$100k salary, packing up from San Antonio
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
the monthly cost of moving past San Antonio
Tulsa costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,350/mo
3% cheaper than San Antonio(vs $1,394/mo)
4.75%
$396/mo more in state tax than San Antonio
vs 0% in San Antonio
$6,588/mo
$351 less than San Antonio
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
10% cheaper than San Antonio
vs $280k in San Antonio
1.0M
vs 2.7M in San Antonio
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
San Antonio has the edge here, logging 167 pleasant days a year.
Lighter on events: San Antonio packs 3.0× more into a month.
49/100
0% lower than San Antonio
vs 49/100 in San Antonio
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
21% lower than San Antonio
vs 97/100 in San Antonio
18
49% fewer than San Antonio
vs 35 nonstops in San Antonio
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