with $100k coming in, swapping out of Lincoln
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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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more expensive each month than Lincoln
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
117% more expensive than Lincoln(vs $1,311/mo)
11%
$430/mo more in state tax than Lincoln
vs 5.84% in Lincoln
$4,574/mo
$1,962 less than Lincoln
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
251% more expensive than Lincoln
vs $302k in Lincoln
989k
vs 344k in Lincoln
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Lincoln barely cracks 152 pleasant ones.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 3.8× more on the calendar than Lincoln.
55/100
4% higher than Lincoln
vs 53/100 in Lincoln
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
32% higher than Lincoln
vs 75/100 in Lincoln
51
1600% more than Lincoln
vs 3 nonstops in Lincoln
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