on $100k a year, leaving Des Moines
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 Des Moines ran you
Honolulu is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,843/mo
124% more expensive than Des Moines(vs $1,268/mo)
11%
$417/mo more in state tax than Des Moines
vs 6% in Des Moines
$4,574/mo
$1,991 less than Des Moines
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
254% more expensive than Des Moines
vs $300k in Des Moines
989k
vs 737k in Des Moines
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Des Moines only logs 151 pleasant days.
107% more happening than in Des Moines.
55/100
0% lower than Des Moines
vs 55/100 in Des Moines
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
27% higher than Des Moines
vs 78/100 in Des Moines
51
200% more than Des Moines
vs 17 nonstops in Des Moines
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