$100k salary, packing up from Nashville
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 Nashville
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
59% more expensive than Nashville(vs $1,790/mo)
11%
$917/mo more in state tax than Nashville
vs 0% in Nashville
$4,574/mo
$1,969 less than Nashville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
130% more expensive than Nashville
vs $461k in Nashville
989k
vs 2.1M in Nashville
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Nashville barely cracks 173 pleasant ones.
Noticeably quieter than Nashville. About 66% fewer events on a typical month.
55/100
2% lower than Nashville
vs 56/100 in Nashville
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
3% higher than Nashville
vs 96/100 in Nashville
51
9% more than Nashville
vs 47 nonstops in Nashville
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