$100k a year, no longer in St. Louis
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 St. Louis
Honolulu is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$2,843/mo
101% more expensive than St. Louis(vs $1,411/mo)
11%
$525/mo more in state tax than St. Louis
vs 4.7% in St. Louis
$4,574/mo
$1,957 less than St. Louis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
284% more expensive than St. Louis
vs $277k in St. Louis
989k
vs 2.8M in St. Louis
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
St. Louis barely cracks 174 pleasant ones.
On par with St. Louis for events and shows.
55/100
19% lower than St. Louis
vs 68/100 in St. Louis
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
14% higher than St. Louis
vs 87/100 in St. Louis
51
15% fewer than St. Louis
vs 60 nonstops in St. Louis
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