$100k salary, packing up from Kansas City
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 Kansas City
Honolulu costs noticeably more than Kansas City. You'd be paying for Honolulu itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,843/mo
89% more expensive than Kansas City(vs $1,502/mo)
11%
$525/mo more in state tax than Kansas City
vs 4.7% in Kansas City
$4,574/mo
$1,866 less than Kansas City
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
225% more expensive than Kansas City
vs $326k in Kansas City
989k
vs 2.2M in Kansas City
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Kansas City only manages 170 of those.
About as much going on as in Kansas City.
55/100
2% lower than Kansas City
vs 56/100 in Kansas City
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
5% higher than Kansas City
vs 94/100 in Kansas City
51
19% more than Kansas City
vs 43 nonstops in Kansas City
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