on $100k a year, leaving Seattle
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 each month than Seattle ran you
Honolulu is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,843/mo
30% more expensive than Seattle(vs $2,193/mo)
11%
$917/mo more in state tax than Seattle
vs 0% in Seattle
$4,574/mo
$1,566 less than Seattle
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
34% more expensive than Seattle
vs $791k in Seattle
989k
vs 4.0M in Seattle
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Seattle only logs 182 pleasant days.
Lighter on events: Seattle packs 2.7× more into a month.
55/100
41% lower than Seattle
vs 93/100 in Seattle
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
1% higher than Seattle
vs 98/100 in Seattle
51
43% fewer than Seattle
vs 90 nonstops in Seattle
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