01-07-2014, 02:30 PM
Now that I live here full time...it's still all true. I have never lived in a friendly place in my life. I have been welcomed with open arms both at work and in public with complete strangers. I have been invited to luaus, Christmas gatherings, 1st birthdays and the list goes on and on.
I have been in Hilo a few times when the car in front of me stalls and I get out to help push them along. By the time I start pushing another 4 or 5 people come out to help. In the mainland people would just honk their horns and flip you off because you are in their way. It's really different out here.
Regarding my wife, she found a good job within 30 days of moving here. Like I said five years ago, "I believe the islands have a way of letting the people in that belong and chewing up and spitting the rest out".
To me personally, this is the most magical place on earth and I am blessed to have had the opportunity to call this place home.
I have been in Hilo a few times when the car in front of me stalls and I get out to help push them along. By the time I start pushing another 4 or 5 people come out to help. In the mainland people would just honk their horns and flip you off because you are in their way. It's really different out here.
Regarding my wife, she found a good job within 30 days of moving here. Like I said five years ago, "I believe the islands have a way of letting the people in that belong and chewing up and spitting the rest out".
To me personally, this is the most magical place on earth and I am blessed to have had the opportunity to call this place home.