on $100k a year, leaving Kingsport
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 each month than Kingsport ran you
Tulsa costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,350/mo
2% cheaper than Kingsport(vs $1,383/mo)
4.75%
$396/mo more in state tax than Kingsport
vs 0% in Kingsport
$6,588/mo
$362 less than Kingsport
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
4% more expensive than Kingsport
vs $244k in Kingsport
1.0M
vs 312k in Kingsport
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
Kingsport has the edge here, logging 188 pleasant days a year. Warm, not extreme: 31 days clear 95°, vs 1 back in Kingsport.
375% more happening than in Kingsport.
49/100
17% lower than Kingsport
vs 59/100 in Kingsport
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
4% higher than Kingsport
vs 74/100 in Kingsport
18
350% more than Kingsport
vs 4 nonstops in Kingsport
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