on $100k a year, leaving Mobile
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 Mobile ran you
Honolulu costs noticeably more than Mobile. You'd be paying for Honolulu itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,843/mo
118% more expensive than Mobile(vs $1,302/mo)
11%
$500/mo more in state tax than Mobile
vs 5% in Mobile
$4,574/mo
$2,041 less than Mobile
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
448% more expensive than Mobile
vs $194k in Mobile
989k
vs 412k in Mobile
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Mobile keeps to 225 pleasant days a year.
A real upgrade on things to do: 4.0× Mobile's pace.
55/100
7% lower than Mobile
vs 59/100 in Mobile
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
43% higher than Mobile
vs 69/100 in Mobile
51
920% more than Mobile
vs 5 nonstops in Mobile
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