on $100k a year, leaving Boulder
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
under Boulder, every month
Move to Tulsa and the monthly math gets easier. Boulder's rent is the headline; Tulsa's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,350/mo
39% cheaper than Boulder(vs $2,216/mo)
4.75%
$29/mo more in state tax than Boulder
vs 4.4% in Boulder
$6,588/mo
$837 more than Boulder
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
68% cheaper than Boulder
vs $783k in Boulder
1.0M
vs 327k in Boulder
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
Boulder has the edge here, logging 178 pleasant days a year. Summer is real but not punishing: 31 days top 95° vs Boulder's 13.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 6.3× more on the calendar than Boulder.
49/100
38% lower than Boulder
vs 79/100 in Boulder
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
8% lower than Boulder
vs 84/100 in Boulder
18
89% fewer than Boulder
vs 169 nonstops in Boulder
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