(06-28-2021, 04:50 AM)kalianna Wrote: I wonder how long they'll stay; hauling their own water, waiting in line at the Post Office, taking their own trash to the dump... Things go in cycles. I have a feeling there might be some bargains once the bloom is off the rose.
These people don't haul water or trash. They pay people to do it. A lot of them are multi-generational- they didn't leave the mainland, they escaped it, bringing parents and / or adult children with them.
I agree that these things go in cycles, but this is the first time that real broadband is available almost everywhere, and also the first time that working from home is transitioning from being the exception to being the rule.
It used to be that there weren't any high-paying jobs in Puna, now people can bring their high paying jobs with them. I've seen more out of state license plates in the last month than I've seen in the previous 8 years combined. Of course, some of them WILL go back, but maybe others will just take their place.