on $100k a year, leaving New Orleans
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
under New Orleans, every month
Cost barely budges between Tulsa and New Orleans. Pick this one for the texture of the days, not the math.
a quick ledger.
$1,350/mo
16% cheaper than New Orleans(vs $1,612/mo)
4.75%
$146/mo more in state tax than New Orleans
vs 3% in New Orleans
$6,588/mo
$117 more than New Orleans
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
2% cheaper than New Orleans
vs $259k in New Orleans
1.0M
vs 962k in New Orleans
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
New Orleans gets 235 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Hot stretches show up, though: 31 days above 95° here, 3 in New Orleans.
Lighter on events: New Orleans packs 2.5× more into a month.
49/100
11% lower than New Orleans
vs 55/100 in New Orleans
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
21% lower than New Orleans
vs 98/100 in New Orleans
18
54% fewer than New Orleans
vs 39 nonstops in New Orleans
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