$100k salary, packing up from Manchester
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 Manchester 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
36% more expensive than Manchester(vs $2,092/mo)
11%
$917/mo more in state tax than Manchester
vs 0% in Manchester
$4,574/mo
$1,667 less than Manchester
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
94% more expensive than Manchester
vs $548k in Manchester
989k
vs 427k in Manchester
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Manchester only logs 154 pleasant days.
533% more happening than in Manchester.
55/100
11% lower than Manchester
vs 62/100 in Manchester
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
1% higher than Manchester
vs 98/100 in Manchester
51
292% more than Manchester
vs 13 nonstops in Manchester
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