$100k salary, packing up from Omaha
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
less monthly outlay than Omaha
Tulsa and Omaha land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,350/mo
4% cheaper than Omaha(vs $1,412/mo)
4.75%
$91/mo less in state tax than Omaha
vs 5.84% in Omaha
$6,588/mo
$153 more than Omaha
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
17% cheaper than Omaha
vs $306k in Omaha
1.0M
vs 985k in Omaha
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
Omaha only manages 145 of those. Summer is real but not punishing: 31 days top 95° vs Omaha's 11.
39% fewer events than Omaha. The pace eases up.
49/100
8% lower than Omaha
vs 53/100 in Omaha
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
11% lower than Omaha
vs 87/100 in Omaha
18
5% fewer than Omaha
vs 19 nonstops in Omaha
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