06-29-2015, 05:19 AM
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Originally posted by pahoated
This will be entertaining to see why the county sees a great need to have lots from a private subdivision turned into a county park. It will also raise the question about the road to the park. Will the county pave that nicely while keeping to their position that roads in private subdivisions are the responsibility of the subdivision? Added to that will be the population shift to HPP for home sales, people moving to a place they think has less chance to be affected by future flows. Seems like there will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/news...ate-market
“I’ve seen a real increase in homes on the market right now in (Hawaiian Paradise Park) specifically,” Costa said. “I don’t know if that’s because the market coming back stronger and we see confidence in buyers, or if that is a delayed reaction to lava flow.
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There is a lot of new construction going on in HPP, and pre existing houses are also selling very quickly.
HPP had over 10,000 people in the last 10 year census, 2 years ago the census bureau estimated HPP had grown by almost another 3,000, and now I would guess it is over 15,000. By the time the next census is done I predict HPP will have the population for one county district, the rest of Puna plus a tiny sliver of Hilo will have a second one, and Hilo will continue to lose power. It is going to be hard for Hawaii County to continue to ignore a subdivision with over 20,000 people in it. When built out fully HPP will have between 30,000 and 45,000 people living in it, in politics demography is destiny.