with $100k coming in, swapping out of Detroit
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
cheaper each month than Detroit
Tulsa and Detroit land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,350/mo
8% cheaper than Detroit(vs $1,472/mo)
4.75%
$42/mo more in state tax than Detroit
vs 4.25% in Detroit
$6,588/mo
$81 more than Detroit
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
3% cheaper than Detroit
vs $262k in Detroit
1.0M
vs 4.3M in Detroit
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
Detroit keeps to 160 pleasant days a year. Warm, not extreme: 31 days clear 95°, vs 0 back in Detroit.
58% fewer events than Detroit. The pace eases up.
49/100
4% higher than Detroit
vs 47/100 in Detroit
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
22% lower than Detroit
vs 99/100 in Detroit
18
87% fewer than Detroit
vs 135 nonstops in Detroit
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