REALITY OF LIVING IN HAWAII Q&A | OUR STORY LIVING ON MAUI, MUST KNOW FACTS + MOVING TIPS

Today finally me and my hilarious husband decided to make Q & A video about moving to Hawaii (Maui) and living as locals. We have shared things / facts you must know and expect if you are thinking about moving to or living in Hawaii (Maui) I hope y'all enjoy the video.
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[@DV-yr5ow]

I wish people would stop saying milk is 8 to 10 dollars. Yes, of course there are stores that are high. You shop at the other stores that have gallon milk for $5.00 (i.e. Safeway, times, target, Walmart and Costco) you don’t buy at ABC or Morihara up country). Moved here 34 years ago.... now that was rough. Food prices are higher, but it’s gotten and getting much better....Aloha🌺

[@zulayla]

I agree with what you say. There is always a way to find an affordable options. We mostly shop at Costco and Whole Foods. What places do you shop your produce? Maybe we are not aware of some cost affective places :)

[@DV-yr5ow]

Funny thing is, I don’t shop at Costco except for a few items. Never Whole Foods. Pretty much stick to target for soda, bottle water, paper products and toiletries. I buy meat at times( formerly Star Market ) I think they have the best steaks and pork chops. Mostly get my fruits, vegetables, chicken and milk at Safeway here in Kihei. K-mart had some good produce but unfortunately, it closed. I might be a little less shocked at prices because I moved here from Oahu in Waikiki ( now there milk was double the price ) and before that NYC. Funny story, when I moved to Honolulu in the mid eighties and being a flight attendant, I’d work trips to LAX where I would shop (OJ, toilet paper, peanut butter, bread) and haul it back! Keep up your enthusiasm for Your new home ....E komo mai🌴

[@zulayla]

Thank you for heads up DV 121. That's so funny how Oahu is so different than maui even we are so close to each other. Indeed, Costco is still very expensive haha but can't beat the gas price. :)

[@aubreymurphy8611]

Love is ... The way he looks at her

[@zulayla]

Much love :)

[@MatthewDanielGreen]

Thank you for your video! My wife, daughter and I just decided to move to Hawaii as soon as we can. Very excited!

[@zulayla]

That's awesome. Let us know how you like it here :)

[@shelbystephens1994]

We’re moving to Maui next month and this helps so much!!!! THANK U!

[@zulayla]

Aww that's awesome. Let's know how you like living here :)

[@maxaustin5277]

Love your video. As a retired cop, please lock your doors. Just , do it, dont tempt folks. Mahalo!

[@zulayla]

Thanks a lot for your advice Max. Best to be safe than sorry :)

[@user-jt4os6ol6p]

Hi! I'm from Uzbekistan who wants to visit Hawaii!!! Thank you for this video ❤️

[@zulayla]

Awesome, Aloha will always welcome everyone :)

[@dedleif5457]

I’m looking at moving to Maui, soon as travel is safer. I’ll be in Lahaina.

[@zulayla]

That is awesome Logan, keep us posted how it goes :)

[@fabs8336]

Me too! Best of luck! 💕

[@tomstout7875]

Cool! I'm moving to Haiku from Reno, Nevada in August 2020.

[@greghelton4668]

Moved to Maui three years ago. Maui=paradise.

[@zulayla]

I'm glad you like it here :)

[@greghelton4668]

Nikki Carbonell if not careful Maui could go down the path go Oahu. I’ve been going to Maui for 30 years and so far it remains a beautiful place. The experience of those born there however is a difficult one as the economy is lopsided and opportunities slim. I understand that.

[@greghelton4668]

Nikki Carbonell well it’s my prerogative isn’t it? We live in a free country. Look, just imagine the disruption experienced by the natives when the settlers arrived. Hawaii is going through another change now with the descendants of those settlers being subject to change. At least Maui is trying to help via programs like low income housing and generous programs like healthcare for the poor. Now we need industries not tied to tourism. The change is inevitable but we can adapt to the changes.

[@renitatyree4252]

Thanks so much for sharing. My daughter moved to Oahu from Colorado last February 2019. I came to Oahu from March 6-13th 2020 to visit her. I fell in love with Hawaii. I desire to pay my home off in Colorado, Rent it out and move to Hawaii with my daughter Jamila. Indeedy.Indeedy

[@zulayla]

That is awesome Renita, I wish you good luck, let me know how you will like it here :)

[@emilyibarra7201]

Mahalo for the video. We will be moving in a month, and are freaking out because we know it will be so expensive compared to Texas! We will also be welcoming a baby at the beginning of the new year and really needed information on everything!!!

[@zulayla]

That's awesome Emily, congrats on the new baby coming. Hawaii is great for children as they grow up playing on the beach

[@emilyibarra7201]

I did have a question! Did you guys manage to stop the bugs from coming into the house by fumigating or is that not a thing in the island? Thank you in advance!

[@zulayla]

Emily, sorry for super late reply. Yes people bomb the houses or apartments to get rid of bugs. However, I would always recommend to keep all the holes closed so bugs won't be able to come through. :)

[@emilyibarra7201]

It’s okay, don’t worry. Thank you for getting back to me. It really helps my anxiety go down a bit!

[@cossycontessa281]

Your husband is so funny I’m subscribing you guys are awesome!

[@zulayla]

Thank you so much Christianna :)

[@josiahj91]

We're thinking of moving to Maui and this video has been super helpful! Thanks! We're looking to live in Kihei if we move.

[@zulayla]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Head173]

Thanks for the info guys!!

[@zulayla]

You're very welcome Head173 :)

[@dennisb119]

Stealing a car on an island lol where are they going to hide it?

[@zulayla]

Haha, right. It is an island you can not go that far :D

[@apri5436]

Shop chop

[@bigchivo4199]

No face no case

[@megsterchick5]

I’m applying to jobs this month and I’m planning on moving to either Oahu, or Maui in the summer time by myself! I know people on each island so hopefully I can stay with them for a few days! I’m planning on selling my car and putting a down payment on another car. But are the cars they sell actually crap? (I was just planning on getting one from a dealership and making a payment every month) Super stoked to escape from the Michigan Winter. - also I fell in love with Hawaii, after I visited Kauai Thanks for the video

[@zulayla]

That's awesome Meghan, I wish you good luck. I think you can get great cars here but you definitely will pay more compared to the mainland. Everything cost little higher but I hope the job you are looking for pays it back. So far we have been super happy with the banking system, it is super manageable taking care of car payments with less interest rate. Much love xoxo 😇❤️

[@megsterchick5]

thank you, that defiantly relieves some stress, with car payments @@zulayla

[@DadiusPrime]

Oahu is more big city vibe and pretty crowded. But it’s still awesome. Still slower than mainland

[@PattyAnnee]

I am planning to move to Hawaii in a few years. But the only thing about this video that makes me want to reconsider is the mention of bugs. I’m terrified 😩

[@zulayla]

Indeed, I hate bugs too. But what you get in return is so worth it :)

[@ellonysman]

I've been to Mau 8x and I see them mostly in Bush areas...occasionally a preying Mantis! No prob with bugs

[@royjones8012]

Could $3,000 a month be enough to live down there?

[@puckettcorneliusjones8242]

Great video great couple.

[@zulayla]

Thank you so much Jones :)

[@stacycreates24]

I lived in Kihei. I wasn’t in any hurry there, like on the mainland

[@zulayla]

That's awesome :)

[@Ahmed-xt1eo]

always support my friend zulayla :)

[@zulayla]

thank you so much Ahmed 😇

[@kristikious2284]

You are so helpful thanks!

[@zulayla]

Thank you Kristi, much love :)

[@jashimuddin8134]

I am From Bangladesh.. I always Watch your video??

[@zulayla]

Thanks a lot :)

[@JivanNavij]

8:56 "my country doesn't homeless people".... Where is that???

[@zulayla]

lol uzbekistan :)

[@BPD1586]

I am from Mississippi. I love your accent; it is so cute.

[@zulayla]

Thank you so much :)

[@5DNRG]

Slow birds!!☺️😂☺️🌻👍

[@washboardjim]

Thank you

[@zulayla]

You're welcome James :)

[@addawong7597]

Great video

[@zulayla]

Thank you Adda Wong :)

[@lavieestbelle3099]

How old are you? And your husband🙂

[@zulayla]

28 & 30 :)

[@sade1314]

Funny friendly video,

[@zulayla]

Haha thank you Eliza :)

[@ellonysman]

I love visiting Maui...too broke to move and too Canadian eh? I see most homeless people around McDonalds lol

[@foodknives8303]

Loved the video

[@zulayla]

thank you

[@VisitLiveLoveMaui]

Great and useful tips. I just discovered your channel. Great to meet you online and I hope to meet you in person too :) - Liza @amauiblog

[@zulayla]

Aloha Liza, very nice to meet you. So glad you are enjoying my videos 😇💖

[@michaelangelo747]

Thank you for the insightful video. We are considering a move to Maui. We have been there for a few family vacations and with my wife taking a new job that allows her to work from home (Radiologist) we can live anywhere in the U.S. I like the idea of living within a short drive to WF and Costco. Would you recommend any highly rated middle-High schools Private or public nearby? Top priorities for us are schools as I know some are lacking in Maui far as being highly academic and of course location of home. Don’t want to live on part of the island where rainfall is more significant. Our price range is 900-1.3m for a house. Any farmers market? I know local farms sell grass-fed beef which is great, granted we mostly eat vegetables unless we hit a killer steakhouse. 😊

[@stephanieadlersfeld8713]

I would say I don't want to burst your bubble, but for the sake of your kids and to spare you some despair in the future.... just DON'T DO IT. I grew up on Maui. First-hand experience. And I am telling you: there ARE no good middle schools or high schools. There simply aren't. People who argue otherwise are just being loyal/nostalgic to their upbringing or something, and not factual. The schools are all known for chronic underachievement and dysfunction, even if they try hard to look good on the outside. There are a couple of "nice" rich schools, but even with them there are problems. One of them, Kamehameha won't even be an option for you as it is racially exclusive (I am not kidding). You have to be able to claim some percentage of native Hawai'ian blood to get to go there... The other one is Seabury Hall, super expensive private school in Upcountry Maui. But as for IF it actually is a better school, academically? Doubtful... I went to the nearby public high school and knew people who went to Seabury... and I think the main difference was what their parents paid for them to go there. I remember there was a common joke on my high school campus that the only real difference between my (public) school and Seabury was that they (the rich kids) had the more expensive drugs... and that's another thing you need to know about. Drugs. There is a huge problem with recreational drugs on Maui and it is definitely all over the schools. Letting your child grow up on Maui is very likely going to get them into drugs at one point or another. And they will be WAY behind academically, with teachers that don't care. You can also look up school performance statistics to check this (but even them: read them with a grain of salt... as a lot of failing students are pushed through to high school graduation despite failing a lot, just to keep the schools from looking terrible on those stats.... it's true I have lived it, so I know...) And that is not even mentioning Hawai'is ugly problem with racism, that no one wants to talk about, and instead just pretend it's not there.... Don't get me wrong, there are wonderful, great people in Hawai'i. There are. But there are also a lot of racists who think it is fine to to discriminate based on race. It is everywhere... under the surface (or right on the top, hahaha....) Believe me, I love Hawai'i, but I am being real about it's issues. People wanting to move out there and idealizing the place is a huge problem. Not just for them, but for everyone else. I also don't like how the couple in the video just kinda glossed over the homeless situation. A lot of the homeless are sick (carrying staph, for example) and living in terrible conditions. Also on drugs and often suffering from mental illness. It can be a very stressful environment to live in with such a huge homeless population, because homeless men will literally come right up go you on the street, when you are just minding your own business (especially if you are a young woman). This is not always so much fun. If you move out to Maui naively you are likely to end up homeless yourself. No joke. (Yes, it can happen to you.) Just live somewhere else and stop chasing "paradise on earth" .... there IS no paradise on Earth. This whole world is corrupt, every bit of it. If you want to see paradise, follow Jesus. That is the only way. (That's all I have to say. Thank you to anyone who took the time to read.... )

[@michaelangelo747]

I absolutely agree with everything you said. A good friend of ours who has a second home in Maui said the exact same thing. Another friend has a Hawaiian native employee working at his restaurant in the Bay Area mentioned the extreme racism towards whites. We decided to stay where we are in Tennessee 😊

[@michaelangelo747]

Jesus is our King indeed :-)

[@stephanieadlersfeld8713]

@@michaelangelo747 Yes He is, Praise the Lord! And yes, the racism is sadly real. I'm very very light-skinned myself and even though like I say I love Maui, it was painful growing up there and even as an adult many many times being treated as less than human because of the color of my skin/prejudice. It is a real problem and yet people deny it all the time... act like it's nothing. But in my experience it even affects your basic ability to survive, for example get/keep a job (unless youre part of the rich elite...). Very sad it is like this.

[@stephanieadlersfeld8713]

@@mahealanicarbonell7932 You seriously read what I wrote and yet think I don't know about the historical reason why Kamehameha schools have their admission policy? That historical reason doesn't make it any less racist how it is today. It is absolutely racist and causes division among children. It does damage. And btw you are not even correct in what you say about the names of schools, so are you even from Maui? I for instance went to King Kekaulike High School. Before that, Kalama Intermediate. Before that, Makawao Elementary. How do those names sound to you? Haha you don't even know what you are talking about. Sure, there's Baldwin but whatever. It is definitely not the case that all other schools beside Kamehameha have non-Hawaiian names...?? And I really take issue with your use of some words here. You say kanaka like you think it is denoting a certain race, when it doesn't mean that at all. Kanaka are the people native to the land who care for the land. It is 2020, lady... different races have been living in Hawaii for many generations now. You are native of the place you are born in and/or the place you grew up since you were small (it's all you know) - the culture you belong to... So not all Kanaka anymore are descendants specifically only of those with native Hawaiian blood. There are white ("light-skinned") kanaka. Anyone truly native of the islands (who's not racist) knows what I am talking about. It is about the person's/family's history and who they are and their love of the land/responsibilty towards it. Not how they look! And btw, you using the word haole like that makes me think you are racist yourself. Don't you know what you are saying? Nah, probably you don't. And by that twisted definition of yours, what makes you kanaka? In your picture you look like a white girl. Last of all, real intelligent of you to say to me that I shouldn't move out there. (??) Do you not even read what you respond to? I was giving the OP here advice not to settle there from the mainland, like so many do. Lol, for you to think you can talk to me like this with a name like Nikki Carbonell (Italian?), is hilarious. Maybe you yourself moved to Maui from New Jersey or something.... 🙄 And then started to try and act like a Tita to try blend in and to try avoid being called haole... haha.. I know that type. 😂 Anyway have a nice day, and maybe reconsider that misplaced victim mentality. And if you love Hawai'i, learn how it really got the way it is now, and learn who the real enemy was/is.

[@dilbabajon7754]

I like watching your videos. Amerikada Amerikalik bilan yashayotganingzga qaramasdan o’zbek ayoliga xos ibo hayo va odob doirasidan chiqmagan ekansiz. Buni yaqqol harakatlariz va ko’z qarashlariz aytib turibdi. Good luck dear!!!

[@zulayla]

Thank you Dilya, sending lots of love xoxo :)

[@BreezyBrickyard]

What does he do for a living? The👍🤙👍

[@zulayla]

Haha, he is a chef :D

[@BM-nk1pe]

What country is Zulayla from?

[@zulayla]

Uzbekistan :)

[@sahel9288]

B Deleonne She is an Uzbek

[@lavieestbelle3099]

Your husband kinda looks like uzbek+russian))

[@zulayla]

Haha really?

[@geronimo4621]

Zulayla is Asian so she can survive in Hawaii as an anchor Asian... but the gay guy im not sure.... lmfao

[@zulayla]

There is big chunk of LGBTQ community here, you will be surprised :)

[@hrashid8459]

Hello to you from London How r u beautiful 🌹🤝👈

[@scarroll625]

Iraqi Kurdish any site is a dating site if you’re Indian enough!

[@birdsallbirdy]

Great video! I like your advise about covering the bath tub pipe so the bugs can't get in. What resources did you use to find a place to rent before you got there? Also, didn't they want proof of employment before they would rent to you?

[@zulayla]

Hi there, we directly contacted the landlord and provided all the necessary info. They were very flexible and our friend on Maui did apartment check for us before we got here :)

[@birdsallbirdy]

@@zulayla Mahalo!

[@DV-yr5ow]

Totally true on gas at Costco....I cheat though, make the hubby go!! Nice chatting with you and mahalo for the video😎

[@zulayla]

You're very welcome :D