What Makes Hawaii Unique??? (Honolulu: fit in, rental, condos)

[whynot?]

Originally Posted by Jonah K

If one doesn't count the misnamed "Pearl City" neighborhood on O'ahu, the interstate highways in Hawai'i won't even take you to the next city.

On a historical note, while Honolulu has been known officially as the "City and County of Honolulu" since 1907, it didn't even have a city charter until 1959. The main population centers on the neighbor islands eg. Lihue, Kahului, and Hilo are officially "county seats", not cities; however, most would qualify as "towns."

Wailuku, not Kahului, is the county seat of Maui. Just for the record.

[Jonah K]

Originally Posted by whynot?

Wailuku, not Kahului, is the county seat of Maui. Just for the record.

My bad, I didn't have my morning coffee before I posted and I was thinking more about local airports instead of local government.

Of all the islands in Hawai'i, Maui has the strangest IATA airport codes. For instance, the code for Kahului is "OGG" (instead of a more memorable "KHL", which is the code for the airport at Khulna, Bangladesh) and the code for Kapalua is "JHM" (instead of something like "KPL", which is the code for the airport at Kapul, Papua New Guinea).

[whynot?]

Originally Posted by Jonah K

Of all the islands in Hawai'i, Maui has the strangest . . . .

There are just SO MANY ways one could finish that sentence! LOL!

According to SkyGod.com:

"Kahului Airport, Maui, was designated as OGG in honor of aviation legend, and Lihue native, Capt. Bertram J. Hogg (pronounced Hoag)."

And Wikipedia says:

"The airport code name JHM stands for John Henry Magoon, who was president of Hawaiian Airlines when that airline developed [the Kapalua] airport."

[VanHa]

Originally Posted by whynot?

There are just SO MANY ways one could finish that sentence! LOL!

According to SkyGod.com:

"Kahului Airport, Maui, was designated as OGG in honor of aviation legend, and Lihue native, Capt. Bertram J. Hogg (pronounced Hoag)."

And Wikipedia says:

"The airport code name JHM stands for John Henry Magoon, who was president of Hawaiian Airlines when that airline developed [the Kapalua] airport."

Interesting stuff....anyone know the identifier for the Hana airport?

[Jonah K]

Originally Posted by VanHa

Interesting stuff....anyone know the identifier for the Hana airport?

If I recall correctly, it's "HNM."

Here's a quick list of the identifiers for the airports in Hawai'i that I can remember...

Hana Airport (HNM)
Hickam Air Force Base (HIK)
Hilo International Airport (ITO)
Honolulu International Airport (HNL)
Kahului Airport (OGG)
Kapalua Airport (JHM)
Keahole International Airport (KOA)
Lana'i Airport (LNY)
Lihue Airport (LIH)
Moloka'i Airport (MKK)
Princeville Airport (HPV)
Waimea-Kohala Airport (MUE)

[VanHa]

Another thing that makes Hawaii unique is its dialect yeah!

[808n310]

Originally Posted by VanHa

Another thing that makes Hawaii unique is its dialect yeah!

Yups!

Also too I think the isolation creates fiercely loyal / pround residents. I always see other people in L.A. with the islands, Honu, 808, etc stickers on their cars. You don't necessarily see cars driving around with a big picture of the outline of Nebraska or Vermont (just picked randomly, not hating) on their back window...

oh and btw I'm currently sportin the red, yellow, green islands across the back window...woo hoo moke action!

[denverian]

I've been to Hawai'i many times and would someday like to retire there, but to me, it's incredibly unique from the mainland. Besides the tropical beauty, the people, culture, food, strong Asian influence...

When I go, I stay with friends in the Pearl City area, away from the tourist areas. I've found the people to be very warm and friendly - maybe because I embrace the Hawai'ian culture. It just suits me very well - and I refuse to wear shoes indoors, even in winter in Denver!

[VanHa]

Originally Posted by denverian

I've been to Hawai'i many times and would someday like to retire there, but to me, it's incredibly unique from the mainland. Besides the tropical beauty, the people, culture, food, strong Asian influence...

When I go, I stay with friends in the Pearl City area, away from the tourist areas. I've found the people to be very warm and friendly - maybe because I embrace the Hawai'ian culture. It just suits me very well - and I refuse to wear shoes indoors, even in winter in Denver!

It's a different type of living that is for sure...more emphasis on the family, community, nature...etc. Why wait till you retire...time waits for no one...

[denverian]

Originally Posted by VanHa

It's a different type of living that is for sure...more emphasis on the family, community, nature...etc. Why wait till you retire...time waits for no one...

1 year old twins, dog, jobs... it's hard to uproot an entire family. Plus we're gay parents and live in a very accepting area with great schools, so it's a good place for us to raise our kids. I have no idea how accepting people are in Oahu to family situations like ours. We're also a bi-racial black/white couple with bi-racial children. I suspect we wouldn't have any huge problems though.