02-03-2014, 03:06 PM
I was born in Hilo on January 27,1960 at 02.40am. Spent my entire life here,yes i am local. I can honestly say that puna/kalapana in my growing up years of the 60's thru 70's was a different time and place then, the aloha spirit permeated the area back then. Sadly puna/kalapana for various reasons is a vastly different place now. The feeling is not the same in my opinion.