on $100k a year, leaving Lincoln
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
below Lincoln's monthly cost
Money-wise it's a wash. The case for Tulsa is everything that isn't rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,350/mo
3% more expensive than Lincoln(vs $1,311/mo)
4.75%
$91/mo less in state tax than Lincoln
vs 5.84% in Lincoln
$6,588/mo
$52 more than Lincoln
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
16% cheaper than Lincoln
vs $302k in Lincoln
1.0M
vs 344k in Lincoln
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
Lincoln barely cracks 152 pleasant ones. Summers run hot, though: 31 days above 95° vs Lincoln's 13.
A real upgrade on things to do: 1.5× Lincoln's pace.
49/100
8% lower than Lincoln
vs 53/100 in Lincoln
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
3% higher than Lincoln
vs 75/100 in Lincoln
18
500% more than Lincoln
vs 3 nonstops in Lincoln
same energy as tulsa, different zip code:
compare tulsa with:
