

45/100

31% lower than El Paso

vs 65/100 in El Paso

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

·walk score®

73/100

22% lower than El Paso

vs 93/100 in El Paso

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

20

54% more than El Paso

vs 13 nonstops in El Paso

04 · see also

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