Want $10K? Move your home office to Tulsa, Oklahoma

With countless people working out of their homes, does it really matter WHERE they live? According to Tulsa, Oklahoma, no! The city of 400,000 that has plenty of hip coffee shops, bustling bars, and a thriving arts district also wants more telecommuters, and is willing to pay you $10,000 to relocate there. Conor Knighton talks with people who have picked up and moved to the Sooner State after signing up for the Tulsa Remote program.
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[@MicahChoquette]

Don't know what the problem is with all the naysayers here. I live in a town near Tulsa and have worked in downtown Tulsa since 2010. The breath of fresh air that the area has experienced in the last decade has been amazing. If you want to work/live in a place where it's easy to access wide-open spaces and to be a part of something great that's happening in the middle of the country, come to Tulsa-you'll be glad you did.

[@yamahaguy1732]

Micah Choquette yeah I like it here and I don’t I mean I wish we had some attractions or something in the state frontier city is eh anyway it is nice to be able to have big city vibes and then out in the country

[@Hawaiiansky11]

I was initially looking at Santa Fe, but the housing is so expensive there (good luck finding a 2BR for less than $1,000--which is more than my monthly mortgage payment on my 3BR home with a 2-car garage). By the looks of it, pay for similar jobs is about the same in Santa Fe as in the Tulsa, Oklahoma City area, which has many, many 2 BR apartments with decent amenities for as little as $600 in some places. I will visit Santa Fe, because it's pretty and makes for a beautiful vacation spot, but I'm seriously contemplating OK as a place to live to get out of these nightmarish MN winters. Plus, MN is like #5 for highest tax rates, and is becoming more hostile towards small businesses by the day.

[@robertwest4157]

Yeah it's so awesome they gotta pay people to move there lol

[@jenniferbargo389]

I woke from home in Tulsa and have a lot more money in my pocket since leaving Phoenix.

[@bluesky2927]

Despite what everyone's saying in the comments, I love Tulsa. Lived there for six years and wouldn't hesitate to move back.

[@LauraMarieLive]

I hate it. I moved here and have never met so many people who take advantage of you. 6 people in two years have either scammed me, stole from me, tricked me, or used me. 6 significant times in less than 2 years.

[@Hawaiiansky11]

@@LauraMarieLive I'm thinking that you need to start learning who to trust v. who not to trust. Scammers are the same everywhere you go.

[@Soonerfrk11]

@@LauraMarieLive that sounds like a YOU issue lol

[@TimothyDearhamer]

In response to all the negative about Tulsa Public Schools: In 2010, Booker T. Washington High School (Tulsa Public Schools) placed 74th in Newsweek magazine's list of the top 100 public high schools in the US. The magazine ranked high schools according to the ratio of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students to the number of graduating seniors. (BTW: in the US there are 26,407 public secondary schools (high schools) and 10,693 private secondary schools.) Keep in mind: The total enrollment of Tulsa Public School is 39,609 students within 186 square miles which include 87 schools. If one would compare TPS to most "city" schools I doubt there are many differences with the exception of Booker T Washington High School, Carver Middle School, Eisenhower International School, Zarrow International School, Mayo Demonstration School, Dual Language Academy - to name a few.

[@soonerdave22]

I left ok for a reason or two. Mainly, we get our state legislators from the shallow end of the gene pool. You'll burn through that 10k just in suspension repairs.....roads and schools are way behind...

[@stephenyoungblood3683]

david douthitt, don’t forget about the turnpikes!

[@notwoke22]

Stupid replay.

[@Hawaiiansky11]

You sound like an arrogant, self-centered leftist. I'm sure OK doesn't miss you.

[@macymiller6079]

I recently moved to Tulsa from Arkansas and I'm honestly so glad I did. I don't think I'll ever go back.

[@np494609]

Everything is good compared to Arkansas to be fair lol

[@bobbykiefer4306]

Eureka springs is a cool town.

[@Hawaiiansky11]

@@np494609 We went to visit relatives in AR (around the Little Rock area) last summer and yeah, it's a massive creep-fest. And ooh, boy, that West Memphis!! We were so happy to get back to MO - felt like civilization again.

[@RadMad789]

If you have school aged children, Oklahoma is not the place to be.

[@jiijomire7025]

Why?

[@mattwaters9008]

@@jiijomire7025 the schools in oklahoma are terribleeee

[@theone2028]

It’s really not to bad as long as you move to a suburb. Sand Springs, Broken Arrow, Bixby etc. Tulsa schools (public) are garbage though.

[@yamahaguy1732]

Matt Waters I went to Owasso it was a really good school and I had friends in other states and those schools were terrible from what I heard

[@vanessawhittaker6818]

Amen

[@collinreesejones5525]

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS

[@Mimmie.]

Okay, I am from Oklahoma. I will give you guys some tips. If you move to Tulsa, try to move as close to the suburbs as possible and hopefully you can get your kid in a school at the suburbs. These have amazing schools that will teach your child well. Stay away from Tulsa Public Schools. Tulsa has a lot of potential and the people for the most part are great. I love to travel a lot, I love to fly and take road trips but eventually I always long for home. The people in other places just don't compare. Tulsa is not a hustle and bustle either. Only come here if you want to slow down your life, because it's definitely not Los Angeles. If you are looking to start a business this is a great place, but restaurants struggle here because there are so many of them. This is also a great place to purchase a second home on the cheap if you don't want to uproot everything.

[@Hawaiiansky11]

Sounds like it's right up my alley. :)

[@smokingxdreams.1045]

Can Indians go and live there too

[@whatyoulookingat9470]

I enjoy it, but it's not for everyone. To me I enjoy it because of the people. Some have moved from bigger cities, lived in near by towns in Oklahoma or just home grown. Whatever the case maybe you should at least come for the food we have. Grab a burger from Hanks hamburgers or go downtown to Jinyas for noodles. Maybe take a walk though Riverside or Lafortune Park. We do have alotta great things around Tulsa. I for one love this place, its home to me and will always be even if I decided to leave.

[@LauraMarieLive]

I hate it. I moved here and have never met so many people who take advantage of you. 6 people in two years have either scammed me, stole from me, tricked me, or used me. 6 significant times in less than 2 years.

[@notwoke22]

@@LauraMarieLive apparently you're an idiot. That's happing everywhere.

[@Hawaiiansky11]

@@LauraMarieLive You already posted this once. People are scammers everywhere.

[@davejarvis7522]

Great idea!! Looks like a nice small city!!

[@michelle11128]

I'm down we can do this

[@michaelbowers1902]

Over the past ten years Tulsa has become the next Austin. Think Portland and Dallas had a baby. And if you have kids. We have the countries most expensive Central City Park (The Gathering Place) mix that with all the lakes and rivers plus the hiking/fishing/camping within 60 minutes in any direction. You guys are missing out

[@np494609]

Nice try okie Tulsa will never be the next AuStin, it's got no Culture, tech presence and creativity. The two aren't even in the same league homeboy I've lived in Austin for 5 years been to Tulsa It's lame

[@Hawaiiansky11]

@@np494609 I hate big cities - and no that doesn't mean I'm a toothless backwater hick. I have an MBA. and a full set of teeth (that I often get compliment on, BTW). I just can't stand all that craziness. Oh, and the leftists. Ew.

[@ChristianMoseby]

@@np494609 well Nick, I know I'm 2 years late to this convo, BUT...with the ongoing influx of creative newcomers thanks to the Tulsa Remote program, the tech presence and creativity has indeed and is still growing! Change is good and it's happening.

[@udontdance_1062]

We know a party or two in Tulsa.

[@myothercarisadelorean8957]

This only applied to people who run their own business, not people who WFH for a business. If you WFH in California for a company based in California, will your company allow you to make this move and still pay you California wages? Probably not.

[@taraaliyeva1813]

I will LOVE to move but....10k NOT ENOUGH to move my office.

[@hunterp4258]

$5 a day to park in downtown Tulsa..

[@katie195]

It’s not Tulsa - it Oklahoma. Cattle and oil... not wide open spaces ... desolation.

[@dwightanderson8331]

After listening to the video more than once it is apparent that many that looked at it didn't understand everything based on many of the posts. For one thing neither the city of Tulsa or state of Oklahoma is offering this money. The group offering the money is funded by the George Kaiser family foundation who gave over half the money for the downtown park on the river. Another thing that's been gotten wrong is everyone can't get the money. You have to apply to be in the program and it said the first year around 100 were accepted out of over 10 thousand applications basically 1% got it. Now ten thousand isn't a huge amount of people but most didn't get it. Some of the 100 seem to like it there so it's not as horrible as some are saying. Last they must want them to make the city more diverse and get more ideas for the future. Anybody that knows would you explain wheather they have to stay a year or get it spread over a year and what if you come then leave after 6 months do you have to give it back?

[@smokeyok1]

I'm from another country and living in Tulsa NOW!! 5years ago, I checked the education level of here. It was totally "F". And you cant send your kids to school PEACEFULLY! They invested kids park the side of the river. BUT NO JOB. Now I'm searching for a house to get out here.

[@myothercarisadelorean8957]

So has the pandemic closure hurt the people/businesses who made this move?

[@MartinGonzalez-zt9xn]

Not everyone wants to live their but if you do enjoy it and become part of that city. All cities have positives and negatives.

[@TimothyDearhamer]

TULSA is to Oklahoma what Austin is to Texas. Is TULSA perfect - no. TULSA is the home of Bob Dylon’s archive and soon to be museum. TULSA is home to The Gathering Place named over and over again as one of the most important new attractions in the US (it’s free because of the same foundation mentioned in the story). Fleetwood Mac started their last tour at the BOK Center in Tulsa. Last month I went to a see Eddie Ezzard in the Arts District. We have the largest Unitarian Universalist Church in the country and lots of LGBT accepting churches. We have a Muslim community, a Hmong community, as well as large Asian and Latino communities. We have amazing American Indian tribes investing and creating economic opportunities. Every day there is activity preparing for the anniversary of the 1921 Race Riot which focuses on reconciliation and truth. I was born here and gone for 20 years and am daily amazed at how much TULSA has changed. We have a progressive major and council. OKC even elected a Democratic congresswoman last year. We have a long list of amazing people in Oklahoma. Oklahoma is not the musical.

[@mec4lifesmiley700]

Let me see if I get you. Social distance is needed to keep me safe from you. But it's safe for you to pay as many people to relocate next to you? Can't have it both ways. Not one mask either.

[@Hawaiiansky11]

Masks don't work. They compromise your immune system. That has been shown in study after study. It always love when you mis-informed leftists break the 6-ft. barrier to spew your COVID-infected breath in my face, to yell at me for not wearing a mask, because you "care about human lives." Spare me your fake indignation. P.S. - Hey, Brainiac! Look at the little numbers to the bottom and left of the video. One of those sets of numbers is a date. The date this was posted was.....??

[@chrislanejones]

Tornados 🌪️🌪️🌪️ = No Thanks, I rather have hurricanes.

[@adamjoseph6122]

We ain't skeered no naders!! 🤣

[@Hawaiiansky11]

You can at least get away from tornadoes with a basement or storm shelter. How do you get away from a hurricane?

[@justbe4481]

Please don't come here the crime is out of control it's dangerous and poverty is raped with low pay from so many Latinos cutting labor pay people are living on the streets even if they have a job. So please don't come to Tulsa Plus Oklahoma has the highest imprisonment of citizens in private prison in our country for a reason. !

[@ramonago3690]

Tulsa laws for unregistered car or no car insurance will not be pulled over, instead will photo enforce your vehicle and license plate. Then Tulsa PD will mail you a ticket saying, " Officer ran your tags and found out you are not insured to drive your vehicle. Ticket! Boom! Your driving points will go down living in Tulsa. Bad idea for anyone who relapse one payment of car insurance or a month late to reregister your car tags. It could be due to many things in an unexpected daily life brings. I tried to have it pardon but Tulsa is getting greedy for a need to grow like California cities. Bring your money.

[@LauraMarieLive]

DONT DO IT!!!!!! WORST DECISION I EVER MADE!!!

[@ihorbond]

Can you please elaborate? Have my interview tomorrow

[@FAKETV96]

I'm trying to convince my BF not to do it because I know he's going to regret it. Please back me up in this

[@meaganewy]

Living in both Oklahoma and California. I can see why Tulsa wants to pay remote workers and try to get them to move. Tulsa needs people to better the community. Oklahoma in general does. The education system is terrible and the state is lacking in many other areas too. We work remotely and moved back here for family. Only positive to doing so is that it is super cheap to live. Thats the problem though. Its not that great and we would much rather have stayed in Cali despite the expensive qualities.

[@rogeracosta7326]

Meagan Ewy me too I was born in Los Angeles California moved to Oklahoma is not that bad is not the same as California tho

[@mec4lifesmiley700]

If there from the the alphabet soup groups. It's there sneeky way of taking your city.

[@kbarn8713]

as a native of tulsa: DONT.

[@paulleckner8235]

Understood.

[@justbe4481]

I agree

[@yamahaguy1732]

k barn it’s not terrible I mean there’s worse out there but I agree there’s not much here

[@notwoke22]

Post reasons.

[@69daviddion]

I was born and raised in that dump... Tulsa. 35 years later, it’s still stuck in the days of slavery. Great idea to do the remote program.... but the city itself is 5 generations behind the rest of the country in terms of growth.... and the laws, law enforcement and politics????? Forget about it.... still living in the Jim Crow era.

[@juniorbuilds]

???????

[@timcounts4334]

Slavery really! Whatever

[@timcounts4334]

Sorry your wrong the riot of 1921? Its 2019 I have lived in Tulsa all my life and only just recently heard about this riot i met a couple of guys that were hanging out downtown selling t shirt and memorabilia about the riot they were both in there 40s Why spend your time dwelling on something that you can't change? I have many different races of friends and the common element with all of them is they dont allow anyone or anything to keep them down they are successful business people

[@69daviddion]

tim counts Tulsa is not my cup of tea... I couldn’t help that I was born there but I could help that I left.... and never returned... my family still lives there but not me... I need progressiveness. Tulsa doesn’t provide that for me.

[@imrankh68]

Couldn't agree more

[@adampalmer3841]

Tor. Na. Dos. That is all

[@Hawaiiansky11]

Tornadoes happen all across the midwest.

[@dwightanderson8331]

Tornados happen in many places besides Oklahoma. Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana,Texas, Kansas, Alabama,Georgia,Florida, Ohio, Indiana, new york,new jersey, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, the Dakota's, Canada, one hit NEAR down town Vegas, even Miami,close to New York city, almost every state. Every where you live there's something weather wise you have to deal with. Florida gets hurricanes that produce tornadoes. California has wildfire, mudslides,and droughts and can get lots of snow in a few northern spots. Yet people still live there. You can be happy or miserable anywhere you live it's just a matter of where you place your energy.

[@adampalmer3841]

@@dwightanderson8331 Oklahoma is number 4 on a list of states with the most tornadoes, but cool. Cool.

[@dwightanderson8331]

@@adampalmer3841 number 4 not number 1 as one would think after seeing numerous responses on many threads. What's funny is you don't see very many threads that admit that about that state it's always singled out for them. Yet people still live there and choose to do so dispite them.

[@adampalmer3841]

@@dwightanderson8331 despite* but I'm not rushin to live in the three states above it on that list either. I lived in a state that had less tornadoes than Oklahoma but still solidly in Tornado Alley (remember how that's a thing?). I've had my fill of tornado sirens and finding shelter in the middle of the night. People can live wherever they want, more or less. I'm not taking money to live in Oklahoma. After tornadoes, there's a plethora of reasons not to live in Oklahoma. Unlike most of the people reading this, I've been there. That's a hard pass.

[@chocolatecoverednomad925]

I was born in raised in Tulsa. Im leaving soon and im NEVER coming back! Once I move to Vegas I won't step foot in Tulsa EVER AGAIN!

[@danieanddavey6718]

why is Tulsa that bad?

[@Hawaiiansky11]

Vegas??? How many days less than 100F do they get there? It sounds like if you like big cities, stay out of OK for the most part. If you are a country / small town girl like myself, it might be right for you.

[@pkasb90]

OK gives $10k.

[@tonyawaters4718]

No it's not... Tulsa Oklahoma is a horrible place to rent and buy.. over raided and way to high.. people thought because of the pandemic going on... they would move and get fresh air.. and now they want to triple the price of rent and buying a home.. if you are not making over 1500 hundred a month then you are not finding a place to rent let alone buy.. they were lucky.. because it's not like that for everyone expeshley if you are black and or mixed race..sad but true

[@josephbarrerareyes]

I don't think so, it doesn't catch my attention, I prefer Riverside California.

[@robk2c954]

Stay away , stay away . It sounds good but believe me it's not for everyone .

[@jameshanson4048]

Another Great video of the day! Tulsa's Census Estimate: of 400,000 is incorrect! According to a 2019, Saint Frances Hospital, live birth report, Tulsa has a population of at least 1.8 million, person's. There is a large illegal immigrant population. Which out numbers, it's registered citizens, 3 to 1.

[@thegnome4874]

They have to pay people to move to Tulsa...that says is all.

[@np494609]

I wonder if it's possible to move there and bail as soon as you arrive lol those okies aren't the brightest of the bunch

[@aroukapenn]

REALLY, you dont think there's contractual obligations...you're the one who doesn't seem too bright

[@Hawaiiansky11]

How sad that you have nothing better to do with your life than spew hateful rhetoric.

[@ronkirk5099]

Oklahoma is too RED for me. I was raised in Cali and never really felt the politics of OK reflected my values. Cost of living is low, but still not worth it. I'm relocating to the N. Minnesota arrowhead for retirement. IT IS BEAUTIFUL UP HERE and democratic.

[@Hawaiiansky11]

MN is a Democratic stronghold, which is why I am desperate to leave. Besides all the angry purple haird science deniers, they are openly hostile to business. You can keep your hellish winters and business-killing tax rates. I'm out. P.S. George Floyd, a criminal POS, died from a FENTANYL overdose!!

[@hectorabcdefg9076]

I am in Las Vegas and I don’t know where to go. I dream of having a home. I hate apartments! I hear everything they do and say 😩. Tulsa is so ugly, but I don’t have a choice. Where can I find out information about this program? Please help me

[@Hawaiiansky11]

Have you seen Wichita?

[@dwightanderson8331]

Tulsa is ugly? Where are the trees and hills and river in Vegas? Been to Tulsa all those things like grass in your yard is an afterthought.

[@everycoLor_312]

🤣👎🏻

[@notwoke22]

Must be a racist bigot.

[@johnsweda2999]

Bernie Sanders utopia

[@chocolatecoverednomad925]

Bernie would probably get JFK'd if he came anywhere near Tulsa

[@CrazyAboutVinylRecords]

"Oklahoma, It's not that bad." Yes it is. In addition to the hip coffee shops and bustling bars it's a GOP stronghold with Trump sycophants crawling out of the woodwork like cockroaches. No thanks, you can keep your $10K.

[@Hawaiiansky11]

And you can keep your leftist craziness to your big cities, where all you purple haired freaks who deny ACTUAL SCIENCE like to congregate. Why don't you try feeding a hungry child, caring for a homeless person, volunteering at a VA hospital or a children's hospital?? Get out of your self-important attitude and start caring for others. P.S. How do you like Sleepy Joe's policies so far? He's doing great, isn't he??

[@CrazyAboutVinylRecords]

@@Hawaiiansky11 Awww, you hurt my feelings. Lol.