same $100k income, fresh start from Syracuse
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 Syracuse 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
76% more expensive than Syracuse(vs $1,619/mo)
11%
$429/mo more in state tax than Syracuse
vs 5.85% in Syracuse
$4,574/mo
$1,653 less than Syracuse
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
317% more expensive than Syracuse
vs $254k in Syracuse
989k
vs 653k in Syracuse
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Syracuse only logs 142 pleasant days.
1.4× the events of Syracuse, and the calendar shows it.
55/100
7% lower than Syracuse
vs 59/100 in Syracuse
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
9% higher than Syracuse
vs 91/100 in Syracuse
51
219% more than Syracuse
vs 16 nonstops in Syracuse
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