If Hawaii is so good, why is the population so small? (homes, construction)

[HankDfrmSD]

Originally Posted by NanawaleJulie

What do you mean by starting over? What kind of jobs ARE available? thanks

Hawaii Tribune-Herald :: Hilo, Hawaii

[GirlinAZ]

Originally Posted by HankDfrmSD

Hawaii Tribune-Herald :: Hilo, Hawaii

There were 23 postings. This is compared to the over 5000 in the phoenix area. (At times into the 5 digits)
It seems I will need to bring a job with me.
Thanks for the link.

[HankDfrmSD]

Originally Posted by NanawaleJulie

There were 23 postings.

Try again on Sunday. Should be more.

Hank

[dreamofmonterey]

Originally Posted by NanawaleJulie

What do you mean by starting over? What kind of jobs ARE available? thanks

I am not an expert but there should be a lot of hotel concierge type jobs. We stayed at the Ohana East and the servers there can make good tips- Also the Ka'napali resort. If you are young you may be fine with that job. (I am older, lol- unfortunately)

Maui was also very beautiful but to live there the only jobs would be service type jobs (not high paying)

But go for it- It is definitely worth seeing at least twice!!!


sunny

[NYLATINQT]

Originally Posted by mauidude

I actually never understood the "far away" belief. When I lived in California I never drove farther than Las Vegas. This took about 7 hours. I can fly to Las Vegas from Maui in five hours.

Its true you can't just get in your car and drive for hours when you live on an island but I know few people who do that on the mainland. Most people who have to travel any major distance on the mainland will fly.

Its all mental in my opinion. Logically speaking, by plane or by car its all equal.

If I feel the need for a "quick" trip to go somewhere else, for $20 bucks and 25 minutes, I can go to Oahu and spend the weekend.

Also when you live in the most beautiful place on earth you don't feel the need to "get out of here" like you do on the mainland. After 2 days in Los Angeles I can't wait to leave.

You are so right about that. It is mental. I used to suffer from that mental thing about not wanting to live too far from anywhere. And then if I look at what I do on a regular basis (like most people), I go to work, go home and maybe on the weekends, i'll venture out a little bit. But generally speaking, I don't think I travel more than 50 miles away from home. And when I do, it's usually by plane on vacation. Gosh, I haven't even been back to NY in over a year and it's only a 2 hr plane ride from where I am now.

[thepizzaguy]

Hawaii 111 people per square mile
Illinois 214 people per square mile
USA as a whole 31 people per square mile

If you ask me, and I've never been there, Hawaii is dense and heavily populated compared to the overall density of the United States.

[mauidude]

Your not taking into consideration the thousands upon thousands of miles of desert, ice, swamp and unliveable spaces in the United States (i.e. national parks, commercial properties, etc.).

[Sorcerer68]

What I tell people about Hawaii is that it's like no other place on earth and if you haven't been to Hawaii you have no frame of reference. I tell them that...although it's officially a part of the USA, it's basically it's own counrty. I think it's the fact that it's so different is what either makes people stay or makes them leave...more than housing, cost of living and lack of jobs. People go through culture shock.

[thepizzaguy]

I don;t think the unusable space in all of the US is equal to 75% of the continent. To get the 31 people per square mile up to the same level as Hawaii's 111. The reasoning is in order to increase the density, you either need less ground or more people. I guess 25% of the country is useless, I don;t know about the democrats.

I'm not going to argue. Hawaii has plenty of room for another 5 million people or so without adding to the already cramped, and overburdened environment of the islands. If you leave now, you may make in time for the hurricane.

The other route I can take is to just say o.k., how about 62 people per square mile on the mainland. That would either adjust the land mass to 1/2 it's posted size or I can double the posted number of people.

I'll just stand by what I said earlier....

Enjoy!

[Fabian the Fastman]

It probably has a lot to do with high housing prices.