$100k salary, packing up from Kennewick

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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

$85

the monthly cost of moving past Kennewick

Barely costlier than Kennewick. If Oklahoma City pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
landable, recorded on the oklahoma city entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,376/mo

18% cheaper than Kennewick(vs $1,686/mo)

02state income tax

4.75%

$396/mo more in state tax than Kennewick

vs 0% in Kennewick

03after rent

$6,562/mo

$85 less than Kennewick

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

04a house here

$246k

44% cheaper than Kennewick

vs $441k in Kennewick

05metro size

1.5M

vs 314k in Kennewick

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

191

pleasant days a year, in oklahoma city.

Kennewick gets 199 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.

Nights and weekends fill up faster. 49.0× more on the calendar than Kennewick.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

45/100

39% lower than Kennewick

vs 74/100 in Kennewick

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

·walk score®

73/100

33% higher than Kennewick

vs 55/100 in Kennewick

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

20

150% more than Kennewick

vs 8 nonstops in Kennewick

04 · see also

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