$100k salary, packing up from Honolulu
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
less monthly outlay than Honolulu
Move to Tulsa and the monthly math gets easier. Honolulu's rent is the headline; Tulsa's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,350/mo
53% cheaper than Honolulu(vs $2,843/mo)
4.75%
$521/mo less in state tax than Honolulu
vs 11% in Honolulu
$6,588/mo
$2,014 more than Honolulu
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
76% cheaper than Honolulu
vs $1061k in Honolulu
1.0M
vs 989k in Honolulu
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
Honolulu actually gets more: 316 pleasant days a year. Summer is real but not punishing: 31 days top 95° vs Honolulu's 0.
60% fewer events than Honolulu. The pace eases up.
49/100
11% lower than Honolulu
vs 55/100 in Honolulu
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
22% lower than Honolulu
vs 99/100 in Honolulu
18
65% fewer than Honolulu
vs 51 nonstops in Honolulu
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