Ahh yes. You don't know fear until you get the Sole shakedown at the bus stop when you're still in middle school.
"Wat? Get quarter? Like borrow"
"Oh sorry. I'm completely broke just have a bus pass". lol.
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Hawaii- Done
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"Wat? Get quarter? Like borrow"
"Oh sorry. I'm completely broke just have a bus pass". lol.
spent a night in fort smith in some cheap ass motel like 15 yrs ago. morning cones around and i drop of the key with some cute little southern girl with fuck me eyes.
asked how my bed was last night. told her it pretty much sucked. which it did.
she flipped her hair said in that voice that buckles california grown beach bums, "well i hear its nicer than the ones they got over in fayetteville"
so now every fucking time i see fayetteville i hear that line and think about banging that fort smith chick again.
Bend was great before that fuckhead Gerry showed up.
As has been said before, Hawaii's problems aren't unique to it. My parents bought their first house in '90 for 40 grand on a single nursing salary while my dad went to grad school. You used to be able to show up to any random campground in the state whenever you wanted and have a spot, guaranteed. I remember when surfing with ten people in the water was considered crowded. Oregon used to be awesome when no one could point it out on a map.
sh!t sucks, but unless people stop fucking this is just gonna keep getting worse. My real question is how all these fuckers seem to have the scratch to shell out for million dollar plus homes. I work in tech, but ain't no way I've got that kinda money.
As has been said before, Hawaii's problems aren't unique to it. My parents bought their first house in '90 for 40 grand on a single nursing salary while my dad went to grad school. You used to be able to show up to any random campground in the state whenever you wanted and have a spot, guaranteed. I remember when surfing with ten people in the water was considered crowded. Oregon used to be awesome when no one could point it out on a map.
sh!t sucks, but unless people stop fucking this is just gonna keep getting worse. My real question is how all these fuckers seem to have the scratch to shell out for million dollar plus homes. I work in tech, but ain't no way I've got that kinda money.
Are we all living the same life? Samoan forearm on your shoulder. You get dolla?
They sold them or shipped them mainland and sold them there It's a nationwide problem not just Hawaii but places that's busy for spring break its really badI thought I saw stories about rental cars parked in cane field cause no one was using em. What happened? Thinking about visiting the parents this summer and hope can get a vehicle. If not, gotta get a friends possibly unreliable wheels.
i been back home 7 times since it opened back in November...first 6 times it was awesome...no lines cheep rent a cars....i rented a dodge grand caravan for 200$ /week...camped all over the island wherever i ended up that evening I just called a friend on that side and praked in front of thier house for the night...gone surfing next morning at first light....
this last time in march the airport was a friken zoo!... and that same van was 700$/week...had to settle with a compact car and pitch a tent in friends front yard or crash on the couch...a nissan versa is NOT the best for sleeping...
tourist seasin is open....see you oahu guys in2 weeks!!!!
Just remember, the more people there are with many millions, the more people there are somewhere with NOTHING.
Wealth is not zero sum. The gap is widening because the wealthy are getting wealthier, however overall more people around the world are out of abject poverty than they were before.Just remember, the more people there are with many millions, the more people there are somewhere with NOTHING.
Yep! Before I got the bus pass, learned to make a slit in my shoe/slippah for my bus fare, so when the Kaimuki boys came around the stop slapping pockets, no jingle of change = no 'ey, like borrow quatah!'Ah, how may times did I hear the 'like borrow..' phrase, either to me or some other unsuspecting haole. Remember a tourist kid at Sandys getting asked to 'borrow' his bodyboard, only to watch the tourist kid see his board catch one wave in, run up the beach, and into a low rider pickup probably heading for Nalo!
What’s wrong with Gerry? He’s a nice guy.
People have generational wealth now. Lot of it is because they owned homes for 40-50 years and passed it to their children
Oregon is damn near empty, the population could grow a hundred times over and not spill into norcal (which if it did, would be fine, because norcal is also almost entirely empty as well)
Hawaii... Ya'll are out of Hawaii, and volcanoes are no Mexicans, that shlt is slow work.
Hawaii... Ya'll are out of Hawaii, and volcanoes are no Mexicans, that shlt is slow work.
If you make $100-150k+ a year, you can easily qualify for a $500k mortgage. $200k+ and/or a DINK couple with 6 figure incomes and you are easily over a million in borrowing power. In the SF/Silicon valley area that is quite common.
I'm of the mindset that if you need 2 incomes to afford it then you probably can't afford it, but that's not how a lot of folks operate
That’s why I like oregon so much.
Seems like Hawaii and Southern California they have basically built up and put neighborhoods and stuff on every single piece of available coast line and ridge lines
Pretty much.
I won’t spend more then 25% of my families income on housing.
Lot of people go up to 40-50 percent of their take home to a house. At that point you’re basically tied to your mortgage and can’t do anything like vacation or literally anything
Yep Kahuku after school city bus was shoulder to shoulder and it wasn't if you get head slaps it was how many
Sometimes I'd just get off the bus if the Samoans got on. LOL.
Used to fold up my cash and put it in the front slot in my BVD's!
Used to fold up my cash and put it in the front slot in my BVD's!
Survival of the fittest. Big Polys flexing. Usually gang affiliated (or headed for gang affiliation).
For example, The Rock at 15:
For example, The Rock at 15: