Originally Posted by Zoomie

A few answers:

A lot of people have dogs on the island, mostly stray "boonie" dogs that tend to be extremely well mannered. I don't think most renters have any problems with dogs. However, you will most likely pay a pet deposit that may or may not be refundable.

Humidity in GUM is much more than Hawaii. At least compared to Oahu since I haven't been to the other islands in Hawaii. I've heard the Big Island is fairly rainy and humid in Hawaii, but I can't compare since I've never been there.

Technically, people from Guam are Americans, but since they are a territory, they can't vote for the president and they don't have any voting representation in Washington DC. I think there is 1 "non-voting" representative that is in DC that represents all of Micronesia (GUM and surrounding islands). They do have US passports and consider themselves Americans. The Guam saying is "Where America's day begins", so I apologize if I offended anyone. The tax code is the same as the mainland, but all federal taxes you pay go to Guam instead of DC. There are no "state" taxes to speak of.