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(11-20-2021, 02:50 AM)kalakoa Wrote: Mismanagement of the pandemic was just too much for me, so I'm looking at other options.
Honestly having read this forum before ever moving here I knew the government was largely inept. It's just I wasn't expecting it to be so in my face all of the time. Once a certain something is over then it will be a lot easier for me to ignore it all again.
Right now I'm embarrassed to invite anyone here from the mainland.
I moved here knowing there is a small possibility that in my lifetime my house may become inundated by lava. I just think that risk is sufficiently small, and the volcano being so close adds this strange aura of excitement. It makes me feel a little bit more alive than I would otherwise.
I've even got over having someone attempt to steal my car right out of my driveway. I took it as a lesson learned, and no harm if he failed to take anything. My security is much tighter now as a result.
As far as development, I don't really care that much either way. I enjoy the convenience, higher property values, and possibly lower crime that comes along with gentrification or whatever you would call it if it happened in Puna. On the other hand, I am fine how it is now, but certainly won't mind new stores and such opening. I could live in the middle of nowhere as long as I had good internet, but I also wouldn't mind living in Tokyo. There's advantages to both.
I certainly have no intention of leaving what I have here. And yeah, I complain too much. It just sucks that the pandemic has made me lose my rose colored glasses about this place. I just hope I can get them back later.
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Punaperson, you expressed exactly why I chose to live here as well. Very well said. 
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Living unpermitted, off-grid, and fully owning my home and property, this is the first time in my life I've actually felt free. Local government (and sometimes local culture) has its issues, but at least the prevailing attitude is "live and let live".
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(06-23-2009, 04:20 AM)dakine Wrote: Why would anyone buy, build, and move into an area with a 100 percent chance of being inundated by volcanic eruptions? Why would anyone live in an area that is expected to subside in to the ocean with the next large earthquake? Eruptions and earthquakes that are known, with 100 percent certainty, to be forth coming?
The answer to your question is the same answer to the question of why would anyone live in Tornado Alley? Why would anyone live in the drought stricken forests of the West Coast? Why would anyone live along the San Andreas fault? Why would anyone live in Florida with the Hurricanes?
The answer is people live where they choose to live.
Since you asked, I'm curious why you chose where you live?
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11-20-2021, 10:12 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-20-2021, 11:30 PM by HereOnThePrimalEdge.)
AaronM -
dakine passed on into Punaweb heaven when he was banned from the forum but has reincarnated as MyManao. He thinks we don't know, and he pretends he's not the same poster, so you may not get an answer.
While he was pointing fingers at those in Lava Zone 1, he lived a few miles from Kilauea crater when it was sending unbreathable ash clouds thousands of feet into the air and the surrounding area, the crater collapsing with frequent earthquakes, explosions, and boulders blasting great distances across Volcano Park. It was suggested under certain conditions the rocks could have reached Volcano Village area where he lived, but never did.
Pot calling the kettle black.
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(11-20-2021, 05:41 PM)randomq Wrote: Living unpermitted, off-grid, and fully owning my home and property, this is the first time in my life I've actually felt free. Local government (and sometimes local culture) has its issues, but at least the prevailing attitude is "live and let live".
That is so great to hear! How do you feel the "live and let live" attitude manifests itself, in your experience?
Keep it local 
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(11-20-2021, 10:34 PM)Puna Grace Wrote: (11-20-2021, 05:41 PM)randomq Wrote: Living unpermitted, off-grid, and fully owning my home and property, this is the first time in my life I've actually felt free. Local government (and sometimes local culture) has its issues, but at least the prevailing attitude is "live and let live".
That is so great to hear! How do you feel the "live and let live" attitude manifests itself, in your experience?
Here in Hawaiian Acres you might see people living in a mansion, a shack, and a tent on the same block. Or you might see neighbors having a beer or smoking a joint on the street and no one calls the cops. Someone can run a business out of their home, as long as they aren't disrupting their neighbors. Retirees, old hippies, and cult members all enjoying the local farmer's market together. 
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(11-20-2021, 11:12 PM)randomq Wrote: (11-20-2021, 10:34 PM)Puna Grace Wrote: (11-20-2021, 05:41 PM)randomq Wrote: Living unpermitted, off-grid, and fully owning my home and property, this is the first time in my life I've actually felt free. Local government (and sometimes local culture) has its issues, but at least the prevailing attitude is "live and let live".
That is so great to hear! How do you feel the "live and let live" attitude manifests itself, in your experience?
Here in Hawaiian Acres you might see people living in a mansion, a shack, and a tent on the same block... Where's the mansion?  Nicely expressed sentiment.
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I would say the same of Eden Roc except there are no mansions.
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(11-20-2021, 10:12 PM)HereOnThePrimalEdge Wrote: Dakine reincarnated as MyManao...
Of course.. I thought everyone knew that! Who thought it was a secret? You HOTPE? Really?
Amazing.
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