on $100k a year, leaving Los Angeles
changea 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.
the verdict
under Los Angeles, every month
Oklahoma City is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,376/mo
53% cheaper than Los Angeles(vs $2,899/mo)
4.75%
$379/mo less in state tax than Los Angeles
vs 9.3% in Los Angeles
$6,562/mo
$1,903 more than Los Angeles
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$246k
76% cheaper than Los Angeles
vs $1029k in Los Angeles
1.5M
vs 12.8M in Los Angeles
field notes, weather & such.
191
pleasant days a year, in oklahoma city.
Los Angeles has the edge here, logging 283 pleasant days a year.
But the calendar thins out: Los Angeles stays 7.1× busier.
45/100
33% lower than Los Angeles
vs 67/100 in Los Angeles
Closest outdoor draw: Lake Thunderbird State Park, 24 mi.
73/100
24% lower than Los Angeles
vs 96/100 in Los Angeles
20
87% fewer than Los Angeles
vs 150 nonstops in Los Angeles
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