12-08-2013, 09:01 AM
Demographics, sure, but reinforced by the unwritten anti-development posture. (Supposedly, Costco broke ground on the east side, then gave up and went to Kona.)
In a "money-driven" economy, you have to have a ghetto where the "service class" can afford to live.
Today, Puna is that ghetto; when the gentrification comes (it always does, given time), the new ghetto will probably be Kau (think: HOVE).
A higher minumum-wage won't change the status quo.
In a "money-driven" economy, you have to have a ghetto where the "service class" can afford to live.
Today, Puna is that ghetto; when the gentrification comes (it always does, given time), the new ghetto will probably be Kau (think: HOVE).
A higher minumum-wage won't change the status quo.