on $100k a year, leaving San Luis Obispo
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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lighter monthly cost than San Luis Obispo
A near-tie on cost. What separates Honolulu is the life around the numbers.
a quick ledger.
$2,843/mo
8% cheaper than San Luis Obispo(vs $3,095/mo)
11%
$142/mo more in state tax than San Luis Obispo
vs 9.3% in San Luis Obispo
$4,574/mo
$111 more than San Luis Obispo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
14% more expensive than San Luis Obispo
vs $934k in San Luis Obispo
989k
vs 282k in San Luis Obispo
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
San Luis Obispo keeps to 303 pleasant days a year.
A month here packs 9.5× the events of San Luis Obispo.
55/100
19% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 68/100 in San Luis Obispo
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
1% higher than San Luis Obispo
vs 98/100 in San Luis Obispo
51
1600% more than San Luis Obispo
vs 3 nonstops in San Luis Obispo
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