same $100k income, fresh start from Fort Wayne
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
more expensive each month than Fort Wayne
Tulsa costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,350/mo
14% more expensive than Fort Wayne(vs $1,187/mo)
4.75%
$146/mo more in state tax than Fort Wayne
vs 3% in Fort Wayne
$6,588/mo
$308 less than Fort Wayne
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
0% more expensive than Fort Wayne
vs $254k in Fort Wayne
1.0M
vs 458k in Fort Wayne
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
Fort Wayne only manages 161 of those. Summer is real but not punishing: 31 days top 95° vs Fort Wayne's 0.
A real upgrade on things to do: 1.8× Fort Wayne's pace.
49/100
7% higher than Fort Wayne
vs 46/100 in Fort Wayne
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
14% lower than Fort Wayne
vs 90/100 in Fort Wayne
18
80% more than Fort Wayne
vs 10 nonstops in Fort Wayne
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