08-06-2008, 03:06 AM
I guess our speculative forefathers didn't foresee how much technology and world affairs would change this island in 50 years. What they considered to be unusable lava land out in the middle of nowhere,now seems to be the sale of the century where many seem to be moving to.... with lush properties, beautiful weather, no vog, and plentiful rain (to compensate for the one thing we don't have....water lines). Puna has just about everything that people have in Hilo or Kona only it's ten times cheaper. And with soaring energy costs, and an economic downturn... Where do you think people are going to flock to? Puna could just end up being the largest population center on the island.