same $100k income, fresh start from Hickory
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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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pricier each month than Hickory
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
98% more expensive than Hickory(vs $1,434/mo)
11%
$542/mo more in state tax than Hickory
vs 4.5% in Hickory
$4,574/mo
$1,950 less than Hickory
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
296% more expensive than Hickory
vs $268k in Hickory
989k
vs 370k in Hickory
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Hickory barely cracks 189 pleasant ones.
400% more happening than in Hickory.
55/100
14% lower than Hickory
vs 64/100 in Hickory
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
41% higher than Hickory
vs 70/100 in Hickory
51
0% fewer than Hickory
vs 0 nonstops in Hickory
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