01-21-2014, 03:39 AM
This thread makes me really second guess owning a business in Puna. Just like so many people here, I'm faced with the proposition of commuting to Hilo and working for someone else, or opening my own business in growing Puna, and dodging the commute altogether. I'd much rather open a small salon in Pahoa or Keaau, than work in Hilo and "live" in Puna, but I don't have unlimited time and resources to make it happen either. Surely people here realize growth can be beneficial to a more self contained (ish) Puna.

