01-25-2009, 03:31 AM
I really love that whole area along the Red Road. It is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been and I always take my traveling companions (the people I drag over with me) to that stretch. An aspect of the beauty of course is the detritus of devastation....the evidence that something horrible happened here ---sort of like a beautiful half-naked model with a bloody meat cleaver in her hand (I use "her" here to refer to the feminine spirit, and not to gender). Fascinating. When I was looking, I very much liked Seaview. There was a plantation style house on Oliana (sp?) with a screened in front porch and a separate studio in the back, for guests that I just loved. I couldn't stop driving by it. It had great bones. Designed, I think by Neil Erickson (sp?). It had the style of decorating that I really like: uncluttered Asian (if you want to stray really, really far from your Southern roots, be sure to live in a house that has very little furniture and nothing on the walls but a painting of cherry blossoms --insanity should ensue in about a week).
Ultimately, I decided it was too far from town for me as I intend to enslave a worker bee while I pluck peaberries. I don't have any statistics, but my impression is that Seaview continues to gentrify and is actually a stronger and more cohesive community than many other subdivisions. Seaview has its own little Farmer's Market, I think, and other community activities. It is small enough to develop a neighborhood watch system that could be effective. Seaview is in a wonderful micro-climate, is close to Puna's only major resort, Kalani, close to a well-known black sand beach and has a lot to offer. It is also gay-friendly, which studies show is a sign of a community on the way up.
So, to answer Damon's question, my impression is that Seaview is a nice community that like other communities in Puna, has plenty of room for improvement. I see people improving Puna all of the time.
Ultimately, I decided it was too far from town for me as I intend to enslave a worker bee while I pluck peaberries. I don't have any statistics, but my impression is that Seaview continues to gentrify and is actually a stronger and more cohesive community than many other subdivisions. Seaview has its own little Farmer's Market, I think, and other community activities. It is small enough to develop a neighborhood watch system that could be effective. Seaview is in a wonderful micro-climate, is close to Puna's only major resort, Kalani, close to a well-known black sand beach and has a lot to offer. It is also gay-friendly, which studies show is a sign of a community on the way up.
So, to answer Damon's question, my impression is that Seaview is a nice community that like other communities in Puna, has plenty of room for improvement. I see people improving Puna all of the time.