07-03-2008, 03:55 PM
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Originally posted by Menehune
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My posting and others might seem harsh - but for me at least I truly am concerned if you are ready for Puna?
Very well said Menehune.
The harsher thing about this... is that there some people that actually do research what Puna is and about... and think they can do it and are prepared.... Many, eventually end up as being one more person our fragile state government has to support because they simply were not prepared.
They get here... and it just isn't what the postcards really look like.
Heck...funnier yet, I know of people who have boughten property here, and never even seen it. Now how foolish is that!
I love it when people say they are going to live in certain places in Puna...and then they talk about working or finding a job in Hilo.
Do they realize that Gas Alone to make that drive each week is over $100.00.... which then tacks on additional $400.00 a month in just driving expenses.
Too many horror stories I have heard, and I have seen a dramatic increase of what appears to be "homeless" people throughout Puna.
Sad... but true.
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It is the way... the way it is.