More opportunity.Is Santa Cruz really that much easier for him? Seems like a pretty tough place to scrape by on minimal job skills as well.
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More opportunity.Is Santa Cruz really that much easier for him? Seems like a pretty tough place to scrape by on minimal job skills as well.
Having never been, cannot state it's untrue.Nothing else on the planet like it.
I've read several good books and articles on the fall of the household. I'm tempted to post them here but think they would collide too hard with the post-modern assumptions of most on here.it's a house or residence you live in
or its an ancestral home with generational connections thorugh out the community around you
the transient modern lifestyle destroyed our old concept of ahupua'a or community responsibility from mountain to sea. Not having those values destroys everything around you except the place you reside. Because that becomes your sole ahupua'a
neighborhoods gone, communities gone, just places to reside in between work time
that's what's its become other than some special areas here
communities bound by HOA rules and regulations versus neighborly actions.
the nuclear and extended family destroyed for the sake of a "comfortable lifestyle"
people always come here for the wrong reasons based on media exploitation
some find their path but most don't because at its core it will never be like were they came from no matter how hard they try to make it so. And when they do, eventually mother nature takes the time to remind them of where they live with an occasional hurricane, tsunami or lava flow.
It's a hard place to live and do well in the view of others
the ones that survive, are the ones that just appreciate and enjoy being here no matter the cost. They find ways to achieve happiness outside the cost of living and a socially admired lifestyle. They are rich with family and community and that's all.
The HI-Lifers here are just putting on a show, but they too will eventually tire of the charade and sell out.
i like to say ive had all the same neighbors for over 30 yrs. its a bit of hyperbole but with the exception of only a few flawed parcels its true.I've read several good books and articles on the fall of the household. I'm tempted to post them here but think they would collide too hard with the post-modern assumptions of most on here.
Where do your kids and your neighbors' kids live?i like to say ive had all the same neighbors for over 30 yrs. its a bit of hyperbole but with the exception of only a few flawed parcels its true.
weve been doing community chainsaw fest workdays recently. deforestation projects are great for community bonding. i look around and think, man we all got old.
On my parents street- one just sold after 44 years to a nice family and sold it for a ridiculous price.i like to say ive had all the same neighbors for over 30 yrs. its a bit of hyperbole but with the exception of only a few flawed parcels its true.
weve been doing community chainsaw fest workdays recently. deforestation projects are great for community bonding. i look around and think, man we all got old.
Well, on the bright side, it's no longer a death sentence for violating kapu. Hawaiian history used to be a required course, and as I recall the lifestyle could be rather brutal. I'm sure that it was a life rich in meaning though, which our modern life can be sadly lacking.the transient modern lifestyle destroyed our old concept of ahupua'a or community responsibility from mountain to sea.
My brother and I have two properties next to each other on Maui. My parents moved to this house in 1967 from Paia. One is rental and other is vacant. I'm getting offers to sell, but it is not in the ideal location as compared to Up-Country or Wailuku Heights so I'm very much leaning not to sell. Even if the money is right, it would be a very difficult decision to sell and walk away from my roots. My brother (on Kona) also feels the same way.
depends on where life takes them. some have stayed close, others are in and out, some have followed their lives elsewhere.Where do your kids and your neighbors' kids live?
Tell Deb I said hi! Her gardenia still going?A House, two doors down from me on a smaller lot but with an extra bedroom and bathroom, 3 / 2 and a 2 car garage wants $1.1200.00. Just my lot, is twice as big and I could build a 2nd home on it but I'd loose my view and etc. My lot is the biggest on the street where I live. I'd never build a 2nd home on it, but perhaps increase the size of the house, but never a 2nd home.
In a few weeks, I add another year to my life and the pull to get out on the road while I can still walk and get around easily, has certainly given me thoughts of bailing, but .... there is "the but"
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in most situations refinance and rent it out. Lock in income for the rest of your lifeOwn a nice piece of property in Kailua. Not sure if I will dump it and take my money and go or rent it out. Hard decision to make. But like I said earlier, we all have a price.