11-21-2010, 08:24 PM
You go Glen!
I haven't seen the Longs. Does anyone have a pic of its Fugliness that they could put on Photobucket or something and link? (Not a Yahoo group, I can't see those.)
Pahoa has charm potential. From the guidebooks, one expects it to have more charm than is on view when one arrives.
I am in my heart mixed in feeling about "cute and charming" as marketing, for the reason that it works all too well, and that can destroy a place, to be overly successful as a destination. But if people want jobs and money, it would bring in all sorts of money, more than having a Burger King and a Longs. I hate to say it, but it's been proven that if you get a good look going and you bring in the right kind of gift shops, you can draw a lot of money. You just have to get that "walking tourists" thing going; then people will want to stay there so you can add B&B's -- then that supports more places to eat, it all feeds on itself.
Or -- people take a look, are put off, keep on driving,and go have lunch at the Kalapana Cafe -- which is well recommended.
I haven't seen the Longs. Does anyone have a pic of its Fugliness that they could put on Photobucket or something and link? (Not a Yahoo group, I can't see those.)
Pahoa has charm potential. From the guidebooks, one expects it to have more charm than is on view when one arrives.
I am in my heart mixed in feeling about "cute and charming" as marketing, for the reason that it works all too well, and that can destroy a place, to be overly successful as a destination. But if people want jobs and money, it would bring in all sorts of money, more than having a Burger King and a Longs. I hate to say it, but it's been proven that if you get a good look going and you bring in the right kind of gift shops, you can draw a lot of money. You just have to get that "walking tourists" thing going; then people will want to stay there so you can add B&B's -- then that supports more places to eat, it all feeds on itself.
Or -- people take a look, are put off, keep on driving,and go have lunch at the Kalapana Cafe -- which is well recommended.