Honolulu second-costliest city to raise kids - Hilo #5 (2014, daycare)

[whtviper1]

"It costs $429,635 to raise a child in Honolulu, 75.1 percent more than the national average of $245,340 reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday."

"Honolulu is second, followed by San Francisco, Calif., Brooklyn, New York and at No. 5 on the list, is Hilo, Hawaii, at $369,559."

Honolulu second-costliest city to raise kids - Hawaii News - Honolulu Star-Advertiser

[Pyramidsurf]

Meh. I think Hawaii is expensive but it's not really much different than any other major cities on the mainland. The biggest difference I can see is jobs on the mainland pay a bit better depending on the field.

[Jonah K]

Gotta love the "methodology" that they used…

Methodology: We took the $245,340 number compiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and adjusted it for cost of living in each city using the cost of living index from the Council for Community and Economic Research.
Nerd Wallet -- The True Cost of Raising A Child

Little "Junior Boy" and "Sistah Girl" would have to eat a lot of saimin, Spam, and rice to rack up $369,559 in child-rearing costs for Hilo. And, "daycare" -- that's what the "extended ʻohana" is for.

[OpenD]

Originally Posted by Jonah K

Gotta love the "methodology" that they used…

Little "Junior Boy" and "Sistah Girl" would have to eat a lot of saimin, Spam, and rice to rack up $369,559 in child-rearing costs for Hilo. And, "daycare" -- that's what the "extended ʻohana" is for.

School supplies are expensive.

[Jonah K]

Originally Posted by OpenD

School supplies are expensive.

Not if a few folks in the "extended ʻohana" work as "school administrators."