Moving to big island

[csgray]

I would say it is not a matter of fear, so much as awareness. But the volcanoes, lack of stereotypical white sandy beaches because we are such a new island, and the shortage of economic development that produces family wage jobs in a place with such a high cost of living, all add up to a cheaper real estate market than islands with a different profile.

I love this place, and wouldn't want to live anywhere else, but it is good to be realistic about what a place is and isn't before buying.

Carol