on $100k a year, leaving Lancaster
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
lighter monthly cost than Lancaster
Money-wise it's a wash. The case for Tulsa is everything that isn't rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,350/mo
11% cheaper than Lancaster(vs $1,517/mo)
4.75%
$140/mo more in state tax than Lancaster
vs 3.07% in Lancaster
$6,588/mo
$27 more than Lancaster
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
34% cheaper than Lancaster
vs $384k in Lancaster
1.0M
vs 559k in Lancaster
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
Lancaster barely cracks 158 pleasant ones. Hot stretches show up, though: 31 days above 95° here, 3 in Lancaster.
153% more happening than in Lancaster.
49/100
22% lower than Lancaster
vs 63/100 in Lancaster
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
21% lower than Lancaster
vs 97/100 in Lancaster
18
1700% more than Lancaster
vs 1 nonstops in Lancaster
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