$100k salary, packing up from New Orleans
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 cost of moving past New Orleans
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
76% more expensive than New Orleans(vs $1,612/mo)
11%
$667/mo more in state tax than New Orleans
vs 3% in New Orleans
$4,574/mo
$1,897 less than New Orleans
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
309% more expensive than New Orleans
vs $259k in New Orleans
989k
vs 962k in New Orleans
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
New Orleans only logs 235 pleasant days.
Comparable to New Orleans for events and concerts.
55/100
0% lower than New Orleans
vs 55/100 in New Orleans
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
1% higher than New Orleans
vs 98/100 in New Orleans
51
31% more than New Orleans
vs 39 nonstops in New Orleans
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