$100k salary, packing up from Trenton
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 premium over Trenton
Honolulu runs a little pricier than Trenton. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$2,843/mo
12% more expensive than Trenton(vs $2,540/mo)
11%
$386/mo more in state tax than Trenton
vs 6.37% in Trenton
$4,574/mo
$689 less than Trenton
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
133% more expensive than Trenton
vs $456k in Trenton
989k
vs 382k in Trenton
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Trenton barely cracks 171 pleasant ones.
A month here packs 8.6× the events of Trenton.
55/100
23% lower than Trenton
vs 71/100 in Trenton
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
13% higher than Trenton
vs 88/100 in Trenton
51
59% fewer than Trenton
vs 123 nonstops in Trenton
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