$100k salary, packing up from Louisville
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 Louisville
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
108% more expensive than Louisville(vs $1,368/mo)
11%
$542/mo more in state tax than Louisville
vs 4.5% in Louisville
$4,574/mo
$2,016 less than Louisville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
276% more expensive than Louisville
vs $282k in Louisville
989k
vs 1.4M in Louisville
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Louisville barely cracks 181 pleasant ones.
Things to do run about even with Louisville.
55/100
2% higher than Louisville
vs 54/100 in Louisville
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
5% higher than Louisville
vs 94/100 in Louisville
51
132% more than Louisville
vs 22 nonstops in Louisville
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