07-24-2007, 08:15 AM
This is already happening. A congenial kama'aina couple from Oahu just bought and moved into the house across the road from Bear and me. (The house had been on the market 15 months and sold for $59,000 less than the original asking price.) They told us that for what they made off their house on Oahu they were able to buy a house here for themselves and one for their daughter with enough money left to pay for both families' moving expenses and then some.
The first thing they did was cut down all the trees in front of the house, even mature fruit bearers. Now they are looking for somebody to bulldoze all the ohias behind the house. Say they want a really big lawn. I suggested that they could have a really big lawn and still leave a lot of ohias in the back, seeing as how they have a whole acre. That produced a blank stare. Other than their urge to cut down every tree in sight, they are nice.
The first thing they did was cut down all the trees in front of the house, even mature fruit bearers. Now they are looking for somebody to bulldoze all the ohias behind the house. Say they want a really big lawn. I suggested that they could have a really big lawn and still leave a lot of ohias in the back, seeing as how they have a whole acre. That produced a blank stare. Other than their urge to cut down every tree in sight, they are nice.