06-02-2006, 05:37 AM
Aloha Lenny, sounds like you're getting info from people who are referring to Puna's past. The lawless "wild west" connotation was true in the past, I lived here in the 80's and was robbed 3 different times. It is not the same place as then, we have 24/7 law enforcement, I've lived here now about 7 years, never had any problems. Also, a lot of people on Kona side can't concieve why anyone would want to live in such a wet, rural place as east Hawaii (I can't concieve how anyone could live in a place as dry, congested and expensive as Kona myself).