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KITV says Nanawale is a "high crime rate" part of Puna. Is this true? (I've also read that the Nanawale subdivision has the strictest rules and regulations among all of Puna's subdivisions.)
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I have heard that it is pretty rough over there. Truth? Houses are so close together in that subdivision.....
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I am really becoming dis-enchanted with our moving next week to Nanawale, I mean, crime happens everywhere, but add up all that has happened to us in the last month (i.e. our home break in and loss of new appliances and tractor mower) to this murder. makes me wonder what the message is from the Big Kahuna up in the sky? Should we fulfill our lifetime dream of retirement to the Puna district we fell in love with so so many years ago?
DJ
deej
"Today I am better than yesterday, but not as good as I will be tomorrow."
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nanawaledeej times are tough right now. i have watched several subdivisions go through this. i have posted before how my father wouldnt let me go into hpp because it was too "spooky". it makes a real difference if you are present in both body and spirit. there are good people in each community. we left oshiro road after over 35 years and had watched our little place go from good to bad to good to great to bad. we are now in the acres with a terrible wild west reputation, and find we have lovely neighbors. this is not to say i am always aware and careful and a bit nervous when i have to leave for any length of time. you can make it work, retirement means you are older and wiser so use your wisdom.. take care
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Actually the only crowding of homes is at the entrance area of Nanawale. Once you get past that short section it's not so crowded.
There is less crime here than H.P.P. and some other subdivisions
I feel very safe living here in Nanawale. I live in the back area next to the ag lots and forest reserve. Very quite and beautiful.
enjoy.
riverwolf
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I've lived in Nanawale for 34 years. It is the second largest subdivision in Puna, with 4200 lots compared to Paradise Park's 8400. But most of Nanawale's lot sizes are about 1/5 of an acre, compared to HPP's acre-plus lots. Lower Puna has the cheapest land, the cheapest home rentals in the state.
Anyone who doesn't realize lower Puna is a green ghetto hasn't done the research, or who doesn't think such a place is going to harbor all the state's social ills is not being realistic.
Dysfunction in individuals, families, communities waxes and wanes with what is going on in the larger community over which they have no control. If you teach at one school in the same community for a number of years, you see this happening.
Nanawale has gone through the same things. And in tough times, that harshness gets highlighted here. We are home to many wandering souls from all over the globe, seeking shelter from the buffeting of unknown previous lives that we can only guess at. Many have found great solace here and their dysfunction starts healing; others succumb to their troubles.
My little lot in Nanawale, tho, is my piece of Paradise. I consider it amongst the greatest blessings of my life. My global friends and family love to spend time here with me...their biggest threat is the noise of the coquis (which I have grown to love)!
There is great beauty in Nanawale, great love. Families displaced by the Kalapana lava inundations have relocated here. But it is also home to some of the most economically challenged residents of our state. Think about just where in Nanawale you want to locate...there are whole blocks with no developed lots at all, some with very thick forest and miles down into the giant cul-de-sac of lower Puna. There are also some very nice homes with stunningly landscaped gardens and wonderful friends and neighbors.
Headlines are for grabbing attention...
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Ironically, all those "side-by-side" houses at the front of Nanavale are on an actual County Road; the rest of the subdivision is "private".
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Riverwolf we may be neighbors if its Mauna Kea Road. Mahalo for the encouraging words. Will add to this post when I am back home on the PC. Phones just dont cut it all the time.
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deej
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Crime happens everywhere HPP, HB, HS, Hilo. Yes it happens here in Nanawale as well. It is not the neighborhood it is people. It just takes just one bad apple to ruin a bunch. It so happens our neighborhood is beautiful and we have some great neighbors! We have had no problems out here what so ever.
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There are four county roads in Nanawale: Nanawale Blvd., Hapuu, Kehau, Maheaulani. The rest belong to the community association.
