Big Island Living- Puna District - Beyond Tiki

K Kailuageoff Member Honolulu Lounge,Lewes, DE Joined: Mar 27, 2002 Posts: 1506	K Kailuageoff Posted posted on Thu, Oct 9, 2003 1:03 PM My experiences go back quite a few years as well. I left the Islands when I was 16. That was in the mid 70s. So here are some other points to consider.. Hawaii has a culture all its own. Raising kids and putting them through school there is not like doing it in middle America because it's not middle America. I went to public schools in Hawaii from 5th grade to 11th grade. How much haole's get hassled is partly based on their attitude toward island life. If you embrace the culture, humble yourself a little (remember you're not the racial majority anymore), have a good attitude and a sense of humor, you're pretty much okay. If you want to shelter your kids and pretend you're still living upscale in Boston or Atlanta, you and they are f*cked. If you have little girls put them in hula class. If you have boys, take them surfing. Or vice-a-versa. How much your kids learn is partly based on how much you encourage them to learn and what they learn from you. I never thought going to the beach was a bad thing, by the way. After spending so many years in public school there, I did go on to college on the mainland, graduated and have always been fortunate to be employed in a profession I enjoy. One lesson I learned from living life in the islands is this. There are many beautiful places to live in this world and time is short, so don't spend your time living someplace drab and boring. There isn't enough money in the world to compensate me for living in a bland or ugly place with bad weather. That's the main reason I moved to Florida even though pay is much less here than in Washington, D.C. where I used to live. As far as income goes, you need to eat and drink rum and buy gas, so have a realistic plan to earn money. On the other hand, my mom and dad always used to complain about the high-cost of living. In the end, they couldn't wait to leave so we moved to D.C. and guess what? They complained about the high-cost of living there. On Oahu they had a four bedroom house in kailua they paid about $50,000 for 1969. They sold it in 1975 for over $100,000 and thought they were rich. If they had not moved away they would be sitting on a couple of million dollars right now, and I would be planning to inherit the house. Hope that's helpful in some small way. Geoff

My experiences go back quite a few years as well. I left the Islands when I was 16. That was in the mid 70s. So here are some other points to consider..

Hawaii has a culture all its own. Raising kids and putting them through school there is not like doing it in middle America because it's not middle America.

I went to public schools in Hawaii from 5th grade to 11th grade. How much haole's get hassled is partly based on their attitude toward island life. If you embrace the culture, humble yourself a little (remember you're not the racial majority anymore), have a good attitude and a sense of humor, you're pretty much okay. If you want to shelter your kids and pretend you're still living upscale in Boston or Atlanta, you and they are f*cked. If you have little girls put them in hula class. If you have boys, take them surfing. Or vice-a-versa.

How much your kids learn is partly based on how much you encourage them to learn and what they learn from you. I never thought going to the beach was a bad thing, by the way.

After spending so many years in public school there, I did go on to college on the mainland, graduated and have always been fortunate to be employed in a profession I enjoy.

One lesson I learned from living life in the islands is this. There are many beautiful places to live in this world and time is short, so don't spend your time living someplace drab and boring. There isn't enough money in the world to compensate me for living in a bland or ugly place with bad weather.

That's the main reason I moved to Florida even though pay is much less here than in Washington, D.C. where I used to live.

As far as income goes, you need to eat and drink rum and buy gas, so have a realistic plan to earn money. On the other hand, my mom and dad always used to complain about the high-cost of living. In the end, they couldn't wait to leave so we moved to D.C. and guess what? They complained about the high-cost of living there.

On Oahu they had a four bedroom house in kailua they paid about $50,000 for 1969. They sold it in 1975 for over $100,000 and thought they were rich. If they had not moved away they would be sitting on a couple of million dollars right now, and I would be planning to inherit the house.

Hope that's helpful in some small way.
Geoff

Post #54501 by Kailuageoff on Thu, Oct 9, 2003 1:03 PM