07-16-2015, 08:11 AM
Kalakoa,
I saw all the signs over on Oahu just last week, "Keep the country, country", "No New City", etc. Oahu blows away the Big Island aesthetically speaking beach and mountain terrain wise, incredible topography to say the least. Beautiful Island on the greater East coast side but no need to mention the interior and south side of the island. I haven't yet visited the West side but hope to on the next visit there.
In reality, Hawaii's growth is slow relative to other States, so Puna's growth rate deemed fastest isn't saying much on a national level and even less when one considers that it's not based on an actual growth in a traditional sense but rather increasing occupancies of parcels that have been available for occupancy for half a century already. If someone slapped in a new subdivision complete with $500k homes (cheap by Oahu standards)here in Puna... that developer would go belly up and the properties would end up taken over by the lending party.
I saw all the signs over on Oahu just last week, "Keep the country, country", "No New City", etc. Oahu blows away the Big Island aesthetically speaking beach and mountain terrain wise, incredible topography to say the least. Beautiful Island on the greater East coast side but no need to mention the interior and south side of the island. I haven't yet visited the West side but hope to on the next visit there.
In reality, Hawaii's growth is slow relative to other States, so Puna's growth rate deemed fastest isn't saying much on a national level and even less when one considers that it's not based on an actual growth in a traditional sense but rather increasing occupancies of parcels that have been available for occupancy for half a century already. If someone slapped in a new subdivision complete with $500k homes (cheap by Oahu standards)here in Puna... that developer would go belly up and the properties would end up taken over by the lending party.