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Now it's known hawaii does have somewhat of a homeless person issue. However i believe a good number of those homeless were once mainlanders?
So my question is how did they arrive to be homeless in hawaii? Since hawaii is an island i find it hard to believe they paid money for airfare tickets as previously homeless people. So are a lot of these people just mainlanders chasing a dream to hawaii and it not just working out at all?
So my question is how did they arrive to be homeless in hawaii?
That is easy - they post on here - people egg them on, usually not from Hawaii, and say follow your dream. They burn thru the $10K they said they have, it lasts a couple of months, and then they can't afford to go back. It isn't complicated.
If you listen to viper you'll be miss led, most of Hawai'i's homless population is Asain or Hispanic, followed by whites and lastly African Americans... i would say a lot of it has to do with the ice problem that Hawai'i has. I would guess that less than a quarter make up mainlanders.
That is easy - they post on here - people egg them on, usually not from Hawaii, and say follow your dream. They burn thru the $10K they said they have, it lasts a couple of months, and then they can't afford to go back. It isn't complicated.
Throw a lei around his neck and give that man a lifetime supply of poi
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28 degrees, with a high of 36 today, or in Hawaii where it's probably in the 70s?
Some of the homeless panhandlers can make air fare in a day or two during our summer tourist season.
If you listen to viper you'll be miss led, most of Hawai'i's homless population is Asain or Hispanic, followed by whites and lastly African Americans... i would say a lot of it has to do with the ice problem that Hawai'i has. I would guess that less than a quarter make up mainlanders.
Such seriously bad informtion from someone who doesn't live in Hawaii. Wow. One of the most false statements on here for awhile.
I'll give you some actual fiscal year 2012 statistics:
Homeless demographics per University of Hawaii and the Hawaii State Department of Human Services.
About 32% are caucasion, 28% Hawaiian/part-Hawaiian, 10% Micronesion, 10% Asian, 7% Marshallese, 6% other pacific islander, 4% black, 3% other....
Hispanic doesn't even make the list.
60% are male
25% are children under 18
42% lifetime Hawaii residents
11% are in Hawaii 1 year or less (did I mention dreamers)
About 10,000 of the 13,000 or so homeless in Hawaii live on Oahu, with the majority located in Waianae
That is easy - they post on here - people egg them on, usually not from Hawaii, and say follow your dream. They burn thru the $10K they said they have, it lasts a couple of months, and then they can't afford to go back. It isn't complicated.
LMAO @ the "follow your dream" part.
They say the same thing in the LA forums too. "Follow your dream. You don't ever want to go through life having regrets, do you?"
Then the dumb saps come to the city believing they'll be the "special" one out of the millions who came before them.
NYC does it too, but I will admit that the posters are more ruthlessly HONEST in what will happen to them if they have no money.
Since the state of Hawaii has government assisted housing vouchers for residents of Hawaii, that keeps some of the low income residents out of the homeless camps. Lots of low income Hawaii residents have family that keep them out of the homeless camps. Dreamers who come from the mainland with no money are not eligible for the housing vouchers, nor do they have family to take them in, so that gives them a greater chance of ending up homeless.
Since drugs and alcohol are big contributors to homelessness, there are going to be homeless that are homeless because of their substance abuse issues. Hawaii, with very low salaries and very high housing costs, is going to have more homeless that are working poor and just can't earn enough to rent even a tiny place. In places with cheap housing, you don't run into that sort of homeless.
But yes, we sure see a lot of notes from people with no job skills and not much money who have enough for a plane ticket and 1-2 months rent, who are sure they can make it work. If those people don't have family back on the mainland who will bail them out, they end up homeless.
It seems to be this commonly held dream that a person can live on the beach and eat fish and coconuts and lounge around drinking beer all day. I don't think that works anywhere and it sure doesn't work in Hawaii. But still they arrive in Hawaii with no money and no marketable job skills..
Also If your statistics are correct, I was right in saying less than a quarter come from the mainland. But a study I just read said up to 40% come from the mainland...
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