01 · the cities
Oxnard
Oxnard is California's strawberry capital, where the fields literally run up to the beach. Channel Islands Harbor is a quiet alternative to the busier Ventura and Santa Barbara, with great seafood and a chill Mexican food scene. The weather is the perfect 65-and-overcast that locals call 'June gloom' for most of summer. The Channel Islands themselves are a ferry ride away.
full dispatch→Tulsa
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.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$2,995/mo
$1,350/mo
$1,645/mo less than Oxnard (122%)
Median home price
Median home price
$923k
$253k
$670k less than Oxnard
State income tax
State income tax
9.3%
4.8%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$4,563/mo
$6,588/mo
Tulsa has $2,025/mo more gross after rent at $100k
Gross left after rent reflects state income tax but not federal, based on $100k salary. Enter your salary to find your ideal city.
03 · the weather
Pleasant days/yr
Pleasant days/yr
342 days
163 days
179 fewer than Oxnard
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
31 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
0 days
12 days
days below 20°F per year
Tulsa has 31 more days above 95°F each year than Oxnard. Tulsa drops below 20°F on 12 more days per year than Oxnard.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
74 / 100
49 / 100
25.0 pts behind Oxnard
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
0 routes
18 routes
18 more direct routes than Oxnard
Metro size
Metro size
830k metro
1.0M metro
Oxnard has 1.6x fewer events per month than Tulsa.
the verdict
4
Oxnard
categories won
5
Tulsa
categories won
Tulsa wins on money. Oxnard has the edge on weather.
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