$100k a year, no longer in Boise
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 Boise ran you
Honolulu costs noticeably more than Boise. You'd be paying for Honolulu itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,843/mo
58% more expensive than Boise(vs $1,794/mo)
11%
$433/mo more in state tax than Boise
vs 5.8% in Boise
$4,574/mo
$1,482 less than Boise
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
116% more expensive than Boise
vs $490k in Boise
989k
vs 827k in Boise
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Boise keeps to 166 pleasant days a year.
144% more happening than in Boise.
55/100
33% lower than Boise
vs 82/100 in Boise
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
3% higher than Boise
vs 96/100 in Boise
51
219% more than Boise
vs 16 nonstops in Boise
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