Why I am Leaving Puna and Hawaii.

[Kelena]

Origami no ka oi!

[Carolann R]

Tim...you are so right! We got trolled. Haaahaa...what's funny is how defensive we all get and jump in with guns blazin'! That was good!

Okay, here's the challenge - next time someone posts something hateful and way off base - let's see who goes for it first and who is the first one to spot a hairy little TROLL! []

Carrie

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"Freedom has a scent like the top of a newborn baby's head..." U2

[Kapohocat]

quote:

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Originally posted by Glen

Origami no ka oi!

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HA HA HA ! You are too funny Glen!

[aprild]

It seems to me that many people took Anagami's post entirely too personally. And negatively.

Aren't we all entitled to our opinion? Maybe s/he is a person who is very sensitive to these things s/he witnessed here and it was just too much. I think everyone has a right to speak their truth.

I, for one, see a tremendous amount of truth in this frank and honest post. I have spent a lot of time on Maui, teaching in the schools, and there is a not so lovely underbelly to what I truly consider to be my favorite place on earth. At times the juxtaposition of 'good' and 'evil' was almost too much for me. Rats, cockroaches, centipedes in bed and the poverty of many locals all conspired to make me stretch my consciousness of what Hawaii was for me. It definitely is not the perfect paradise of vacations, especially when I factor in the personal obstacles and challenges that Mother Maui threw me on a daily basis some years. And just try to make enough money to live there!

Everyone's experience is different. Many are able to insulate themselves from these harsh truths of life. I know that, in Mexico, that is what the Americans do. I couldn't take it because I wasn't insulated from the poverty, dirt and horror of suffering animals--the 'real' Mexico.

I think we should be allowed to tell our truth or vent without being vilified for it. There was no venom in this post. And it may help someone weigh the pros and cons of a move to BI.

Certainly it is true that every place has its less desirable aspects. Mendocino, where I spend most of my time and which I love deeply, is covered in poison oak and I have personally suffered mightily because of it over the years. There is also a huge amount of drug-taking and alcoholism. And mice overrun my cabin every winter and eat my clothes and ruin my pantry. But I love the redwoods and nature there speaks to my soul.

Let's lighten up, shall we? We can have our Puna Love Fest without forcing everyone to join in.

april

[Kelena]

April's right. Origami is entitled to spit on the floor on his way out the door! He is speaking truth to persons who cannot afford to live on Kauai!

Hanohano Origami!!

[lystpo]

bye bye now. aloha isn't your goodbye. it never was your hello. please take all your friends that think like you with you.[:p]

[weagant]

Methinks some of the posters need to move to Texas and join the rest of your redneck bro's.

I'll bet you voted for W too![8D]

[Kapohocat]

...the silver lining in this thread....

A big hello to all the newbies to punaweb that felt compelled to post! Jump right in - the water's warm!

Aloha and E komo mai !

[Jeffhale]

i think Anagami started this thread, not because he didn't like Hawaii so much but was looking for somebody to talk him out of leaving.. Note, the additions, to the affect, "See, that's why."

But, Fact is, moving from one culture, (sub culture or micro) to another requires an attitude adjustment regardless of where you go..

New Yorkers move to California and can go nutz missing the sidewalk people. Seriously I knew one fellow who just couldn't stand not having millions of people in the streets.. Californians move to New York and go nutz for the opposite reasons, to many..


Mid-westerners migrate one way or another and many soon return to that little town they'd begrudged all their lives. And visa versa..

There's no place like home..

The thing is, it can take years to adjust and it really comes down to how determined you are to go, where you are and be..

Anagami, needed somebody to convince him Hawaii was paradise, but paradise is where you make it.

There is no place like home, but home becomes such as you ajust and settle in..

Home is where you mmake it Anagami, unless you return to your minds eye and only you know where that resides..

[nanasohana]

Jeff, that is such a reasonable and helpful statement. I hope many people read this. It is SO true.