07-24-2019, 11:26 AM
jrw - But do you consider jobs that pay $10 per hour and no benefits a Livable job.
Depends on what you mean "Livable job." There are many people in Puna who are engaged in growing a majority of their own food and living. If you are talking about owning a 3/2 in Hilo with a mortgage and car payment, it's probably not the best means to that end, and never has been, as HOTPE pointed out.
Beside this about lost jobs discussion.
Which ones exactly? Bottle plant workers? Rocket pad construction? TMT operators? Those are all vastly different fields some of which would be filled locally and some of which would need to be brought in (TomK isn't a local FYI). I'm sure the County can take up the slack if you know who to ask
"They've been telling me Hilo isn't going to make it for 50 years now, but it's still here. Just goes to show you..." - paraphrase of a longtime local resident, on a visit nearly 20 years ago
Depends on what you mean "Livable job." There are many people in Puna who are engaged in growing a majority of their own food and living. If you are talking about owning a 3/2 in Hilo with a mortgage and car payment, it's probably not the best means to that end, and never has been, as HOTPE pointed out.
Beside this about lost jobs discussion.
Which ones exactly? Bottle plant workers? Rocket pad construction? TMT operators? Those are all vastly different fields some of which would be filled locally and some of which would need to be brought in (TomK isn't a local FYI). I'm sure the County can take up the slack if you know who to ask
"They've been telling me Hilo isn't going to make it for 50 years now, but it's still here. Just goes to show you..." - paraphrase of a longtime local resident, on a visit nearly 20 years ago