Tulsa May Just Be The Next Big Startup City
1 Jun 2021
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Mike Bodulow and Megan Villanueva never thought they’d find themselves in Oklahoma, let alone settling down and buying a home there. The two hail from the Bay Area and were living in Washington D.C. for Megan’s job until December 2018 when the two wanted a change of pace.
“We just moved across the country. The last thing we wanted to do was move right back to California,” Mike says. “We kind of said, what else is out there? Where else do we want to live?”
He thought back to a conversation with a colleague from Megan’s old company, who suggested the couple move to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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