Hi from Ohio

[ReSpEct86]

The text was only because when I originally posted it, it was extremely small. I don’t know why, but it was hard to read. I didn’t touch anything before posting so then I try to edit it and couldn’t find the font enlarger so I tried a different type of font and bolded it trying to get it larger.

And comfortable living I will define as we are comfortable now with one person working. (My husband)If we moved there, we would both be working, so I would hope to still be comfortable. Hopefully that made it better to understand.

No I do not plan on bringing any of my Farm animals with me. They will have a nice forever home with some family members here. I have had them for many years and it truly is a lot of work to be a (even a somewhat Farmer) I will be ok with Not getting up at 6 am to walk out to the barn to feed the animals in a foot or more of snow. And will be perfectly ok with not having to muck the barn in the summers.

The only reason I have time for them now is because I don’t work. But I'm realistic I know once I start working I won’t have time to do those things. They were all rescued from bad situations I never intended on having a farm.

The only animals that would come with us are our two dogs. Both papered and both vet checked fully and fixed. I have read all the regulation on the quarantine process and all the processes actually. This sounds like a pain in the arse but very doable.

[zerhacke]

Hello, Respect.

I'm a transplant from Ohio and grew up there most of my juvenile years. I do not live in Hawai'i any longer but have lived there previously. For point of reference purposes, I am from Marietta.

My educational background is in physics and I hold a Ph.D. Most people are impressed with this when I speak of it and assume that I make quite a wonderful living with it. The reality is that the money depends on where I live. There isn't a huge call for physicists today unless you're a rock and roll star of the science world.

I am sad to say that while living in Hawai'i, the money wasn't enough to continue living there with respect to other places in the country (or worldwide, which I also managed to try at one point).

My wife holds a degree and certification which was sure to prove highly useful in an economy that utilizes tourism fairly heavily. She's a massage therapist. Speaking in terms of Hawai'i, this would appear on the surface to be as in demand as an HVAC person. It gets warm in Hawai'i compared to most people's origins.

She couldn't find employment that was worthwhile enough to continue living there, either. At one point she worked for two competing places at the same time, and even with our combined incomes from three sources of respectable repute it just was not enough.

I hope that the information from one Ph.D to a hopeful Ph.D and one tourism based worker to another somewhat tourism based employer is considered with much regard. It may save you quite the trouble in the future.

Others have said it, and they are right. Hawai'i is a beautiful place to visit, but living there is an entirely different monster. If it is the cold that bothers you along with what you and I both know from having personally been in Ohio, I would suggest a move directly South and not to Hawai'i.

However, I also encourage you to visit sometime, as Hawai'i is probably the single most beautiful place on Earth.

[hotzcatz]

I've noticed in your posts, Respect, you've mentioned you will both have college degrees before you move to Hawaii. Will there also be student debt to pay off?

The economics of Hawaii are that the "median household income" is from multiple wage earners, sometimes three or five wage earners, not merely two. It is very rare to have a household with only one income. Frequently Hawaii households are multi-generational or a "household" consists of unrelated folks living together to save on rent. Even at 55K per year, you won't be living anywhere close to the level that you are living there. No new cars, no going to restaurants frequently, not much new clothing, no going to the grocery store and filling the cart without calculating how much it is going to cost, not a lot of new toys and such, etc. etc. I'm not saying you buy new cars all the time and constantly go out to eat now, it's just that most likely you won't have those options in Hawaii.

I've heard some areas of South Carolina are lovely, there would probably be a much lower cost of living as well as warm weather there. It would be a lot warmer than Ohio without being terribly hot during the summer, wouldn't it? There should be some sort of zone across the mainland United States that has good weather?

[Fredesch]

Originally Posted by hotzcatz

I've heard some areas of South Carolina are lovely, there would probably be a much lower cost of living as well as warm weather there. It would be a lot warmer than Ohio without being terribly hot during the summer, wouldn't it? There should be some sort of zone across the mainland United States that has good weather?

Hotcatz, it sounds as if you have never been in the mainland south during August. If you like 95 degrees and 95% humidity it is lovely. Most of us feel South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana are miserable in summer.