03-05-2007, 05:45 AM
It really is strange how folks on the other side think of the East side. A woman at my office has a daughter in Kona and when she told her she might retire in Hilo, she told her it's not safe, this for a woman coming from San Francisco. I guess it is good overall. My last trip there a few weeks ago, the little bit I passed through Kona just made me feel like it was middle america on an island and not somewhere I could ever live. I think you will find a lot more aloha, true Hawaii, and uniqueness in Puna than Kona.