Hawaii's Geography Problem

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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?

[carolferguson]

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 🤙

[megahamartolos]

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]

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. 🤣 🌴

[briangasser]

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.

[mlazenka]

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

[AmandathePandaBooks]

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

[kaniala]

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!!

[discoverglobeliving]

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

[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.

[alexcarter]

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.

[bontonne]

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

[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).

[Jazzfestn]

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

[Splendor]

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

[spenserak]

Why is the thumbnail photo of downtown Juneau, Alaska? 😂

[ainabearfarm]

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.

[jimmyjohn]

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

[glenpang]

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.

[schalitz]

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.