with $100k coming in, swapping out of Roanoke
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 Roanoke
Honolulu is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,843/mo
106% more expensive than Roanoke(vs $1,382/mo)
11%
$438/mo more in state tax than Roanoke
vs 5.75% in Roanoke
$4,574/mo
$1,898 less than Roanoke
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
258% more expensive than Roanoke
vs $296k in Roanoke
989k
vs 314k in Roanoke
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Roanoke barely cracks 179 pleasant ones.
A month here packs 7.9× the events of Roanoke.
55/100
20% lower than Roanoke
vs 69/100 in Roanoke
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
5% higher than Roanoke
vs 94/100 in Roanoke
51
467% more than Roanoke
vs 9 nonstops in Roanoke
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