Do we know why folks with these jobs weren't already in Tulsa, or why a bounty was necessary to attract them?

Aside from relatively low COL for a major city (and assuming no roots in the state), why would anyone want to live in Tulsa at all?

I say that as someone who’s spent a non-trivial amount of time there, too.

The weather is miserable in summer, marginally less miserable in winter (depending on your climate preferences). It’s a car-dependent big box wasteland hellscape even near the city center. The intolerance I encountered was astonishing. It has little to offer in the way of culture, and even less in the way of beautiful natural spaces. It would be borderline uninhabitable without aggressive air conditioning and similar modern “conveniences”.

Basically all is has to offer is endless room for suburban sprawl. But so do dozens of other American cities.

I’m sure there are some people who love it there.