$100k a year, no longer in Baltimore
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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the monthly cost of moving past Baltimore
Honolulu doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what Honolulu is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$2,843/mo
52% more expensive than Baltimore(vs $1,868/mo)
11%
$233/mo more in state tax than Baltimore
vs 8.2% in Baltimore
$4,574/mo
$1,208 less than Baltimore
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
158% more expensive than Baltimore
vs $412k in Baltimore
989k
vs 2.8M in Baltimore
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Baltimore barely cracks 168 pleasant ones.
A month here packs 1.4× the events of Baltimore.
55/100
17% lower than Baltimore
vs 66/100 in Baltimore
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
1% higher than Baltimore
vs 98/100 in Baltimore
51
29% fewer than Baltimore
vs 72 nonstops in Baltimore
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