01 · the cities
Toledo
Toledo is the Glass City, with a long history of glassmaking (Owens-Illinois, Libbey, Pilkington), and the Toledo Museum of Art's glass pavilion is genuinely world-class and free. The Mud Hens (yes, Klinger's team) play minor league ball downtown. Sitting between Detroit and Cleveland on Lake Erie, Toledo has serious walleye fishing and a real lake-town pace. Cheaper than its bigger neighbors.
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
$1,197/mo
$1,350/mo
$153/mo more than Toledo (11%)
Median home price
Median home price
$196k
$253k
$57k more than Toledo
State income tax
State income tax
4.0%
4.8%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$6,804/mo
$6,588/mo
Toledo has $216/mo more gross after rent at $100k
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03 · the weather
Pleasant days/yr
Pleasant days/yr
159 days
163 days
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
31 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
38 days
12 days
days below 20°F per year
Tulsa has 31 more days above 95°F each year than Toledo. Toledo drops below 20°F on 26 more days per year than Tulsa.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
55 / 100
49 / 100
6.0 pts behind Toledo
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
4 routes
18 routes
14 more direct routes than Toledo
Metro size
Metro size
600k metro
1.0M metro
Toledo has 1.5x fewer events per month than Tulsa.
the verdict
6
Toledo
categories won
2
Tulsa
categories won
Toledo leads on money and wins overall.
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