$100k salary, packing up from Colorado Springs
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 Colorado Springs ran you
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
64% more expensive than Colorado Springs(vs $1,733/mo)
11%
$550/mo more in state tax than Colorado Springs
vs 4.4% in Colorado Springs
$4,574/mo
$1,660 less than Colorado Springs
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
129% more expensive than Colorado Springs
vs $463k in Colorado Springs
989k
vs 769k in Colorado Springs
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Colorado Springs barely cracks 184 pleasant ones.
A real upgrade on things to do: 2.2× Colorado Springs's pace.
55/100
23% lower than Colorado Springs
vs 71/100 in Colorado Springs
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
24% higher than Colorado Springs
vs 80/100 in Colorado Springs
51
364% more than Colorado Springs
vs 11 nonstops in Colorado Springs
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