It’s not just schools, or the $1 million dollar price tag for a 40-80 year old single wall construction pier and post termite eaten house.
Things are different in HI than anywhere else on the mainland. Some people can adjust and some can’t. Plenty of stores and restaurants do not have locations in HI. Many places will not ship things to HI. Many times for inexpensive items, if you can find a company to send it to HI the shipping will be more expensive than the item. Have you seen the traffic? Have you ever lived in a state that does major road construction during the middle of the day?
Anyway, that’s a few off the top of my head but there are many frustrating things in HI that could be and are done more efficiently on the mainland.
All that being said it’s a beautiful state with wonderful people, but it’s really not like any other state for a variety of reasons. Some adjust and love it, some hate it and leave after a few years.
Originally Posted by
full of luv
When I lived there, because of a tiff with the teachers union over budget cuts, they CANCELLED EVERY Friday of public schools, all over the state, for the WHOLE YEAR.
No one seemed to have much of a problem with it though, the general attitude is "if you loved your kids or they had aptitude, they'd be in private school already".