on $100k a year, leaving Providence
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 Providence's monthly cost
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
37% cheaper than Providence(vs $2,127/mo)
4.75%
$103/mo less in state tax than Providence
vs 5.99% in Providence
$6,588/mo
$881 more than Providence
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
52% cheaper than Providence
vs $528k in Providence
1.0M
vs 1.7M in Providence
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
Providence barely cracks 159 pleasant ones. Summers run hot, though: 31 days above 95° vs Providence's 1.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 1.8× more on the calendar than Providence.
49/100
22% lower than Providence
vs 63/100 in Providence
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
20% lower than Providence
vs 96/100 in Providence
18
6% more than Providence
vs 17 nonstops in Providence
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