$100k a year, no longer in Oklahoma City
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 expensive each month than Oklahoma City
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
107% more expensive than Oklahoma City(vs $1,376/mo)
11%
$521/mo more in state tax than Oklahoma City
vs 4.75% in Oklahoma City
$4,574/mo
$1,988 less than Oklahoma City
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
331% more expensive than Oklahoma City
vs $246k in Oklahoma City
989k
vs 1.5M in Oklahoma City
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Oklahoma City only logs 191 pleasant days.
1.9× the events of Oklahoma City, and the calendar shows it.
55/100
22% higher than Oklahoma City
vs 45/100 in Oklahoma City
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
36% higher than Oklahoma City
vs 73/100 in Oklahoma City
51
155% more than Oklahoma City
vs 20 nonstops in Oklahoma City
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