08-06-2012, 02:57 AM
thinkin ya'll have island fever and are gettin a wee bit beatchy ;p come on over to the mainland awhile and see if your ready to fly home 
Kauai has at least 2 distinct climate regions. Kapaa to end of the road above Hanalei is rainy but not quite the bucket loads like Hamakua. Once past Lihue and through the eucalyptus tunnel towards Poipu it is sunny and dry and the landscape is more that of a desert.
Affordable land or housing is impossible!!! When I was there rent for a converted shipping container was $1000 a month! Native families had had to house together in tiny ramshackle abodes that could sleep 3 or 4 families but not "live". Living was done outdoors under tarps. The wages are poor so the indigenous families cannot afford to buy or barely rent for that matter which is why so many house together
Rich retiree's have driven the housing market prices through the roof! Pretty, pretty island but unless you are extremely wealthy I think living there would be very very rough.
Kauai has at least 2 distinct climate regions. Kapaa to end of the road above Hanalei is rainy but not quite the bucket loads like Hamakua. Once past Lihue and through the eucalyptus tunnel towards Poipu it is sunny and dry and the landscape is more that of a desert.
Affordable land or housing is impossible!!! When I was there rent for a converted shipping container was $1000 a month! Native families had had to house together in tiny ramshackle abodes that could sleep 3 or 4 families but not "live". Living was done outdoors under tarps. The wages are poor so the indigenous families cannot afford to buy or barely rent for that matter which is why so many house together
Rich retiree's have driven the housing market prices through the roof! Pretty, pretty island but unless you are extremely wealthy I think living there would be very very rough.
islandgirl