2006-10-25 22:33:46 · 7 answers · asked by Tropicalboy 3 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Honolulu
I am born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. If you are talking about living in hawaii comparing to visiting Hawaii, then it is very different. Living in Honolulu is expensive. You will be very likely to work 2 jobs to support yourself if you are single. If you have a family, then the both of you will need to work 2 jobs to pay for rent and all the other necessities.
There is no other place in this world that will ever make you feel so connected. Only Hawaii can do this to you. The weather is always predictable and it is about 80 degrees year round. There are a lot of strangers that will help you if you ever needed help.
Also, Honolulu has many people with many different ethnic backgrounds. If you are a racist, you will not be able to cope very well with our liberal state. It is very liberal here and it has always been this way. Asians marry Whites, Blacks marry Asians, and so forth. People are very laid back and easy going.
Have an open-mind and make sure you have a job that pays for your bills. Then have some left over to go out and buy yourself a surfboard and go surfing at the Sandy beach!
Aloha and take care.
2006-10-25 23:30:06 · answer #1 · answered by Go For Broke 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hawaii can be positive or negative, depending on who you are and what your looking for.
If you don't have a child, then you might want to think about the prices here. EVERYTHING is more expensive here, well, almost everything anyways. It's because they need to ship things out here. Gas prices are killer and so are real estate. I won't go as far as saying that you'll need 2 jobs to stay alive here, because you don't. Things might be expensive, but it doesn't mean that everything is so expensive that you can't afford to live here because that's just stupid. Who would live here if you need to work hours on end? Even if it was "paradise?"
Last thing though, we don't have many things here, not like the mainland. We have 2 Walmarts and Sam's Club in the whole state and they're both located on Oahu. They only recently opened a Best Buy here too. We also only have 2 Barns & Noble. As for restraunts, I've only seen 1 Wendy's here and that was a long time ago. I don't even know if it's still there. We used to have JC Penny, but i think they closed down most of the stores, if not all. Same with Burger King. There are very few in hawaii. McDonals domiante here. I have never seen an Olive Garden, Applebees, and they only recently opened a IHOP in Waikiki. We don't have a Target or Walgreen either. Whats really annoying though is the fact that they play all these comercials on TV here. your watching these comercials and it feels like the people on the mainland is rubbing it in our face because we don't have them here. We also only have 1 public transportation system, TheBus (oahu only). I think they're planning on a railway system though.
Weather here is pretty consistant. Very good weather. The people here are really nice too. There is always someone willing to help you. Your missing a quarter for the bus fare and there's a nice lady offering you one. That's how it is.
2006-10-26 22:18:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
there are always the good and bad of a state no matter where you live. overall though, it is very positive if you compare it to the mainland. if you have children, you won't have to worry so much about racism, only gangs which are everywhere also. better places for children to be raised would be hawaii kai, pearl city, and private schools where there are less gangs. children would learn to make friends w/everyone, not just their own color, but they would have to worry about drugs because hawaii has the highest problems w/ice. prices are pretty high, but manageable depending where you live. there is a lot of traffic though, but if you're coming from the mainland then i'm sure it's no big deal for you. people here are generally open minded and friendly, they show a lot of aloha. there are a lot of different cultures so you learn a lot about different people and their lifestyles. a lot of hawaii's most known kings and queens have their palaces in oahu where you could learn a lot about their heritage.weather is always great year round. there aren't as many crimes as the mainland also. i'm born and raised here on oahu, but now reside on maui.
2006-10-26 14:46:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hula's is a gay bar, so take the previous poster's recommendation w/ a grain of sat. Hawaii is a great place to live, but it is terribly expensive & not an easy place to get started. Minimum wage was $7.25 last February (the last data I could find), and the minimum wage does not equal a living wage. If you have professional skills or a desirable trade, you may be able to make it, but if not you will find it tough going. Honolulu will have the most job availability, but with the downturn in the economy, it is not easy to find a good job. If you are interested in comparing the cost of living in your community to Honolulu, check out the website below.
2016-05-21 21:45:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't live there, but I have vacationed in the Waikiki area six diffrent times, and the people whom I have had the pleasure to meet that actually live there, are fantastic!!!! The aloha spirit is wonderful, smiling faces are the main stay, you might as well say!!
Sure, there are homeless people there, but, where are they not????????? If you have a "positive attitude", you will do well wherever you "hang your hat".
Aloha!
2006-10-26 11:51:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very positive! People treat each other like family. The weather is constant year round (sunny with "liquid sunshine" every now and then).
2006-10-26 08:07:03 · answer #6 · answered by Renee 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it's very positive. we are moving there soon. people,food scenery, culture, air, water.......it's all great. it is not all that expensive either!!
2006-10-26 07:45:49 · answer #7 · answered by doug76542462 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋