$100k salary, packing up from Charleston
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 Charleston
Honolulu costs noticeably more than Charleston. You'd be paying for Honolulu itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,843/mo
43% more expensive than Charleston(vs $1,987/mo)
11%
$375/mo more in state tax than Charleston
vs 6.5% in Charleston
$4,574/mo
$1,231 less than Charleston
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
146% more expensive than Charleston
vs $432k in Charleston
989k
vs 849k in Charleston
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Charleston keeps to 212 pleasant days a year.
2.3× the events of Charleston, and the calendar shows it.
55/100
18% lower than Charleston
vs 67/100 in Charleston
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
8% higher than Charleston
vs 92/100 in Charleston
51
155% more than Charleston
vs 20 nonstops in Charleston
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