$100k a year, no longer in Sacramento
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 Sacramento
You'd pay for Honolulu. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$2,843/mo
28% more expensive than Sacramento(vs $2,226/mo)
11%
$142/mo more in state tax than Sacramento
vs 9.3% in Sacramento
$4,574/mo
$758 less than Sacramento
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
80% more expensive than Sacramento
vs $589k in Sacramento
989k
vs 2.4M in Sacramento
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Sacramento keeps to 211 pleasant days a year.
Things to do run about even with Sacramento.
55/100
27% lower than Sacramento
vs 75/100 in Sacramento
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
1% higher than Sacramento
vs 98/100 in Sacramento
51
82% more than Sacramento
vs 28 nonstops in Sacramento
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