$100k salary, packing up from Fort Collins
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 premium over Fort Collins
Honolulu is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,843/mo
44% more expensive than Fort Collins(vs $1,971/mo)
11%
$550/mo more in state tax than Fort Collins
vs 4.4% in Fort Collins
$4,574/mo
$1,422 less than Fort Collins
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
85% more expensive than Fort Collins
vs $572k in Fort Collins
989k
vs 371k in Fort Collins
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Fort Collins only logs 177 pleasant days.
9400% more happening than in Fort Collins.
55/100
20% lower than Fort Collins
vs 69/100 in Fort Collins
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
15% higher than Fort Collins
vs 86/100 in Fort Collins
51
70% fewer than Fort Collins
vs 169 nonstops in Fort Collins
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