What is the worst area (ecomically speaking) to live today in the United States? Is Oklahoma okay?
I live in Minnesota and hate winter. My family and I have been talking about moving to a place with a great climate and I fell in love with the climate and Downtown photos of Tulsa, OK. I was wondering if it is different economically there. Will it be as easy to find a job with satisfactory earnings as it is here? I notices that the cost of living is significantly cheaper. But how much is a gallon of gas, or milk?
I need information on Tulsa, or on other nice places in the US that have a nice climate (preferably not much snow, no hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes or volcanoes. And I am not into cockroaches that are larger than the tip of my finger.
We are also used to living in the outskirts of a Metropolitan area, and enjoy hevily populated areas.
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4 comments
lost at what to do on November 15, 2009 at 6:47 am
i just moved to tulsa, i use to live in florida and new hampshire, so i know what ya mean. tulsa is not a bad place to live, the weather so far is not too cold, its 60s here now and nh its 7in of snow right now. and its way cooler than florida. it does snow here, but to me its like a dusting of snow. i bought gas yesturday at 2.79 a gallon i think milk is alittle high, i think around 3 something. we bought our house so cheap i couldn’t believe it under 100 grand the same thing would go for double or triple in fl or nh. its a good house, 3 bedroom and good neighborhood. but i hear there are a lot of tornadoes. haven’t seen one yet.
harry k on November 15, 2009 at 6:47 am
Tulsa is the heart of the bible belt, that will be the biggest difference.
fredo on November 15, 2009 at 6:47 am
Tulsa is great. There should be plenty of jobs available depending on what you’re looking for. The economy is pretty good especially with the help of the energy sector (Oil and Natural Gas mainly). And the city has a lot of surrounding population like Broken Arrow, etc so it is quite populated. Some very nice lakes around NE oklahoma too.
It is in tornado alley however so consider that. Even then your chances of being in one are pretty small. Gas is most likely cheaper than in MN, milk probably the same.
The actuall city of Tulsa like Downtown is kind of liberal due to the colleges but the surrounding areas are quite conservative.
doug r on November 15, 2009 at 6:47 am
Sometimes a bad economic climate can be good for someone else. I live in the bay area (San Francisco area) and housing is still astronomical high because the job situation is very good. So it works both ways. If you have a high paying job here you still spend most of your money on housing unless you have that locked down.
Since housing is likely to be your biggest cost you should look at that in particular. Most other costs follow the price of land. That being said, of course you should look at crime rates, etc.