Hawaii ranked worst state to make a living

[Guest]

If Hawaii (Big Island) ever becomes a good place to find a job, it will quickly resemble Los Angeles and S. California. The slim pickings here is the only thing, the only thing, holding back the hordes.

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[Lodestone]

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Originally posted by imagtek

If Hawaii (Big Island) ever becomes a good place to find a job, it will quickly resemble Los Angeles and S. California. The slim pickings here is the only thing, the only thing, holding back the hordes.

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Exactly. And, IMHO, this is the underlying conundrum that fuels most disagreements in this forum. Overpopulation is the spoiler of idyllic locales everywhere in this modern world. We complain about the inefficiencies and irrationalities that make for high prices, high taxes, and poor job opportunities, and rightly so. But that may be the only thing keeping Puna, for better or worse, Puna.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

We complain about ... high prices, high taxes, and poor job opportunities, and rightly so. But that may be the only thing keeping Puna, for better or worse, Puna.

And let's not forget about the lava. Not everyone wants to live with a burbling volcano right up the hill from their home or business.

[Wao nahele kane]

When one considers the places least likely to be inundated by lava (the northerly slopes of the Mauna Kea and above) there isn't a whole lot of land to develop to mainland standards here on the Big Island. No large scale investment will take place here beyond a few Waikaloas here and there and therefore no big cities will form South of Mauna Kea.

"If you build it, they will come." does not apply to Puna.

[rainyjim]

On the contrary they built subdivisions and they came.

Puna is the fastest growing district in the state.

Facts are not abundant here.

[Kapoho Joe]

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Originally posted by imagtek

If Hawaii (Big Island) ever becomes a good place to find a job, it will quickly resemble Los Angeles and S. California. The slim pickings here is the only thing, the only thing, holding back the hordes.

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WHO CARES?! Just count yourself lucky that you made it here and try not to worry so much.

[Wao nahele kane]

"On the contrary they built subdivisions and they came."

I wouldn't consider a half century later and such sparse occupancy a coming.

LOL - nice try though.

[Wao nahele kane]

Scratch out an HPP on Oahu today and it will be fully occupied with houses in a couple years or less.

[kalakoa]

Scratch out an HPP on Oahu today

They're in the process of doing just that with the remaining farm lands. (Of course, the Oahu version will have paved roads and piped water...)

I wouldn't consider a half century later and such sparse occupancy a coming.

It doesn't take much, the problems are starting to show, and people keep moving here...

[Newgirl]

Being one of the CA refugees, I trust more people will be moving this way as water wars heat up. The islands were the only place in the US that met the weather criteria for me of being as nice or nicer than coastal CA.

Wealth is a balance, being heavy just on the cash side doesn't necessarily make one better off. Some of the most miserable people I've known were often those couldn't get enough sleep at night despite their skills...or luck.

I guess I need to rush my honeymoon with Puna and find the cause of these complaints I keep reading about.