on $100k a year, leaving South Bend
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 South Bend ran you
Honolulu doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what Honolulu is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$2,843/mo
104% more expensive than South Bend(vs $1,391/mo)
11%
$667/mo more in state tax than South Bend
vs 3% in South Bend
$4,574/mo
$2,118 less than South Bend
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
361% more expensive than South Bend
vs $230k in South Bend
989k
vs 324k in South Bend
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
South Bend only logs 157 pleasant days.
459% more happening than in South Bend.
55/100
4% higher than South Bend
vs 53/100 in South Bend
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
21% higher than South Bend
vs 82/100 in South Bend
51
467% more than South Bend
vs 9 nonstops in South Bend
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