on $100k a year, leaving Memphis
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
pricier each month than Memphis
Oklahoma City runs a little pricier than Memphis. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,376/mo
4% cheaper than Memphis(vs $1,436/mo)
4.75%
$396/mo more in state tax than Memphis
vs 0% in Memphis
$6,562/mo
$335 less than Memphis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$246k
1% more expensive than Memphis
vs $244k in Memphis
1.5M
vs 1.3M in Memphis
field notes, weather & such.
191
pleasant days a year, in oklahoma city.
Memphis barely cracks 185 pleasant ones. Summers run hot, though: 26 days above 95° vs Memphis's 6.
36% more happening than in Memphis.
45/100
20% lower than Memphis
vs 56/100 in Memphis
Closest outdoor draw: Lake Thunderbird State Park, 24 mi.
73/100
18% lower than Memphis
vs 89/100 in Memphis
20
37% fewer than Memphis
vs 32 nonstops in Memphis
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