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[@beegee3136]

Howzit Derek! Saw you at Mililani Wal-Mart yesterday but I didn't bother you because you were having a conversation with somebody. Thank you for your informative videos!

[@bb_alexander5385]

Solid solid video. Truth 100% I’m from mainland and you hit the points of living here from mainland right on head. I already seems so many people come here thinking this place will heal them but in the end they are back on mainland because of what you said. Hawaii without family ties and solid work it will make you want to leave. Most importantly when moving here is establishing both of those first. Otherwise your time is counting down.

[@JessicaHolmes]

Hawaiian from Alameda, CA 🤍 I moved to Ō’ahu after graduating high school to attend UH Mānoa, and although I had never been to Honolulu (we always went Big Island growing up to visit family), I immediately felt “at home,” especially in Mānoa Valley, because it was so similar to Alameda. City, but small town. Everybody knows everybody. Right on with this video. Love your content!

[@jonnuanez7183]

0:25 San Diego, downtown, F Street. I didn't really feel the "rock fever" too much when I was there. I do remember thinking how really small it was when we went to Matsumoto's after getting the bus at Ala Moana and thinking "lordy, we're here already?" It wasn't even a 45 minute trip. But I'd already done the Sunset and Hollywood Blvd nightlife scene. I don't gamble, so Vegas for me is food and people watching, the latter of which can be done on people's livestreams. Etc. I was happy to be there.

[@jftalarico]

Having just moved to Oahu, I can confirm all of these points, but especially the "small town" sentiment. We moved from a city in NY with a population of around 150k (650k with all of the suburbs). Honolulu feels VERY similar in terms of being able to navigate thru the city and the general attitude of the residents. Unlike other larger cities in NY > 1M people, or even Boston (and especially NYC), those larger East Coast cities feel like you're constantly doing battle just to get on and off a highway. And the East Coast attitude you encounter on a daily basis is more competitive than cooperative.

[@movingtohawaii]

Thank you for the comment 🤙🏽

[@CLee-qh3er]

Just remember this ain’t da mainland. Drive wit aloha. No battle.

[@jftalarico]

@@CLee-qh3er For sure. It's hard to break some old habits, but the simple act of letting someone merge and receiving a shaka is kinda' life-changing. In the NE, you get different hand signals. :)

[@pdeforest]

I have been coming to Hawaii for 40 years. I love the land and the people. I have been on Oahu since Covid. I agree with everything you said. But I have never had rock fever. I wake up every morning in love with the place. I hope I never lose that.

[@alvinjrraa]

Everything as very well said! A lot of great points. I live in San Leandro and agree about Alameda next door.

[@dealman3312]

Couldn’t agree with the info more brotha. Its good for people to know some of the weeds of the subject

[@elijahsanchez6468]

Featuring the "special guest" Mr. Cockroach 1:44 lol I thought it was in on my TV and I screamed 😅

[@missfiandfun]

Thx for the heads up 😂

[@movingtohawaii]

@@elijahsanchez6468 buuuraahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

[@victellvictell1718]

It's a bird. They hold on to those brick walls, waiting for someone to look away from their hotdog.

[@Quacker701]

We live in a dr horton home, built in early 2011. They cut corners and used cheap building materials. Lots of ppl still having issues.

[@squeento]

On the Big Island, we call the mainland Aye-merica. When mainlanders reference their home, they always say, "back in the states "😂

[@Tr0nzoid]

Anyone I knew in Hawaii or talked to from Hawaii used the term Mainland for the whole of the continental United States.

[@SomeOne-mp6ym]

That's correct. Don't know what he is talking about.

[@movingtohawaii]

The “continent” thing is more recent in certain Hawaiian circles. I say mainland 🤷‍♂️🤙🏽

[@Jonathan-wr4qy]

⁠@@movingtohawaii you’re BS. Stop already with your wanna be Hawaiian just cause your blood point whatever percent; you’re a Haole by heart. My guy chill out a little we get it you tryna make a living; but you don’t have to exploit the military VA loans to boost home prices here. You’re not helping. Your busyness is not welcome here if you sell to military people that get a paid for down payment on our tax dollars and we can’t even buy our own homes. Move out.

[@wikolib6821]

Broadcasting from Costco Hawaii Kai. Cool. My local wife and I moved to "da continent", i.e. "the mainland" when we retired. Can drive not fly, much better supply chain and much better availability of goods and services, much better quality of housing and much more affordable, much lower cost of living, much better availability of medical care and services (very important for us retired folks), much better quality of life. Not going to disclose where we are, but it's pretty awesome. "Choose carefully" as the crusader said in Indiana Jones. Love Hawaii, but those are our facts, Jack. Edit: And, the traffic on Oahu is nuts, as well as Kauai and Maui. Big Island not as much but west side traffic is bad. Where we are the traffic has been great but it's starting to get heavier because it's becoming "discovered".

[@movingtohawaii]

I want to know where. How cold is it?

[@victellvictell1718]

Waipio Costco

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

This is so informative. Thank you!

[@movingtohawaii]

You are welcome. Glad you found it informative!

[@SandraBrooks-m5q]

Great video. Good information. Thank you. 😊

[@kalihipalama1762]

Born and raised local, now living abroad for years and I would say that Hawaii ain't America as well.

[@charlestannehill7537]

Hawaii is not the mainland due to mindset, perception (ideology) and outlook. It's a huge problem most are ignoring due to being passive while the non-passive( aggressive) take advantage. I understand not making waves or being confrontational, but at some point, things need to change. I would love to guest-star in a video with you to discuss this and bring awareness to make real change for the better. This place has so much potential. The only problem is that most people don't like me due to holding everyone accountable and not accepting any excuses. The truth usually crushes their world view and they can't accept it. Until people can accept the truth, they will never be able to make change. Even local Hawaiians I'm friends with who went to Kamehameha high that tell me honestly more mainlanders have Aloha than locals. And that's a sad thing to hear from a local pure-bred.

[@wandasanchez551]

Love living in Alameda. Small town feeling. I travel from frequently from my island to your island. Have family on Oahu

[@larsonabilla5066]

Living in Colorado, yep... it's different. Miss Hawaii, even the fucked up parts. Will go back eventually, but yes... paradise is not perfect, but it's still paradise on Earth, and that's always worth it

[@minh8080]

Forget Sodastream. Just go get one co2 bottle and an adapter. You can KZbin it.

[@TitoEdwards]

Good job braddah Derek! "The land will heal me", LOL. . . on another note, is Hawaii ever going to tax those from the mainland that have a second home in Hawaii. Or tax the AirBNB folks? They take a lot of inventory out of the market and it drives up prices for locals trying to purchase a home. My friends still on Kauai and Oahu complain about these two points (and me too. . .I got priced out, stayed on mainland).

[@Tr0nzoid]

Where I am, every single person in my neighborhood who has owned a dog has not only kept that dog outside, but kept it tied up outside in all weather and completely ignored it as it barked like crazy. It makes no sense to get one and not train it or play with it, or even respond to it if its purpose is to be an alarm of sorts. This is the kind of thing that makes living in and investing in neighborhoods unbearable. The laws and ordinances never work. The only advantage to the newer neighbor I have now is that she has a little dog with not much of a bark and it goes in and out of the house. But people, you don't need pets just to have them.

[@melaniemerchant1949]

Oh yeah

[@calebbliss8626]

I am from Colorado (I was born in South Carolina but my family has been in Colorado since around the 40s) and my wife and I moved to Maui around a year ago to be around her family who also moved here from Colorado. I can say that in Colorado hardly anyone has outside dogs year round but tons of people do here which was definitely kind of a culture shock to me. Tbh though the biggest culture shock to me was how many people never use a turn signal here 😂😂

[@mindlab780ab6]

Cheeehoo! 🤙🏼

[@movingtohawaii]

Yesssah

[@musicmike1960]

And that's a good thing.

[@BlackKnight-x4c]

I was raised in Colorado anyone with a dog outside in 40 below is reported for animal abuse but often the animals doesn't survive long enough for animal abuse to show up

[@fijiunlimited4503]

Hawaii has more in common with S.E Asia than it does the mainland / N. America.😂

[@SomeOne-mp6ym]

Explain.

[@stevencamacho6474]

the anchor thing is huge wirh UH students. every semester it seems half or more of the kids from california went back home and were replaced with more kids from california

[@movingtohawaii]

This makes sense although it’s prob true elsewhere too for young kids Leaving home

[@jaquima36]

Oprah, Bezos, and the Rock agree with you on wealth storage

[@movingtohawaii]

Yea.. 🙁

[@Lkdnh]

Don't forget Zuckerberg and my guess 75% of the Kakaako Condos are out of state owners.

[@jaquima36]

@@Lkdnh it’s not supposed to be an exhaustive list. My family is indigenous to North America and we are the first generations not raised on the Rez. Take the best land and move the locals to the poorest pieces and make sure they can’t buy or beg their way out.

[@Lkdnh]

@@jaquima36 Relax, my comment was not intended to criticize yours. Your experience sounds like what is starting to happen in Hawaii. Our politicians have to make Hawaii less attractive to buyers not intending to live in the property.

[@jaquima36]

@@Lkdnh I’m not anxious. No reason to relax.

[@hilly971]

No forget you are limited on banks as well.

[@onekewlbraddah8460]

well duh

[@duke613]

Dogs always belong in the house with the family.

[@dustinmiller2775]

It IS in The United States, though. 💯

[@keaka560]

It is no longer referred to as the mainland. If you are truly from here, you never call another place “mainland”. It is the continent

[@peppersanches412]

Peoplenwill call it that whether you like it or not lol.

[@keaka560]

@@peppersanches412 okay coloniser

[@kellygregg3688]

It's often times worse on the main island oahu

[@kan9686]

this guy is one COCONUT. if you know what i mean you one local

[@movingtohawaii]

Thanks for the comment. I love all my fans.

[@garygrassler09]

I got lucky to get paid to live in Hawaii haha

[@RhiaSky]

Military?

[@MokuleiaVibes]

That’s not going to sit well with kānaka . Kind of feels insensitive to the locals who struggle to even be able to stay on their own ‘Aina and end up priced out of paradise and forced to move to continent just to survive. A little humble pie might be a good thing to learn if you live here.

[@garygrassler09]

@ 😂😂😂

[@garygrassler09]

@ humble pie? I literally said lucky. Calm down it was 15 years ago.

[@Banayaga]

Thats nice i wanna be paid to live in hawaii too

[@sups024]

Comparisons are odius !!! 😢😢😢

[@movingtohawaii]

1. I had to look up “odious”. 2. Why?

[@goorant]

But u sound like bj penn😂

[@movingtohawaii]

I always get comments that I look like BJ, but not that I sound like him 😂

[@Jose_Jimenez]

I built our 2400 sqft home here in Fresno, CA for $92 / sqft back in 2000. Had I been living in Hawaii, I'd still be working and paying for a little shack.

[@carlover4239]

Yeah but we both know Fresno is….. well, Fresno.

[@goorant]

​@@carlover4239amen

[@movingtohawaii]

Haha both are accurate here. Fresno is close to sequoia national park though and that’s cool

[@goorant]

@movingtohawaii but we surf so, it's like being a skier n living, in well, fresno. We can follow the season by driving a t most 60 miles. N s e w shores

[@Jose_Jimenez]

@@carlover4239 Whaaaaaat?

[@Jose_Jimenez]

Another great video. The only thing I miss in Hawaii is family. The only option for kids nowadays is to go to college on the Mainland, and hopefully get a good job and buy a home. A very nice home can still be gotten for $400k.

[@KinokoCardano]

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