$100k salary, packing up from Dallas
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 Dallas
Honolulu costs noticeably more than Dallas. You'd be paying for Honolulu itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,843/mo
73% more expensive than Dallas(vs $1,647/mo)
11%
$917/mo more in state tax than Dallas
vs 0% in Dallas
$4,574/mo
$2,112 less than Dallas
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
189% more expensive than Dallas
vs $367k in Dallas
989k
vs 8.1M in Dallas
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Dallas keeps to 171 pleasant days a year.
But the calendar thins out: Dallas stays 4.6× busier.
55/100
4% lower than Dallas
vs 57/100 in Dallas
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
6% higher than Dallas
vs 93/100 in Dallas
51
73% fewer than Dallas
vs 190 nonstops in Dallas
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