09-05-2018, 12:58 AM
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Originally posted by ElysianWort
However, do you think that living out on a remote tropical island yet still being part of the U.S.A. might have anything to do with the higher cost of living?
Pacific ocean isolation is the obvious reason for most of it. Interesting that East Hawaii is significantly lower than Hawaii overall- Puna in particular. At least, according to the map down the page on this link.
https://www.bestplaces.net/cost_of_livin...awaii/hilo