Is Relocating to Hawaii Doable . . . - General Tiki

R Rattiki Member Key West, FL Joined: May 03, 2003 Posts: 422	R Rattiki Posted posted on Sun, Sep 17, 2006 6:44 AM On 2006-09-16 22:56, phealphrea wrote: fighting off bugs are my main concerns at this point. Well in the tropics cockroaches are 3 inches long and FLY! :o So bring a fly swatter......a BIG fly swatter! :lol: You know guys if HI is like most resort areas in the world/country there will be plenty of jobs, they are just generally low paying jobs. There has ALWAYS been work here in Key West, but affording a home or condo now is out of the question! If you want to have a real future and raise a family, forget it. In HI it may still be do-able and they are a much more worker friendly state (20 hours a week and you get health benys? WOW! :o) Meanwhile my folks wind insurance tripled in the last 3 years and I have had to stay on to help them pay the $33,000 a year PITI they have on a lousy $250K mortgage! (I converted the old chicken coop into a Tiki Pad so it's not too bad but). They want to sell ASAP for the $1.7 MILLION that it's supposed to be worth (my Grandmother paid $69K for it in '78 :roll:) and go globe-trotting, but they have always said they want to take a bit of that and buy something stateside to have like mainland FL or in the heartland where my Sister could keep a horse. Now because of this thread, I've had them start looking at the big island as it seems like a comparatively good deal! :wink:

On 2006-09-16 22:56, phealphrea wrote:
fighting off bugs are my main concerns at this point.

Well in the tropics cockroaches are 3 inches long and FLY! :o So bring a fly swatter......a BIG fly swatter! :lol:

You know guys if HI is like most resort areas in the world/country there will be plenty of jobs, they are just generally low paying jobs. There has ALWAYS been work here in Key West, but affording a home or condo now is out of the question! If you want to have a real future and raise a family, forget it. In HI it may still be do-able and they are a much more worker friendly state (20 hours a week and you get health benys? WOW! :o) Meanwhile my folks wind insurance tripled in the last 3 years and I have had to stay on to help them pay the $33,000 a year PITI they have on a lousy $250K mortgage! (I converted the old chicken coop into a Tiki Pad so it's not too bad but). They want to sell ASAP for the $1.7 MILLION that it's supposed to be worth (my Grandmother paid $69K for it in '78 :roll:) and go globe-trotting, but they have always said they want to take a bit of that and buy something stateside to have like mainland FL or in the heartland where my Sister could keep a horse. Now because of this thread, I've had them start looking at the big island as it seems like a comparatively good deal! :wink:

Post #254917 by Rattiki on Sun, Sep 17, 2006 6:44 AM