$100k salary, packing up from Pensacola
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 Pensacola's monthly cost
Money-wise it's a wash. The case for Tulsa is everything that isn't rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,350/mo
23% cheaper than Pensacola(vs $1,752/mo)
4.75%
$396/mo more in state tax than Pensacola
vs 0% in Pensacola
$6,588/mo
$7 more than Pensacola
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
16% cheaper than Pensacola
vs $303k in Pensacola
1.0M
vs 530k in Pensacola
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
Pensacola gets 226 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Hot stretches show up, though: 31 days above 95° here, 6 in Pensacola.
A real upgrade on things to do: 1.5× Pensacola's pace.
49/100
29% lower than Pensacola
vs 69/100 in Pensacola
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
20% higher than Pensacola
vs 64/100 in Pensacola
18
64% more than Pensacola
vs 11 nonstops in Pensacola
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