$100k a year, no longer in Lansing
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
the monthly cost of moving past Lansing
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
7% more expensive than Lansing(vs $1,259/mo)
4.75%
$42/mo more in state tax than Lansing
vs 4.25% in Lansing
$6,588/mo
$132 less than Lansing
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
4% more expensive than Lansing
vs $244k in Lansing
1.0M
vs 473k in Lansing
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
Lansing barely cracks 153 pleasant ones. Hot stretches show up, though: 31 days above 95° here, 0 in Lansing.
2.1× the events of Lansing, and the calendar shows it.
49/100
14% lower than Lansing
vs 57/100 in Lansing
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
4% lower than Lansing
vs 80/100 in Lansing
18
200% more than Lansing
vs 6 nonstops in Lansing
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