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Tell me about Puna... - LADesign - 01-19-2011
Aloha! I have found some great, affordable houses in the gorgeous Puna / Pahoa area, and would love to know what it's like to live there. Any thoughts?
RE: Tell me about Puna... - freestate - 01-20-2011
Its nice, but not always.
RE: Tell me about Puna... - macuu222 - 01-20-2011
It's nothing like LA
RE: Tell me about Puna... - mdd7000 - 01-20-2011
Puna is like a box of chocolates, you never know what the
RE: Tell me about Puna... - Kapohocat - 01-20-2011
I would suggest you look through the threads for info on Puna, as there have been many discussions on subdivisions/neighborhoods, crime, schools, weather, traffic, building, etc.
Each subdivision has its own flavor, and since Puna encompasses such a big area - it has so many varied attributes that it is hard to say as a gross generalization what Puna is like - except IMHO for one word "eclectic".
And I second Mdd's analogy!
RE: Tell me about Puna... - LADesign - 01-20-2011
quote:
Originally posted by macuu222
It's nothing like LA
I have no idea what LA is like, those are my initials!
RE: Tell me about Puna... - mdd7000 - 01-20-2011
Use Google Street View and "drive" down the roads.
RE: Tell me about Puna... - mikewj - 01-20-2011
LADesign:
Puna is different for everyone who lives here, whether full or part time. What lifestyle do you want? What weather do you want? Do you need a job which entails commuting, can you work from home or are you retired or planning to retire? Do you want to live by the ocean or up the mountain? Do you want a big lot, and if so does it need to have dirt for gardening?
Most importantly, have you spent any time here? The accepted wisdom is that it is best to live in the area for a while before committing to permanent settlement. Also bear in mind that quite a lot of people have moved here, loved everything about the place, but went back to the mainland for reasons of health or to be close to family.
In my opinion, Puna is a lot like growing older.."it's not for sissies" That said, good luck and Aloha.
RE: Tell me about Puna... - Carey - 01-20-2011
Puna is a very rural agricultural area with a multinational base. It has 3 very small town mauka (uphill) Kurtistown, Mountain View & Volcano, and two small towns makai (lower elevation - towards ocean), Keaau and Pahoa. Most of the current agriculture are papaya and tropical florals.
Many of the very affordable homes and the land are zoned agricultural, even smaller lots, and your neighbor could have any thing that is allowed (and some that are not) going on next door.... it is more a very rural, live & let live attitude type place... not somewhere that is normally thought of when "Tropical Paradise" and "Hawaii" are mentioned, but it is mostly tropical (some of the mauka areas are more temperate feeling, rather cool & damp, more Pacific Northwest like), and a paradise for many....
Although there are miles of coastline, there are very few beaches (a few with sand, mostly black sands, a few with little pockets of white sand. Most of the coast is rugged cliff shoreline.
Hilo is the second largest town in the state and the main shopping for most in Puna, but is a fairly small, very rural agricultural town, with one small mall, and a University that is growing by leaps & bounds.
Housing subdivision are almost all initially from the 1950's, when many of the more marginal sugar cane fields were sold off to developers, who sold land mostly to people off-island, with little to no infrastructure added. Some of the subdivisions have added some infrastructure in roads, though most are not paved, and only a few have paved roads throughout & things like fire hydrants & water (ETA: and electric and flood drainage)... again, this is a very rural area.
ETAII: I have found that many fellow rural midwesterns seem to like it, and many of our friends that were raised here and went to school in the midwest felt comfortable with the lifestyle (not the temperatures) in the midwest.
RE: Tell me about Puna... - DanielP - 01-20-2011
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