$100k a year, no longer in Memphis
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 Memphis ran you
Tulsa costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,350/mo
6% cheaper than Memphis(vs $1,436/mo)
4.75%
$396/mo more in state tax than Memphis
vs 0% in Memphis
$6,588/mo
$309 less than Memphis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
4% more expensive than Memphis
vs $244k in Memphis
1.0M
vs 1.3M in Memphis
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
Memphis actually gets more: 185 pleasant days a year. Summer is real but not punishing: 31 days top 95° vs Memphis's 6.
Comparable to Memphis for events and concerts.
49/100
12% lower than Memphis
vs 56/100 in Memphis
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
13% lower than Memphis
vs 89/100 in Memphis
18
44% fewer than Memphis
vs 32 nonstops in Memphis
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