on $100k a year, leaving Los Angeles
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 Los Angeles's monthly cost
Tulsa is the kind of cheap that changes the math. Same salary, a different life on the other side.
a quick ledger.
$1,350/mo
53% cheaper than Los Angeles(vs $2,899/mo)
4.75%
$379/mo less in state tax than Los Angeles
vs 9.3% in Los Angeles
$6,588/mo
$1,929 more than Los Angeles
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
75% cheaper than Los Angeles
vs $1029k in Los Angeles
1.0M
vs 12.8M in Los Angeles
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
Los Angeles gets 283 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
Lighter on events: Los Angeles packs 9.2× more into a month.
49/100
27% lower than Los Angeles
vs 67/100 in Los Angeles
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
20% lower than Los Angeles
vs 96/100 in Los Angeles
18
88% fewer than Los Angeles
vs 150 nonstops in Los Angeles
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