same $100k income, fresh start from St. Louis
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 St. Louis
Cost barely budges between Oklahoma City and St. Louis. Pick this one for the texture of the days, not the math.
a quick ledger.
$1,376/mo
2% cheaper than St. Louis(vs $1,411/mo)
4.75%
$4/mo more in state tax than St. Louis
vs 4.7% in St. Louis
$6,562/mo
$31 more than St. Louis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$246k
11% cheaper than St. Louis
vs $277k in St. Louis
1.5M
vs 2.8M in St. Louis
field notes, weather & such.
191
pleasant days a year, in oklahoma city.
St. Louis keeps to 174 pleasant days a year. Summer is real but not punishing: 26 days top 95° vs St. Louis's 5.
But the calendar thins out: St. Louis stays 1.6× busier.
45/100
34% lower than St. Louis
vs 68/100 in St. Louis
Closest outdoor draw: Lake Thunderbird State Park, 24 mi.
73/100
16% lower than St. Louis
vs 87/100 in St. Louis
20
67% fewer than St. Louis
vs 60 nonstops in St. Louis
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