with $100k coming in, swapping out of Allentown
changea dispatch from
honolulu
HI
21.31°N
157.86°W
Honolulu is Waikiki's high-rises pressed against turquoise water, Diamond Head crater glowing pink at dawn, and plate lunches that mix Hawaiian, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, and Portuguese into one perfect styrofoam container. Surf the south shore in summer, the north in winter. The North Shore is a 45-minute drive into a totally different world. Aloha here is a way of moving through the day.
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more expensive each month than Allentown
Honolulu costs noticeably more than Allentown. You'd be paying for Honolulu itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,843/mo
57% more expensive than Allentown(vs $1,809/mo)
11%
$661/mo more in state tax than Allentown
vs 3.07% in Allentown
$4,574/mo
$1,695 less than Allentown
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
195% more expensive than Allentown
vs $359k in Allentown
989k
vs 874k in Allentown
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Allentown keeps to 157 pleasant days a year.
252% more happening than in Allentown.
55/100
25% lower than Allentown
vs 73/100 in Allentown
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
15% higher than Allentown
vs 86/100 in Allentown
51
467% more than Allentown
vs 9 nonstops in Allentown
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