with $100k coming in, swapping out of Lakeland
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 cost of moving past Lakeland
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
55% more expensive than Lakeland(vs $1,834/mo)
11%
$917/mo more in state tax than Lakeland
vs 0% in Lakeland
$4,574/mo
$1,925 less than Lakeland
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
252% more expensive than Lakeland
vs $301k in Lakeland
989k
vs 818k in Lakeland
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Lakeland barely cracks 206 pleasant ones.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 7.9× more on the calendar than Lakeland.
55/100
15% higher than Lakeland
vs 48/100 in Lakeland
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
50% higher than Lakeland
vs 66/100 in Lakeland
51
25% fewer than Lakeland
vs 68 nonstops in Lakeland
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