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What is stopping people from viewing Honolulu and San Juan as legitimate places to live in the United States?
Is it the culture? The job opportunities? The isolation? The climate?
If all things were equal, would you live in either? If so, why or why not. Just for clarification, I am talking about the San Juan in Puerto Rico and the Honolulu in Hawaii.
What is stopping people from viewing Honolulu and San Juan as legitimate places to live in the United States?
Do people not view Honolulu as a legitimate place to live? You're taking the premise as a given, which isn't obvious. Honolulu sometimes gets neglected forgotten in city comparisons perhaps only because it's so disconnected from the rest of the country.
San Juan? Puerto Rico is much poorer than anywhere other state, median income is about half of Mississippi. Its native language isn't English and isn't a state.
What is stopping people from viewing Honolulu and San Juan as legitimate places to live in the United States?
Is it the culture? The job opportunities? The isolation? The climate?
If all things were equal, would you live in either? If so, why or why not. Just for clarification, I am talking about the San Juan in Puerto Rico and the Honolulu in Hawaii.
My guess with Honolulu is the cost is an issue and from what I've heard it's a bit boring compared to other cities. Not sure how true that is or not.
I don't think many people even think about San Juan so it never becomes an option. I've heard it has crime issues. Others have said it's not that bad. It can be a bit difficult to find info on it so...
But depending on how the cards fall I may be living in PR in a few years.
Do people not view Honolulu as a legitimate place to live? You're taking the premise as a given, which isn't obvious. Honolulu sometimes gets neglected forgotten in city comparisons perhaps only because it's so disconnected from the rest of the country.
San Juan? Puerto Rico is much poorer than anywhere other state, median income is about half of Mississippi. Its native language isn't English and isn't a state.
Well people validate their desires with their feet and I am not really seeing a great deal of migration exchange between Honolulu and mainland United States. It is a very costly place and isolated too, culturally different, and unfortunately I feel like that to most people is a hindrance.
Not that it bothers Hawaiians, they're the least "pro-growth" people there are in the United States.
Yes, but Puerto Rico offers a different take than Honolulu. I included it because it offers a contrast for those that may not like certain things about Honolulu and can put up with more (less expensive but more dangerous).
Honolulu is a unique city and packs quite a punch considering its small population. I think the reason it is unpopular is its expensive and isolated. It's a place Americans love to visit but few dream of living. I have also heard that living in Hawaii is awesome for your first year but after a while the isolation wears on you.
If it was more affordable (Honolulu), I would jump at the chance to live there and try it out for awhile. Having been there quite a few times, I've never been disappointed, but I know that visiting and living somewhere can be two different animals. I've been to San Juan a couple of times and enjoyed that as well. The beaches were beautiful and I really liked the downtown architecture, but it did seem a tad too humid for me.
Living in Honolulu is expensive and high paying jobs to make the costs comfortable are not in abundance. Plus, Honolulu is kind of overpopulated. The Big Island and Maui are becoming more popular because of it.
Another reason people might not consider PR is because they wouldn't feel comfortable around so many people who speak Spanish (even though I'm told enough people speak English so that you can get by).
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