with $100k coming in, swapping out of Baltimore
changea dispatch from
tulsa
OK
36.15°N
95.99°W
Tulsa was built by 1920s oil money and the downtown looks the part: Art Deco everywhere, like Gatsby moved to Oklahoma and never left. The Greenwood district, once known as Black Wall Street, now holds one of the most powerful civil rights museums in the country. The Tulsa Remote program pays new arrivals $10,000 to move here, and enough have taken the deal that there's a real scene now. The Gathering Place park alone is worth a flight.
the verdict
below Baltimore's monthly cost
Tulsa is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,350/mo
28% cheaper than Baltimore(vs $1,868/mo)
4.75%
$288/mo less in state tax than Baltimore
vs 8.2% in Baltimore
$6,588/mo
$806 more than Baltimore
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
39% cheaper than Baltimore
vs $412k in Baltimore
1.0M
vs 2.8M in Baltimore
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
Baltimore edges ahead with 168 pleasant days. Summers run hot, though: 31 days above 95° vs Baltimore's 4.
Baltimore hosts 1.8× more events.
49/100
26% lower than Baltimore
vs 66/100 in Baltimore
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
21% lower than Baltimore
vs 98/100 in Baltimore
18
75% fewer than Baltimore
vs 72 nonstops in Baltimore
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