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Originally Posted by mdand3boys
Sure. Why not?
You will have plenty of company.
The young and the penniless | West Hawaii Today, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
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"...While the area still has the traditional resident homeless who have become familiar faces to the police, the new influx is a different category, Assistant Chief Paul Kealoha told the Police Commission on Friday.
“They’re done with college, and they’re in transition,” Kealoha said.”They’re living out of a backpack. … They move on. They’re just doing their world tour.”
Kealoha said Kailua-Kona is listed as one of the top 10 destinations for the backpackers on Google searches of services.
Commissioner John M. Bertsch said he’s seen some of the backpackers panhandling at intersections, carrying signs such as “too cute to be broke.”
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I see them every day in town. I'm up and down Alii Drive numerous times a day, Kuakini Hwy, etc. tonight as I drove out from our office, the seawall infront of the sand volleyball court was practically full, I kid you not.
I don't know if they're staying in a hostel or what, but none of them has taken a shower nor brushed their hair in weeks.
Not sure what the answer is, the police are up the street where Walua meets Alii handing out tickets for talking on the cell phone via tips from their guy up by the old Tres Hombres building with binoculars.
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