Downtown Pahoa vs Honokaa (what's the difference?)

[AKpilot]

I like Pahoa just fine! Head to Uncle Roberts and Kehena whenever I can, I was just shocked at how quickly things have changed and wondered if anyone had any ideas of why. Didn't mean to offend.

AKpilot

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Originally posted by Slow Walker

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Originally posted by AKpilot

Reading everyone's discussion regarding a "Beat Cop" in Pahoa brings up something I have wondered for the past little while.

I used to spend half the year in and around Pahoa about 5-6 years ago. It was my haunt for a solid 2 years. I adored it and proudly called myself a Punatic! It had this wonderful goofy, quirky, country feel to it. Lopsided sidewalks, Hippy shops, pizza joints, a marvouls Italian restaurant with mismatched tables and plates a grocery store reminiscent of the little grocery stores of my childhood. I was occasional approached by a polite guy or gal wondering if I wanted some Pakalolo, but they never hassled me. Pahoa positively bustled! I was no downtown Hilo, but I remember every store front was occupied.

Back then I made a few trips to Honokaa and it was a dead as a doormat. Most storefronts vacant and some even abandoned.

Now I live near Honokaa and the place is growing leaps and bounds. We are pulling to gather as a community in ways I am so proud of. We are beating the dust out our little town and good things are on the horizon.

I have been shocked at my trips to Pahoa before and after the Lava flow. The heart seems to have disappeared from little Pahoa. It seems like old Honokaa, sad, forgotten and lost. I don't feel unsafe there, but I have lived in the bad parts of a few major metropolisis.

What do you guys think happened?

AKpilot

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