Living in a tent on your private property.

[missydog1]

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This Bill establishes that Puna is that "other side of the tracks".

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I don't find anything shocking in what you said in the last paragraph, Bob. Although HOVE is also the other side of the tracks. I have friends there who live in real minimal conditions. For sure it wouldn't fly in the other districts. There are places in South Kona (some may be technically in North Kona district) that are extremely alternative, but I don't think they are temporary while building. I think they're permanently alternative.

It never would fly anywhere else.
In spite of all the people who've gravitated to Puna and brought change, some of it upscale, it was allowed to be developed substandard to County standards and that has set the tone. My friend who grew up on Oahu says that in the 70's, people on Oahu heard about Puna as one big land of pot-growers and hippies, wild west.
A lot of people came to Puna because they liked how it was.
Can't have both right side of the tracks and the freedom and leeway to do your own thing, at least to a greater extent than anywhere else in the state.