on $100k a year, leaving San Jose
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 San Jose, every month
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
61% cheaper than San Jose(vs $3,470/mo)
4.75%
$379/mo less in state tax than San Jose
vs 9.3% in San Jose
$6,588/mo
$2,500 more than San Jose
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
86% cheaper than San Jose
vs $1796k in San Jose
1.0M
vs 1.9M in San Jose
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
San Jose edges ahead with 283 pleasant days.
39% fewer events than San Jose. The pace eases up.
49/100
30% lower than San Jose
vs 70/100 in San Jose
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
19% lower than San Jose
vs 95/100 in San Jose
18
38% fewer than San Jose
vs 29 nonstops in San Jose
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