08-18-2006, 06:43 PM
The main reasons I hear why people leave are that they miss family, couldn't find work that paid well enough, or that is in their field, they found it too slow here (not enough shopping, entertainment) and they miss home. Those are the reasons they cite in any case. I do hear a lot of negative things about the schools, too. I love it here and I don't anticipate ever wanting to leave, but I don't have school- aged children and work remotely for a tech company, don't like to shop all that much, and I'm married to a local, so I'm very familiar/comfortable with the culture. I can understand why someone from Maine, or Oregon, for example, might have trouble adjusting and just want to go home to everything that is familiar and "normal" to them. Da Stef, good question. I'd like to hear more reasons why people leave Hawaii.