$100k a year, no longer in Lafayette
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 Lafayette ran you
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Tulsa is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,350/mo
1% more expensive than Lafayette(vs $1,332/mo)
4.75%
$146/mo more in state tax than Lafayette
vs 3% in Lafayette
$6,588/mo
$163 less than Lafayette
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
26% more expensive than Lafayette
vs $200k in Lafayette
1.0M
vs 414k in Lafayette
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
Lafayette edges ahead with 211 pleasant days. Summers run hot, though: 31 days above 95° vs Lafayette's 7.
A real upgrade on things to do: 7.6× Lafayette's pace.
49/100
14% higher than Lafayette
vs 43/100 in Lafayette
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
9% lower than Lafayette
vs 85/100 in Lafayette
18
500% more than Lafayette
vs 3 nonstops in Lafayette
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