05-24-2017, 08:12 AM
Most of the whole stretch of the country from Mississippi to Detroit has very affordable housing. (middle America) Community consensus in these places is that rent is low and affordable.
Affordable housing means little if jobs are unavailable. Without an income you can't pay even $100 a month for an apartment. Look at Puna, we have some of the most "affordable" housing in Hawaii, but few jobs. You have to factor in all of the conditions and variables to see the big picture.
Here are your three cities in the Midwest with jobs, affordable housing, and quality of life; Oklahoma City, Omaha, Des Moines.
http://gizmodo.com/only-three-us-cities-...1781562314
Yes, there are high housing costs in Hawaii. Yes there are homeless native Hawaiian people. But to focus your observations only on a single group, when rent is high for Caucasians, Japanese, Filipino's, and everyone else in the islands, is overlooking the vast scope of the problem.
Especially when back in your OP you use that premise to rationalize "Protectors" opposition to the TMT:
Locally, the discontent also might have some link to the native Hawaiian opposition to some development projects.
Seems like a circuitous route with many detours required to get from Point A (homeless) to Point B (TMT). DHHL could put up shelters for the homeless on their vast land holdings if they wanted to. That's the direct route.
Affordable housing means little if jobs are unavailable. Without an income you can't pay even $100 a month for an apartment. Look at Puna, we have some of the most "affordable" housing in Hawaii, but few jobs. You have to factor in all of the conditions and variables to see the big picture.
Here are your three cities in the Midwest with jobs, affordable housing, and quality of life; Oklahoma City, Omaha, Des Moines.
http://gizmodo.com/only-three-us-cities-...1781562314
Yes, there are high housing costs in Hawaii. Yes there are homeless native Hawaiian people. But to focus your observations only on a single group, when rent is high for Caucasians, Japanese, Filipino's, and everyone else in the islands, is overlooking the vast scope of the problem.
Especially when back in your OP you use that premise to rationalize "Protectors" opposition to the TMT:
Locally, the discontent also might have some link to the native Hawaiian opposition to some development projects.
Seems like a circuitous route with many detours required to get from Point A (homeless) to Point B (TMT). DHHL could put up shelters for the homeless on their vast land holdings if they wanted to. That's the direct route.
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