on $100k a year, leaving Columbus
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 Columbus ran you
Honolulu costs noticeably more than Columbus. You'd be paying for Honolulu itself, not for breathing room around it.
a quick ledger.
$2,843/mo
88% more expensive than Columbus(vs $1,511/mo)
11%
$584/mo more in state tax than Columbus
vs 3.99% in Columbus
$4,574/mo
$1,916 less than Columbus
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1061k
203% more expensive than Columbus
vs $350k in Columbus
989k
vs 2.2M in Columbus
field notes, weather & such.
316
pleasant days a year, in honolulu.
Columbus keeps to 171 pleasant days a year.
About as much going on as in Columbus.
55/100
4% lower than Columbus
vs 57/100 in Columbus
Closest outdoor draw: Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park, 17.1 mi.
99/100
16% higher than Columbus
vs 85/100 in Columbus
51
59% more than Columbus
vs 32 nonstops in Columbus
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