on $100k a year, leaving Anchorage
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 each month than Anchorage ran you
Honolulu is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,843/mo
66% more expensive than Anchorage(vs $1,713/mo)
11%
$917/mo more in state tax than Anchorage
vs 0% in Anchorage
$4,574/mo
$2,046 less than Anchorage
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
142% more expensive than Anchorage
vs $438k in Anchorage
989k
vs 401k in Anchorage
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Anchorage barely cracks 93 pleasant ones.
55/100
19% lower than Anchorage
vs 68/100 in Anchorage
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
25% higher than Anchorage
vs 79/100 in Anchorage
51
50% more than Anchorage
vs 34 nonstops in Anchorage
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