10-09-2016, 02:16 PM
I lived in Discovery Harbor for 6 months around the time the vent opened.
The VOG is worse than you think. You can test the effects by breathing on a voggy day. Or trying to see the ocean.
DH is a snowbird community; kind of empty during the summer, busy in the winter.
It's a really long way to shopping if you need something. The grocery that was there wasn't very good, and had high prices. (That was before Malama market opened in HOVE.) You think it's not a big deal, but wait until there's something you need. Of course, Amazon offers a lot more variety now than when I lived there. Did anybody mention that Amazon takes weeks to ship here?
The Ace Hardware was great (they even had black sewing thread when I needed it!)
More rain than Kona, less than Hilo.
You'd have to check, but I think you can't get Kaiser medical coverage there (they don't cover the entire island). Don't know about HMSA or private docs.
There is a hospital in Pahala, but it's really emergency care and send 'em off to Hilo or Kona.
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The VOG is worse than you think. You can test the effects by breathing on a voggy day. Or trying to see the ocean.
DH is a snowbird community; kind of empty during the summer, busy in the winter.
It's a really long way to shopping if you need something. The grocery that was there wasn't very good, and had high prices. (That was before Malama market opened in HOVE.) You think it's not a big deal, but wait until there's something you need. Of course, Amazon offers a lot more variety now than when I lived there. Did anybody mention that Amazon takes weeks to ship here?
The Ace Hardware was great (they even had black sewing thread when I needed it!)
More rain than Kona, less than Hilo.
You'd have to check, but I think you can't get Kaiser medical coverage there (they don't cover the entire island). Don't know about HMSA or private docs.
There is a hospital in Pahala, but it's really emergency care and send 'em off to Hilo or Kona.
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