Thank you for bringing up the horrible history behind the islands. More people need to educate themselves.

See this video that goes into details on both renting and a talk about pets. https://youtu.be/UfHVsOoMgMo

I’d like to stay in Oahu for one month to start, with my 9 pound little dog. Are there casitas or carriage houses to rent?

Thanks Kimberly, I don’t have information that Zillow and other search engines don’t already provide – sorry! I know finding a place to rent is a real problem. Have you looking into AirBnb for longer-term rental?

I’ve been looking at moving to the big island, the culture difference don’t bother me. I have been the minority to the Hispanic culture in my job for years. I work very hard at what I do but I am not educated so lower paying jobs are not a problem either.
What I haven’t found yet is housing, apartment rentals ect. Can you send me more information?
Thanks again
Kimberly

Hmm..I looked up the definition of racist and one’s skin color doesn’t exclude one from potentially being a racist.

Molokai is just another world for so many reasons.

I agree completely on the general idea of “mindset” but I don’t think most people knowingly consider their mindset as negative. Most people think of themselves in a positive light. Which is why more people move back to the mainland that move to Hawaii every year: people come here with positive mind sets full of hopes and dreams only to experience something very unexpected.

I don’t think you’re getting a well-rounded story on Puna.

Thank you so much for sharing this painful experience and I hope you’ve found peace with your true love.

We don’t observe daylight savings time in Hawai’i. Winter sunset is 5:30, summer is 6:45 to 7:15.

I’m glad someone said this. Kudos to you. No one should move here on a lark. Many who do this end up homeless within one year. Homelessness is a huge problem here on O’ahu. Yes, there are plenty of jobs, but the salaries are no good, with the high cost of rent or mortgage, & day to day living. Too many people in Honolulu make for choking traffic with nowhere to park. Outer islands get traffic now too. If I was wealthy, & could live anywhere, it would be Moloka’i island. Moloka’i is the most Hawaiian of all da islands. No traffic, few tourists, slow lifestyle, impossible beauty & romance. Few jobs in Moloka’i though. There are three classes there: Independently wealthy, those who eek out a living doing whatever, & the rest on welfare &/or homeless. My best advice for those of you seeking better weather & opportunity… Try Florida, Hawai’i is full already.

Hawaii, Thailand, Philippines & Queensland, Australia. I have lived in these places. I like them all, but when I feel homesick, I always return to my beautiful Hawaii nei.

Yes this is more accurate. Spain gets 14 hrs of daylight in summer and 10 in winter.

This is the source and it is accurate, even in June it sets at 7pm:
https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/honolulu?month=6

In Spain for instance sun sets at 10pm in June and in December it sets at 6pm:
https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/spain/cadiz?month=6

Sunset at 6 is ok if you plan on going to sleep at 8pm and get up at 5am but doubt many people do that …although maybe they do in Hawaii, having read on your other list of “12 reasons why not to move to hawaii” how terrible traffic is over there.

Where did you get that from? We get 13 hours of daylight in summer and 11 hrs of daylight in Winter. Midwest by comparison gets 15 hrs daylight in summer and 9 hrs of daylight in Winter. It just depends what your preference is. If your sun sets at 9pm in summer it sets at 4pm in Winter.

No magic way other than tracking flights through Google, etc but if you’re thinking of relocating and expensive airfare is going to “break” you, Hawaii will probably be far too expensive if you want to maintain your current lifestyle.

Wow! Great story! Love it! Thanks for making such a rich comment!

hello, I want to absolutely THANK YOU. my hubby is waiting to hear IF he got a job there working for the new monorail, so Ive done a lil looking into people’s comments I read one last night, it was so bad a d neg. It scared to maybe NOT want to move or have second thoughts but your article turned me right back to being excited to go, only thing that’s bothers me at this point is getting my cats there I keep reading how hawiian people are not real animal lovers, I myself saved a bat I hit w my car wen I grew up in northern cali. my parents moved us from Santa Clara to lake camanche, outside of Sacramento, not a burb, it’s over an hour away, I grew up on water skis parasailing, boating, Etc. and a horse, I grew up on 43 acres absolutely loved it!! I NEVER wore shoes accept to school, they callused so I cud walk hot tar, rocks, through fields everything barefoot, I lived a casual TomBoy life that I miss SO much and you described everything I wish for now, I went on vacation there three years ago in honolulu, Cried wen I had to leave other than missed hubby. I worked dor Kaiser in my adult years again LOVED IT! greatest company I ever worked for and want to maybe go back, if hubby gets job w ur new light rail. im ‘on a plane, I’ve been told so many things have protective coating put on cars cuz my father in law paid it OFF for me wen the economy Took a huge hit in 08, so NO WAY can I get rid of it, we lost dad to pancreatic cancer cpl years ago. so it very sentimental to me, the company said they have a moving package they offer to new hires for obvious reasons, so I will take full advantage of that, BUT.. I JUST BOUGHT A BEAUTIFUL 2011 avalanche that I also just got attached to, other than my vehicles in a junkie fot cars ill admit, but we going to sell all our other vehicles etc. want to start over, new furniture so we can downsize except guest room/ btw im purchasing ur book soon as I submit this to you, but I have a huge fear of bugs geckos,? no big deal, but read about how cetipedes can get as big as snakes and can bite he said living in Hawii at some point in your life there one will roll over one while ur sleeping n get bit. id die, cuz im not a snake person so reading that Hawaii doesn’thave them is so amazing to me, walking barefoot in north cali. was to b alert 24/7 I was VERY fortunate, But as a young teen was bit by a black widow that put me in an E.r. w my tongue swelled to block my airway. so im not scared of black widows I just not fond of spiders, geckos I wud prolly feed one if it were cute enough, but id train my cats not to get them. I had a parakeet I trained them to ignore their natural intinct to want to kill it, they getting old, no real desire to chase anything. except something that may walk across their foot or something, but long story short I had a stroke and my cat got me through that, time during having it, they all curled up around my head n slept around me, so I’m in love w them had them for 8 years and CANNOT part w them, realtors told me we won’t b able to get a rental even for cpl months wen we move there, just till we buy a house. because of my pets and even some associations have strict rules to qty. size etc. they have Never NOT used their litter box they r good girls, and yes im I’m aware and am preparing them for their shots etc. so they won’t get quarantined. for 4 months. they’ve never been exposed to anything to get Rabies, but I totally understand! there’s no rabies been documented there ever? which is crazy since there are bats there aren’t there? idk just rambling so talking to someone / w positive outlook, please tell me about these “centipedes that live in damp places in your home, nesting under carpets, usually near kitchens” this fella was so neg. I just don’t know if he was trying to keep population down or what, he talked about the tsunamis that Hawaii gets allot of! & people die cuz they looking at sea life stuck on sand beach cuz waster pulls out first, unaware of huge waves coming back that are like 4-6 story waves return drowning all those “unaware people”.. I noticed and agreed w u about friendly people, I sropped and chatted w so many people it was amazing how nice n laid back it is there!! Mn. folks stay away.lol
ok long enough gotra fo pur hase book now,
MAHALO, AND GOD BLESS FOR ALL INFO YOU HAVE SUPPLIED! you seem very kind!

warm regards, aloha
Rev.K.Blair

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HI Olive,

Yes, you are young and you should listen to your parents (especially now as you are young), but never let anyone tell you that you have to restrict yourself.

Keep believing in your dreams, EVERYTHING is possible!

See you in Hawaii, friend <3

Did you work as a teacher in Hawaii, or did you have kids going to school there?

Hawaii is ranked dead last in public education when compared to the other states. The DOE in Hawaii is so terrible that I would not advise anyone to raise kids there unless private schooling can be afforded.

hi VERN ,,,,its TED,,,,from ,PUERTO RICO,,,,Don’t know if you remember me.. but im still planning to move to HAWAII,with my mom,,,, im an airport an hotel worker,,,,hope there”s openings available for me,,i could get use to the island since I live on one for about 15 years know,,,im also into cycling an other sport…would love to move..GOD WILLING,maybe soon I will take a trip alone so I could see where to live with mom,,, an hopefully work near,,give out resumes to start my process….keep in touch buddy,,,,,talk to you soon,,an maybe meet you in person…..the TEDDY BEAR

You have an amazing voice my friend. You sound like a very happy soul. My grandparents told me that they would move to Maui if I moved there first in that they are ensured I am serious about living there. I will definitely look into moving to Maui and learn more about the culture that resides there. I hope to meet you one day.

Me ka aloha pumehana

Hi Olive,

Honestly, and you’re not going to like this, stick around where you are and graduate from high school first. Stay around your friends, the area you know and feel comfortable in. Your parents are right to be concerned about the racism. Not that it’s bad for adults, but I think for kids it is MUCH worse. Why don’t you find some kids in Hawaii and ask them? Use twitter, facebook, whatever, wherever kids are – instagram? I don’t know. I do think they’ll tell you that there is a ton of racism and the real problem for your family moving is that YOU won’t be happy, you may not fit in quickly to one of the groups…

So, I’d recommend against it actually. Sorry. I would NOT bring my daughter there. I have considered it over a couple of years, she is 5 now. I think better to stay in Thailand, or maybe we might go to another country in Asia. Much better environment for her.

Aloha!

Vern

Hi Lee,

Sounds like you’re probably going. Best of luck to you! There are hundreds of articles here, indexed at the home page. You could start there. I also have a book on the topic – you can read it for free by signing up to join the newsletter. Aloha!

The title of the article says it all – these are all POSITIVES about living in the most amazing state in the USA. We all understand there are negatives. I won’t be posting them here in the comments.

Aloha!

Naive? The article is what it is – reasons TO MOVE TO Hawaii. I have mentioned PLENTY of negatives about moving to the islands in dozens of articles before. I’m sure people don’t read this and think to themselves, MY GOD! IT’s the most perfect place to ever exist on the earth! Move along now… nothing to see here… lol.

Yeah, there are some amazing things about Thailand too for sure Jon! In some ways, Hawaii cannot compare to Thailand – right? But, I think there are more ways that Thailand can, in no way, compare to Hawaii! Both great places though!