$100k a year, no longer in Baton Rouge
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 Baton Rouge
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
109% more expensive than Baton Rouge(vs $1,361/mo)
11%
$667/mo more in state tax than Baton Rouge
vs 3% in Baton Rouge
$4,574/mo
$2,148 less than Baton Rouge
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
324% more expensive than Baton Rouge
vs $250k in Baton Rouge
989k
vs 874k in Baton Rouge
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Baton Rouge only logs 187 pleasant days.
A month here packs 6.3× the events of Baton Rouge.
55/100
10% higher than Baton Rouge
vs 50/100 in Baton Rouge
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
32% higher than Baton Rouge
vs 75/100 in Baton Rouge
51
1175% more than Baton Rouge
vs 4 nonstops in Baton Rouge
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