$100k a year, no longer in Portland
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 Portland, every month
Tulsa sits well below Portland on cost. Same paycheck, a noticeably lighter month.
a quick ledger.
$1,350/mo
41% cheaper than Portland(vs $2,285/mo)
4.75%
$229/mo less in state tax than Portland
vs 7.5% in Portland
$6,588/mo
$1,165 more than Portland
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
53% cheaper than Portland
vs $543k in Portland
1.0M
vs 566k in Portland
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
Portland barely cracks 145 pleasant ones. Hot stretches show up, though: 31 days above 95° here, 0 in Portland.
About as much going on as in Portland.
49/100
31% lower than Portland
vs 71/100 in Portland
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
21% lower than Portland
vs 98/100 in Portland
18
800% more than Portland
vs 2 nonstops in Portland
neighbors of tulsa on the map of tradeoffs:
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