The Problem With Hawaii

Hawaii is beautiful, with some of America's most incredible nature and Waikiki Beach, Maui, and Volcanoes National Park. Hawaii is an unparalleled paradise surrounded by warm Pacific Waters with vast nature, unique geography, and exceptional amenities. But who is it, that Hawaii is a paradise for? Not regular Hawaiians (now) fleeing Hawaii's islands- due to economic turmoil and environmental problems, or the ones stuck working in a tourism industry that gets so much out of Hawaii (but gives little back)
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[@SomethingDifferentFilms]

Thank you for watching my video on Hawaii's geography problems. Are there other states with geography problems you would like to see a future video on?

[@-wanderingwizard3609]

Hawaii was stolen by American Business men with the backing of the US Marines: then they imprisoned the Queen. Hawaii was never legally annexed.There is no Treaty of Annexation.

[@-wanderingwizard3609]

Currently, under US and International law - Hawaii is not a state of the USA and is under Occupation by the USA.

[@stonewallis4373]

The problem in Hawaii is too many democrats. They want to turn this place into Skid row

[@carolferguson19]

Aloha I moved to Hawaii in 1968 and went to UH and lived and worked in Waikiki at 20 years old. What an experience‼️ Hawaiian music was always playing from the stores on Kalakua Avenue. If a person crossed the street all traffic stopped. Police were on the street on foot in some places. Beaches were never crowded except Pipeline and other surf spots on the North Shore. No radios, TV or phones or grocery store on the North Shore. A bus would go by once in awhile. 1972 moved by Waimea Bay with my husband I met in Waikiki. We had our newborn daughter 💕🙏 The local people were the best part of Hawaii for sure. We respected them and the Aloha Spirit. I learned so much from Hawaii back then. We went to Lahaina many times and my husband won the beard contest by the Pioneer Inn 🤙

[@A808K]

As a very grateful 52 year resident of Hawai'i, arriving at 19 on a one-way, student airfare in 1971 I enjoy hearing these negative comments. We're one of the best super nicest places to visit on the planet but please don't stay if your needs center around the price of a gallon of milk or a pound of broccoli. 🤣 🌴

[@megahamartolos6638]

As a fourth generation Hawaii resident (great-grandparents emigrated when Hawaii was a republic) now living in Florida, I agree with almost everything this video states. Part of the state's problem is that the state government collectively has no imagination. When sugar and pineapple left it did not aggressively seek to replace them. To be sure, there are macadamia nut, coffee and exotic fruit (eg., gooseberries) currently being grown, but these are tiny. "Political correctness" blind bureaucrats to the possibility of cigar wrapper tobacco leaf agriculture even though this was attempted in the 1950s and could be lucrative.

[@AK-ms5zk]

Stay in Florida

[@mlazenka1]

The bulk of Hawaii's population lives on Oahu, not the Big Island. In order it's Oahu, Maui ,then the Big Island (Hawaii).

[@SomethingDifferentFilms]

Yes Oahu has a population in excess of one million, it's the only Hawaiian island with such a significant population. Of course the Big Island has the 2nd highest, but it isn't even close. I made that clear throughout the video, but I see where I flipped the two when stating population in order (that's something I will continue working to improve in future content). Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

[@dylangtech]

My Mom spent her early childhood in Hawaii, though she doesn't recall leaving Oahu. The lack of transportation in emergencies was made painfully clear in Maui last month, and it's stupid to be building anything on an active volcano (much of the Big Island).

[@SomethingDifferentFilms]

The remoteness of Hawaii really can't be overstated. It's a very significant part of why Hawaii can be very dangerous.

[@vernonsheldon-witter1225]

Only the southern districts (Puna and Kau) are built on active volcanoes. Most of them are dormant. I live on one of them. That is the least of our worries.

[@TheMkarr]

It wasn't a lack. The roads were blocked from letting them out. Look into what really happened here. Hint, Oprah.

[@quantumleap7441]

The Jones act, destroys progress

[@user-rh8fl8qz2z]

We are so SEPARATED from mainstream culture, education, politics and economics that locals get their information primarily from TV and MOVIES - SERIOUSLY!

[@alexcarter8807]

The only thing that makes Hawaii "work" is tourism. Without cheap air travel and masses of tourists, Hawaii would have to be come much more self-sufficient in food, would have its military bases and a trickle of tourists wealthy enough to travel there perhaps by ship, and most of the place just ... existing. Like American Samoa or any of the Pacific Islands that don't have a huge tourism industry.

[@SomethingDifferentFilms]

The Hawaiian Tourism industry is quite expensive though

[@briangasser973]

Nevada (Las Vegas) and Florida are built on tourism and can fund their budgets without a state income tax. Hawaii has a high income tax and yet still struggles to supply government services.

[@AmandathePandaBooks]

Plane hopping in little cesnas is cheap. But food and rent is outragious.

[@Splendor64640]

It was ideal 1000 years ago where the islands were 100% sustainable

[@discoverglobeliving]

Hawaii's geography problem sheds light on challenges. Thought-provoking video

[@KuusFaddah_44]

My family been here since 1808

[@gwillis01]

Thank you for an honest, detailed video

[@jimmyjohn6479]

i love hearing how expensive hawaii is “omg gas is 5” meanwhile in california it’ll be 7😭

[@SomethingDifferentFilms]

On average California is about 10% cheaper than Hawaii

[@jimmyjohn6479]

@@SomethingDifferentFilms that’s because they’re counting the places with barley any people too but from what i’ve seen places like LA are same price as hawaii (maybe more expensive)

[@SomethingDifferentFilms]

That's true in the sense that California's most important cities like San Francisco are significantly more expensive, but it's all averaged out (I would say) for both of the sea states. They are certainly America's two most expensive states though.

[@Bobchai]

$4.70-something at Costco in Kona this afternoon.

[@Bobchai]

California's gasoline prices are usually higher than Hawaii's.

[@Truckinstuff]

I think a lot of analytics miss the military presence on O'ahu as a factor. The amount of land that can be actually developed is minimal as it is. You have a massive footprint and thousands of rotating service men and women that aren't truly residents. They pay taxes to their home state of origin and I beleive most of the provisions purchased on post don't generate local sales tax. They do bring in some consistent revenue generation but I never can find any statistics on it. Footprint compared to gain.

[@bontonne]

I lived on Oahu from 1987 to 1990, man those were good times. 🙂

[@kennybooboo3926]

Thank you for your support

[@ainabearfarm8075]

Geography is not the problem in Hawaii. You almost got to the real problem in the video: the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom by the U.S. is the problem. When a nation is deconstructed, it’s people oppressed, and it’s land treated like a playground for the wealthy elites of the invaders, that’s going to cause some problems.

[@SomethingDifferentFilms]

I tried to touch on the many issues while outlining Hawaii's geography problem

[@ainabearfarm8075]

@@SomethingDifferentFilmsI say the following with aloha and to raise awareness. Hawaiians are deeply spiritually connected to their land so to say the Hawaii is doomed due to its geography is offensive. The problems you mentioned have almost nothing to do with geography: there are natural disasters everywhere and they are very mild here; the high priced foods you mentioned are the diet of outsiders who desire those things to be shipped here and homelessness did not exist in the Hawaiian kingdom; it is a direct product of U.S. imperialism. In fact our geography is so amazing it allows us to grow abundant food year-round, I have never paid one cent for heating or air conditioning and we enjoy the cleanest water and air on the planet when the U.S. military isn’t poisoning it. 🤙❤️

[@straithill5965]

Unfortunately, Hawaii is small and has a significant strategic location from a military standpoint. If not occupied by the US it would have been by Japan or Russia or China….

[@-wanderingwizard3609]

@@ainabearfarm8075 'Eo kanaka . ho'omau

[@dylangtech]

Many of the perpetrators of the coup were anti-Liliʻuokalani Hawaiians seeking to remove the barriers to the Union for profit. This "deep spiritual connection" seemed to present many open invitations, and many converted to Christianity. My Mom was actually oppressed during her days in Waimanalo for being Caucasian.

[@glenpang5025]

Fire spread across Maui? Not. Just mostly Lahaina area. Hot Lava is only on Big Island. Only 2% of hurricanes actually make landfall. We are lucky because the water temperature is just cool enough to feed less energy to storms and hurricanes causing them to go mostly south of us. Cost of living sucks, though. Lucky we got Pearl Harbor because it seems the only strategic advantage for the USA in the Pacific. I'm not sure if Saipan or Guam military presence is as significant as Pearl Harbor. Negative economic trend, yes, true.

[@DARTHDANSAN]

Hawaii is beautiful it’s just to expensive, no real economy beside tourism and all rich people are buying up all land

[@1m2rich]

Hawaii like Florida... shacks built right up to the ocean. No insurance. Families more than one living together. Loved to death and over populated. Not a paradise living in poverty. They get more federal dollars than they pay. Hawaiians are going to have to organize and volunteer if they want to be safe. Someone must help in disasters. They are not a 3rd world country or are they? Few rich and the rest poor. Prone to disasters. Yet they continue to build where it is dangerous. Building codes are not enforced.

[@harrymaciolek9629]

Why are eggs $9? All Hawaii needs to do is breed more chickens.

[@SomethingDifferentFilms]

The land is so expensive though

[@sidneyrodrigues728]

Feed, water, labor, land space. It isn't economically feasible for large scale egg production and local production isn't able to satisfy demand.

[@user-tc9tt1cn1t]

What happened in Maui Hawaii !!!it was a completely LAND and CHILD 🚸 Grab!!!!

[@Novabrek]

On the big island where I lived there are chickens everywhere, you just have to get a hold of some and rid them of the slug bacteria that causes paralysis before use as livestock.

[@vernonsheldon-witter1225]

There are chickens everywhere in Hawaii.

[@Splendor64640]

That map makes Hawaii look more in the area of Easter Island compared to continental us

[@acornsucks2111]

People are always lying and saying their is a shortage of teachers, because its only in the math/science curriculum that there is a shortage.

[@SomethingDifferentFilms]

I get what your saying, but those are important subjects so their shortage is going to be felt more than with other areas.

[@briangarnier5714]

I don't know if anyone pointed this out but Oahu is the pipulat3d island not the Big Island. If you said that to anyone that lives there they would think of Hawaii not Oahu.

[@robertgallagher5285]

Hawaii and Alaska have a combined 2 million people ( plus The United States Territories empty) have to live in the Lower 48 or Washington D.C.!!!!!

[@j.s.3297]

Many truths in your video but corrupt political system is a huge problem.

[@schalitz1]

No economy can grow forever, even more so when you're an island chain that's around a 6 hour flight from the nearest continent.

[@kennybooboo3926]

The other day i paid $12 for a gallon of milk

[@briangarnier5714]

I paid 6 dollars for a half gallon of milk. Don't live in Hawaii

[@Pepeekeo808]

Your prices are based on living in the downtown Honolulu area on Oahu. Of course rent, gas and groceries are expensive there, but if one lives on one of the outer islands where local farmers grow food and land is more abundant, prices are only about half as expensive as the ones in the video. Eat what is locally grown, not food shipped in. There is plenty to choose from. I have a home on the Big Island, so I know this to be a fact. I do not need A/C or heating. Temperatures remain between 85 and 65 year round. This allows us to grow an abundance of food through out the year. About 120 inches of rain annually waters the fields and is captured for home use. Solar panels power the home, so I have neither water nor electric bills. Shorts, T-shirts and slippers make up the clothing costs. We don't have hurricanes. We do have an occasional minor earthquake like a lot of places on the mainland. The active volcano is far to the south of the island far from most of the population centers. Hawaii is not dangerous, especially compared to living in NYC, LA, Chicago, Philly, Baltimore, etc. If I was thinking of moving to New York state, should I check prices in the downtown NY Manhattan area? Of course not. Do some research before making a video like this.

[@michaellatta]

The population is stable because the is no land to expand upon driving prices up.

[@thomaswillemin9181]

Did you say big island has more population than Oahu at 6:16mins of video?

[@briangarnier5714]

He was calling Oahu the Big Island

[@kaniala6817]

Being a Hawaiian and my family being here for generations, I will agree with some of the comments mentioned. I believe that the biggest issue is the local government not doing there job to develop more industry here in the islands. We are a heavily democrat run state and I think that is our problem. We should go back to being an agricultural state and being supported by our federal government to achieve that. Our politicians suck really and that is our problem, not the geography!!

[@dedrakuhn6103]

Hawaii shouldn't worry, somewhere out there somebody will pick up a genie lamp and rub it. When granted 3 wishes. 1) build a bridge for Hawaii, 2) tell me women's thoughts when they are silent? ThrGenie will ask "Do you want a 3 or 4 lane highway?"

[@mr.pizzamarlon]

"For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be food shortages and *earthquakes in one place after another."*

[@querellenono2683]

Hello

[@SomethingDifferentFilms]

Hey

[@shawnbuell9540]

NAY.. HAWAII is only nation that may rise.. For GOD protects them,,,. The rest of the world well fall First.. They are warriors for LOVE, ALOHA.. GOD BLESS HAWAII.. Teachers of what...lies.. They need there past not our lies...

[@Sch2155]

Yet somehow Mauna Kea is sacred to their religion? What is the first commandment of the 10?

[@TheDoomWizard]

We're all doomed.

[@SomethingDifferentFilms]

There are certainly problems with every city, state, and region.

[@fuflang]

6:11 Completely wrong lol. O'ahu is the most populated island BY FAR. Just lost a lot of credibility on that lmfao.

[@Macnutkauai]

Good land is for the 1%. We knew Hawaii was da kine, now they want em.

[@billredding2000]

It's a Blue State, so most of it's REAL problems are caused by that. "Geography" it the LEAST of its problems. Regardless, the people (apparently) like it that way as they keep voting for the same "leadership." That probably won't change. But really, HI is more like a foreign country than an American state.It should become one and cut itself loose from the US. -- BR

[@Bobchai]

I'm 72 years old, still healthy and still working. I live in Kailua-Kona, on the Big Island. "Low pay, low benefit tourism industry"? WHAT??? Housekeepers at the resort hotels can make $50,000 a year. I make nearly $50,000 working in maintenance for a timeshare resort, and I collect an additional $21,000 a year from Social Security. My medical benefits, from my employer's private insurer are probably worth another $20,000 a year -- and I have been using them, including hospitalization. For those not working, Medicaid in Hawaii provides you with probably over $50,000 in free benefits. Food stamps here are generous Yes, Hawaii can be expensive, but rents here are lower than California. Food prices are outrageous, so I have cut back on artichokes, melons and fresh asparagus. I buy papayas at 5 for a dollar in a local market instead. For families, the cost of living here has made Las Vegas a suburb of Honolulu. There are more Hawaiians in Las Vegas than in many parts of Hawaii. But if you are a single person with modest tastes, Hawaii is the best place on earth.

[@SomethingDifferentFilms]

It's much different for younger generations that have experienced more inflation and a significantly lower rate of home ownership (still the principle way America's grow wealth). So yes the pay can look decent on paper, but fifty grand in Hawaii isn't fifty grand in Alabama or Michigan or even Florida.

[@jerryakamuadams6399]

@Bobchai you cant raise a family on $50k a year in hawaii bro. and if youre a healthy working adult not of retirement age (aka young family with young kids) you dont qualify for medicare or social security obviously, so that dont count. and when houses median price is $900k - $1million....no wonder so many people are homeless here in hawaii.

[@poginurse]

As soon as I heard climate change I had to turn it off.

[@j.s.3297]

😂

[@KuusFaddah_44]

Landback

[@briano1851]

Hawaii's problems are due to crazy policies of the Hawaii Democratic Party, not geography.

[@SomethingDifferentFilms]

I would argue it's a lot of things, but geography is a major reason for Hawaii struggling.

[@alexcarter8807]

Yes because Hawaii definitely needs the Republicans, with more guns than people, tons of violent racism, huge imports of opiate drugs and meth, etc. Look at deep "Red" states and ask if that's what you want...

[@vernonsheldon-witter1225]

You overplay the dangers of living in Hawaii. It is just about the same throughout the Pacific States. Stop the overreaction.

[@floridaman4073]

The population is made up of 20% immigrants from other places that are non US born. That drives up prices considerably.

[@SomethingDifferentFilms]

How so?

[@floridaman4073]

@@SomethingDifferentFilms classic supply/demand.

[@dog-thebackwardgod]

Geography is NOT the reason Hawaii became a state. They got SCREWED OVER by Alaska. The vote whether or not to join the union was lumped together with Alaska. So citizens of each voted. Alaska which had morw voters wanted in. They out voted the Hawaiians. Hawaii never got to vote its own destiny. If it had they wouldn't be part of the u.s. now. The U.S. new this too. Setting up the vote in this way was to intentionally deny Hawaiians any choice.

[@mikethompson3534]

Geography is not the problem it’s Democrats

[@camh.04]

Behold, the reason things don’t get done in politics. Whiny partisans who ignore any ideas that don’t push their agenda

[@j.s.3297]

😉

[@smittysilver6682]

Forget about the democrats & republicans it’s just a bad place to live been there done that.

[@IkaikaArnado]

Move to a red state then.

[@matthewwelsh294]

@@IkaikaArnado Like Alabama? They are a mess right now with poverty and obesity

[@chrissholes5471]

You are clueless.

[@jgwilliams67]

Lesson here once again... You get the government you vote for. 🗳️😒📉

[@ashleyanderson6392]

They were not voted for. The illusion they allow the people to believe .. wef decides now. Money is the leader. It's a sad reality. One world. No one will care about the world we have now or what our ancestors and families before went through or how hard we worked for the life.. now it gets dismissed.. pray

[@alexcarter8807]

Hawaii needs to live up to the British flag in its state flag and become part of Britain. That would be awesome.