02-28-2008, 11:09 AM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the first article only said that 10,000 residents left Hawaii. There's nothing that said the population decreased by 10,000 only that 10,000 resident during 2007 left the islands. We need the figures of total population at end of 2007 for those numbers to really mean anything. For all we know, 10,000 departed while 25,000 became residents. That would indicate an exodus from the mainland to Hawaii if we talking just numbers with no value to those numbers.
Facts are Facts, Hawaii is in the middle of the ocean and that alone has a limiting effect on business opportunities, added logistical costs, and a physical impediment that prevents interstate commerce. Think about this, how many people live in New Jersey and Connecticut but commutes for work, drive in for shopping, entertainment, schooling and all the other thing offered in New York State? They still live in their state but travel freely to other states the same as driving from Puna to Kona. But how in heavens name can that daily travel happen when your thousands of miles from the next state? You either don’t do it or pick up and move. No different from living in Delaware but wanting to work in Oregon.
Facts are Facts, Hawaii is in the middle of the ocean and that alone has a limiting effect on business opportunities, added logistical costs, and a physical impediment that prevents interstate commerce. Think about this, how many people live in New Jersey and Connecticut but commutes for work, drive in for shopping, entertainment, schooling and all the other thing offered in New York State? They still live in their state but travel freely to other states the same as driving from Puna to Kona. But how in heavens name can that daily travel happen when your thousands of miles from the next state? You either don’t do it or pick up and move. No different from living in Delaware but wanting to work in Oregon.