07-31-2015, 11:13 AM
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Originally posted by BradW
Maybe not. Those invested today would likely benefit from thoughtful investments made years ago, and perhaps, perhaps, they are due. However I think we should have little patience for those who cry they are owed due to some dumbass settlement from a vague injustice that occurred many years before our time and that we knew nothing nor cared nothing about. Simply loving the Island and loving it's ohana would be so mo betta. Problem is, the people who live there and think they are God's gift, have decided they want the white faces off the Island. Bye Bye, I would love to see the Big I without any US support -best of luck with that.
We all know your migration to Hawaii did not work out and you moved back to the mainland. that does not mean everyone will have the same experience you did. Generally speaking, what I have found is that people who came here for one or many vacations and "fell in love" with Hawaii often end up moving back within that 2-5 year window. While those who did careful research, came for an extended initial stay of 6 months or a year before burning their bridges to the mainland, and rented for at least a year before buying a home tend to last longer. Just look at the long time punaweb folks who were posting here in the early days, many are still here and still like living here, but these are people who did not think they were moving to "paradise" and they had realistic expectations.
I am sorry it did not work out here for you Brad, but the fact that you still feel compelled to post about how horrible Puna is and how much you dislike the people who inhabit this place, after selling out years ago, tells me that perhaps the real problem is more personal to you and your family than general to the place.
We've been here a while now (well over a decade) have not had anything close to your negative experience with living here. And if we had gotten fed up and moved away years ago we wouldn't still be trolling punaweb for a chance to whine about what a horrible place Puna is and how the people think they are "god's gift."