same $100k income, fresh start from Poughkeepsie
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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 Poughkeepsie ran you
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
29% more expensive than Poughkeepsie(vs $2,198/mo)
11%
$429/mo more in state tax than Poughkeepsie
vs 5.85% in Poughkeepsie
$4,574/mo
$1,074 less than Poughkeepsie
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
169% more expensive than Poughkeepsie
vs $395k in Poughkeepsie
989k
vs 679k in Poughkeepsie
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Poughkeepsie barely cracks 153 pleasant ones.
850% more happening than in Poughkeepsie.
55/100
18% lower than Poughkeepsie
vs 67/100 in Poughkeepsie
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
18% higher than Poughkeepsie
vs 84/100 in Poughkeepsie
51
920% more than Poughkeepsie
vs 5 nonstops in Poughkeepsie
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