same $100k income, fresh start from Santa Rosa
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 Santa Rosa
You'd pay for Honolulu. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$2,843/mo
9% more expensive than Santa Rosa(vs $2,597/mo)
11%
$142/mo more in state tax than Santa Rosa
vs 9.3% in Santa Rosa
$4,574/mo
$387 less than Santa Rosa
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
30% more expensive than Santa Rosa
vs $817k in Santa Rosa
989k
vs 482k in Santa Rosa
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Santa Rosa keeps to 254 pleasant days a year.
A real upgrade on things to do: 95.0× Santa Rosa's pace.
55/100
20% lower than Santa Rosa
vs 69/100 in Santa Rosa
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
1% higher than Santa Rosa
vs 98/100 in Santa Rosa
51
1175% more than Santa Rosa
vs 4 nonstops in Santa Rosa
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