$100k salary, packing up from St. Louis
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 St. Louis's monthly cost
On paper, Tulsa and St. Louis are twins. In practice they live very differently.
a quick ledger.
$1,350/mo
4% cheaper than St. Louis(vs $1,411/mo)
4.75%
$4/mo more in state tax than St. Louis
vs 4.7% in St. Louis
$6,588/mo
$57 more than St. Louis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$253k
9% cheaper than St. Louis
vs $277k in St. Louis
1.0M
vs 2.8M in St. Louis
field notes, weather & such.
163
pleasant days a year, in tulsa.
St. Louis edges ahead with 174 pleasant days. Summers run hot, though: 31 days above 95° vs St. Louis's 5.
53% fewer events than St. Louis. The pace eases up.
49/100
28% lower than St. Louis
vs 68/100 in St. Louis
Closest outdoor draw: Walnut Creek State Park, 17.7 mi.
77/100
11% lower than St. Louis
vs 87/100 in St. Louis
18
70% fewer than St. Louis
vs 60 nonstops in St. Louis
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