$100k salary, packing up from Greensboro
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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 Greensboro, every month
Tulsa and Greensboro 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
5% cheaper than Greensboro(vs $1,428/mo)
4.75%
$21/mo more in state tax than Greensboro
vs 4.5% in Greensboro
$6,588/mo
$58 more than Greensboro
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
6% cheaper than Greensboro
vs $269k in Greensboro
1.0M
vs 790k in Greensboro
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
Greensboro actually gets more: 189 pleasant days a year. Summer is real but not punishing: 31 days top 95° vs Greensboro's 8.
Comparable to Greensboro for events and concerts.
49/100
9% lower than Greensboro
vs 54/100 in Greensboro
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
12% lower than Greensboro
vs 88/100 in Greensboro
18
29% more than Greensboro
vs 14 nonstops in Greensboro
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