same $100k income, fresh start from San Francisco
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
cheaper each month than San Francisco
Move to Oklahoma City and the monthly math gets easier. San Francisco's rent is the headline; Oklahoma City's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,376/mo
56% cheaper than San Francisco(vs $3,146/mo)
4.75%
$379/mo less in state tax than San Francisco
vs 9.3% in San Francisco
$6,562/mo
$2,150 more than San Francisco
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$246k
80% cheaper than San Francisco
vs $1239k in San Francisco
1.5M
vs 4.6M in San Francisco
field notes, weather & such.
191
pleasant days a year, in oklahoma city.
San Francisco gets 312 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Hot stretches show up, though: 26 days above 95° here, 0 in San Francisco.
Noticeably quieter than San Francisco. About 81% fewer events on a typical month.
45/100
46% lower than San Francisco
vs 83/100 in San Francisco
Closest outdoor draw: Lake Thunderbird State Park, 24 mi.
73/100
26% lower than San Francisco
vs 99/100 in San Francisco
20
82% fewer than San Francisco
vs 111 nonstops in San Francisco
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