on $100k a year, leaving Indianapolis
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 Indianapolis 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
88% more expensive than Indianapolis(vs $1,511/mo)
11%
$667/mo more in state tax than Indianapolis
vs 3% in Indianapolis
$4,574/mo
$1,998 less than Indianapolis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
259% more expensive than Indianapolis
vs $296k in Indianapolis
989k
vs 2.1M in Indianapolis
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Indianapolis barely cracks 174 pleasant ones.
A similar weekend lineup to Indianapolis.
55/100
11% lower than Indianapolis
vs 62/100 in Indianapolis
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
0% lower than Indianapolis
vs 99/100 in Indianapolis
51
46% more than Indianapolis
vs 35 nonstops in Indianapolis
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