on $100k a year, leaving Spokane
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
more each month than Spokane ran you
You'd pay for Tulsa. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$1,350/mo
11% cheaper than Spokane(vs $1,520/mo)
4.75%
$396/mo more in state tax than Spokane
vs 0% in Spokane
$6,588/mo
$225 less than Spokane
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
40% cheaper than Spokane
vs $420k in Spokane
1.0M
vs 600k in Spokane
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
Spokane has the edge here, logging 164 pleasant days a year. Summer is real but not punishing: 31 days top 95° vs Spokane's 6.
On par with Spokane for events and shows.
49/100
40% lower than Spokane
vs 81/100 in Spokane
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
15% lower than Spokane
vs 91/100 in Spokane
18
80% more than Spokane
vs 10 nonstops in Spokane
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