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Rent 2000
groceries 600
entertainment 200
car payment 425
car ins 117
gas 200
cell 150
cable/internet 80
electric 275
dog 80
Dr's & Rx 50
personal care/clothes 100
Rent 2000
groceries 600
entertainment 200
car payment 425
car ins 117
gas 200
cell 150
cable/internet 80
electric 275
dog 80
Dr's & Rx 50
personal care/clothes 100
Thats for 2 middle aged people. Hope this helps.
Thank you so much, this is exactly what I hoped for. Greatly appreciated cheers.
I do hope that more contributors like the above budget be shared, regardless of which side of the income/living standard spectrum... This would really give a general view of how costs of living in Hawaii would be.
Honolulu is 25% cheaper than New York and is about the same as Chicago.
So what? unless the person is moving from those places, it means squat! If they live in Lawrence Kansas and moving to Honolulu, what does the cost of living in NYC versus Honolulu mean? As an example if a person is a store clerk in nyc and live in Bed-Sty with 6 other people and walk to work and owns no car, what do you think that person's cost compared to Honolulu would be? It would be nowhere close to the numbers, so its all meaningless unless comparing apples to apples.
You have to also look at what are causing the price increase. If only a handful of items cause NYC to be more expensive and those are not things the person will be duplicating, it don't matter if NYC is 1,000 times more expensive. The only thing that matters id what the person spends now to what they will spend on Hawaii. Does it really matter what the cost of snow tires are in NYC compared to Hawaii if you wont be buying snow tires in HI?
Honolulu is 25% cheaper than New York and is about the same as Chicago.
According to the relo calculator at Bankrate. com, Honolulu is nearly 42 percent higher c.o.l. than Chicago. It would take over $70K a year in Honolulu to live as well as $50K in Chicago.
Having lived in downtown Chicago, I can assure you that although Chicago is expensive, it does not compare to Honolulu. I would much rather have $50k in Chicago than $70k in Honolulu.
Honolulu is consistently ranked as the 2nd most expensive city in the US, right behind New York City. and ranked 25th in the world as far as most expensive.
Rent 2000
groceries 600
entertainment 200
car payment 425
car ins 117
gas 200
cell 150
cable/internet 80
electric 275
dog 80
Dr's & Rx 50
personal care/clothes 100
Thats for 2 middle aged people. Hope this helps.
Thank you once again to those who are commenting, however what i inquired for is about Hawaii's costs of living; and not direct comparison with cities in the mainland or overseas. ↑ is the type of response that i hope to receive.
Cheers... this is not a debate. All answers are welcomed, especially the above format and information stated is very helpful.
Rent $0 (company provided housing)
groceries/food $1,250
entertainment $750
car payment $0 (compoany provided vehicle)
car ins $0 (paid by company)
gas $0 (paid by company)
cell $25 (company paid rest)
cable/internet $20 (company paid rest)
electric $350
Dr's & Rx $0 (company pays all medical)
personal care/clothes $250
property tax share $ 175 (company paid rest)
charity $35
gifts $75
house maintainance $80
license/CE/regulatory/certification/education $100
could never figure out where it went $50
Rent $0 (company provided housing)
groceries/food $1,250
entertainment $750
car payment $0 (compoany provided vehicle)
car ins $0 (paid by company)
gas $0 (paid by company)
cell $25 (company paid rest)
cable/internet $20 (company paid rest)
electric $350
Dr's & Rx $0 (company pays all medical)
personal care/clothes $250
property tax share $ 175 (company paid rest)
charity $35
gifts $75
house maintainance $80
license/CE/regulatory/certification/education $100
could never figure out where it went $50
Thats for a younger single male a few years ago.
Thank you so much this really is helpful! I hope for more people to share these types of info.. other islands of Hawaii are also very much welcomed!
Cheers n Jah Bless.
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Thank you so much this really is helpful! I hope for more people to share these types of info.. other islands of Hawaii are also very much welcomed!
