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I don't get bored when I 'm in Hawaii, but I can see that if I lived there or was there longer than a month, I'd get a bit of Island Fever. Just knowing, I can jump into my car or train or ferry ride, for a cheap weekend escape makes me feel better.
Hawaii isn't different from anyplace else, things get old, redundant or just normal, whether that's restaurants, activities, people or even the surroundings. It's not the nonstop exciting adventure that tourists and non-locals think it is. Consider it a form of hedonic adaptation.
"Yes, but in Seattle, you can always get in your car and drive somewhere for a little weekend trip. You can't really do that in Hawaii."
I don't agree. Hilo and the Kona side are so different they might as well be different islands. I could see getting geographically bored on a little island like Oahu though.
Frankly, with a full time job and trying to run a farm and other endeavors on top of that, I don't have time for anything, especially getting bored.
I disagree with those saying boredom is just a state of mind and blah blah. I was very bored on Kauai since it rained so much and I was devoured by mosquitos whenever I left the house. It became too much of a chore just to get the mail having to put on bug spray. I watched more TV there than any other time in life. My husband didn't get bored at all but he's always been a home body. In San Diego I can go hiking almost daily and not feel gross, sticky the whole time and don't get bug bites. My husband also didn't have the bug bite issue in Kauai so he wasn't as bothered. It really depends the person. I didn't like the limited restaurants that a seemed over priced and had constant buyers remorse after going out to eat. Here I can get good cheap Mexican food and it's worth the price. Anyway, it really is case by case and has, nothing to do with state of mind BS.
I disagree with those saying boredom is just a state of mind and blah blah. I was very bored on Kauai since it rained so much and I was devoured by mosquitos whenever I left the house. It became too much of a chore just to get the mail having to put on bug spray. I watched more TV there than any other time in life. My husband didn't get bored at all but he's always been a home body. In San Diego I can go hiking almost daily and not feel gross, sticky the whole time and don't get bug bites. My husband also didn't have the bug bite issue in Kauai so he wasn't as bothered. It really depends the person. I didn't like the limited restaurants that a seemed over priced and had constant buyers remorse after going out to eat. Here I can get good cheap Mexican food and it's worth the price. Anyway, it really is case by case and has, nothing to do with state of mind BS.
So are you saying I should not be allowed to give my opinion if I would get bored living in Hawaii because I've never been there? I've never been to many places in this world, but I have opinions of many of those places if I would want to live there or not. Don't you?
I would love to visit Hawaii for a few weeks, I'm sure It's gorgeous there, but each island is relatively small. The largest island, Hawaii has 4028 square miles. That's smaller than the state of Connecticut and also smaller than several large metro areas. The 2nd largest island, Maui has 725 square miles. That's a smaller land area than the city limits of Jacksonville, Florida.
I know myself well enough that after awhile, I'd be wanting to go someplace else for a few days. I'm sure It's not exactly cheap to hop on an airplane and fly to another island on a whim. Here in Austin, Texas, I can get in my car and drive to Houston or Dallas or New Orleans, on a whim. Can't really do that in Hawaii.
The only island in the world I think I might like to live on is Key West, Florida. If I started feeling claustrophobic in Key West, I can always get in my car and be in Miami and mainland Florida in a couple of hours.
I have lived for many years in Austin and even more years in Honolulu. IMO Honolulu is much less boring than Austin.
The only funny thing I recalled living in Austin is go watching swimmers skinny dipping in Lake Travis. Or driving to Laredo and cross the border to hop on a 18-hour train to Mexico City.
Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and even Corpus Christi are essentially boring places -- not much to see. In fact, Texas is itself boring. And the people are much less friendly and open-minded than those in Hawaii.
Of course, you can drive to New Orleans or Florida. But that is a much longer trip.
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or ferry ride, for a cheap weekend escape makes me feel better.
