same $100k income, fresh start from New York
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 York, every month
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
59% cheaper than New York(vs $3,329/mo)
4.75%
$498/mo less in state tax than New York
vs 10.73% in New York
$6,588/mo
$2,478 more than New York
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
66% cheaper than New York
vs $739k in New York
1.0M
vs 19.5M in New York
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
New York actually gets more: 171 pleasant days a year. Warm, not extreme: 31 days clear 95°, vs 1 back in New York.
But the calendar thins out: New York stays 102.8× busier.
49/100
37% lower than New York
vs 78/100 in New York
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
23% lower than New York
vs 100/100 in New York
18
92% fewer than New York
vs 215 nonstops in New York
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