Filmed this video in one take. Wanted to make it as authentic as I could since I've been thinking about how I've changed as 2023 comes to a close. In making videos about Hawaii, I've noticed that I've changed in some significant ways. All in positive ways and mostly thanks to the audiences who have found this channel. 🤙

@szvqorwnpstahskypfwmp9821

5 ай бұрын

Good for you!! Best wishes and happy new year!!

@reneejkd

5 ай бұрын

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I'm a 61 year old Native Hawaiian. Hawaii has changed so much in my lifetime. Not in the best ways either. However, real Aloha is alive and well in many communities outside of Hawaii. So much has been lost, but not all. You and your kids will be ok wherever you go, carrying the aloha spirit and traditions with you to share with the world.

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

A lot in Hawaii has indeed changed, but a lot has stayed the same. Interesting juxtuposition. I think aloha will continue, though. Happy New Year 🤙

@QuarterHater9

5 ай бұрын

Aloha spirit will probably die out, since only 1% pure blooded Hawaiians exist, Samoa and Tahiti, Tonga, of course the Kiwis 🥝 as well will retain their culture, numbers are important.

Born on the mainland, moved to Kauai in the mid 90s and have moved back and forth from Japan to Hawaii every few years. Every time I come back, it is tough. No matter how impressive my resume is, it is challenging to get a foot in the door due to nepotism hires. Ten years on Kauai, two on Maui, and now two on the Big Island. The other big challenge is transplants from California who oppose all development, including housing. A lock the door behind me mentality. I don’t know why I keep torturing myself, but I do, lol

I came to hawaii with my air force dad back in the 70s and ended up staying for a "long" time - 10+ years. It was where i grew up - learned to drive, rode The Bus, listening to C&K, Country Comfort, Brothers Cazimero, went to college, had multiple jobs to pay rent, lived all around Oahu. But i did end up back on the mainland - career, start a family. I still have friends i consider family in the islands. Ive been back a few times (i wish more) I love watching your videos. It keeps me connected. Everything changes but there's still aloha and that makes me grateful. Happy new year!

As a Christian I can easily understand what Aloha means. While watching documentaries of Duke and seeing how much he kept to himself when he faced racism and unfair play he still managed to show Aloha. He is the example of what Aloha is. He embraced people of all races, cultures and everyone visiting the island. The fact that he showed no favoritism and was the way he was with all people including those hating on him, just goes to show why his legacy to this day lives on. I moved from Boston the beginning of this year and I’m paying it forward regardless of how I’m treated. I want to shine my light so bright no matter how dark it gets in todays world in Hawaii because we can still be a light ever so more. Aloha is alive and well and I think it can be seen even more in these dark times and issues we face today. Aloha will always rise above every issue. Mahalo for this message.

@laurakibben4147

5 ай бұрын

Have you ever seen The Ride: Back to the Soul of Surfing?

I am one who left and still call Hawaii home and all your videos are reality of what is happening there. That's what I like about your videos over some other local you tubers. Much has happened this year and if you haven't change, then you wonder if I'm growing or not. Much Aloha and Mahalo for your perceptions, views and honesty.

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Mahalo. Appreciate the kind words. 🤙

You're the current representative in local and broadband culture man. Thank you for being consistent in what's going on. Terms of how it used to be, the current, and the near future

@Hakuna3000

5 ай бұрын

I would love to live my life in Hawaii in general, I've always gravitated towards it with no explanation. But I love the culture. Please help me come back. I feel like i belong

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!🤙

I am a Hawaii girl living in Japan. I got a job here and decided to make the move to Japan since it was getting too expensive to live in Hawaii. I’ve been watching your videos and love the topics on growing up and being local in Hawaii. Where I live, there are no local Hawaii people near me, so it’s nice to hear someone talk about things that I can totally relate to. I am also interested in your videos that discuss the current events that are occurring in Hawaii since I often watch Hawaii news. (The fireworks one… very relatable.) Thank you very much for making these videos! I look forward to watching your content in the new year! Happy New Year! Kototshi mo yoroshiku onegai shimasu.

Hawaii will always be my home. Your videos help me when I am homesick, which is often. Thank you for your authentic videos and yes, you can tell what is real or not! Keep doing what you're doing!

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Mahalo. Glad the videos help with being homesick. I know how that feels. 🤙

I visit Hawaii about 3 times a year. From Oahu, but have been going to Kauai Maui and Big Island more often. Lot of Aloha Spirit in small towns! Thanks for your posts

I feel the same. Welcome to new neighbors. I always suggest that they look into the corruption and the permit process if they plan to build a house. Excellent topic.

Happy New Year, Chris! Yeah, I may not always agree with you (Zippy's....LOL!) but I honestly do enjoy watching your videos as well as reading others' comments on the great topics you select! You know, you are correct in stating that we have the same problems now that we did decades ago. But to me, the BIGGEST detrimental change is how the ratio of pay is lagging far behind the cost of living. I think I mentioned how my father-in-law worked the sugar plantation earning less than a dollar an hour. With only an 8th grade education, he was able to purchase a home and a car, and support three kids as well. Try doing the same thing today! No way! And this is going to make even more changes as the years go by with people needing to move out of state just to make a go of it, replaced by wealthy outsiders. Of course, it's already happening and unfortunately, I predict it will only get worse. But anyway, sorry for the doom and gloom. Here's wishing you and your (extended) family the best in 2024!

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Mahalo for the comment. I agree about the salaries. As cost of living goes up, salaries often lag further behind. At some point the rubber band will break from both ends.

I haven't watched your videos in awhile, but when I first moved to Honolulu I really enjoyed them because you were the only person online who seemed to understand moving to and living in Hawaii. Plus you made me laugh. Before I left in August of 2023, I had seen the decline of Aloha. My roommate and I both found it heartbreaking, because we knew the Hawaiians and Locals were just exhausted and fed up. I had never seen a city and state government so actively working against all the people who work on the islands by doing everything they can to encourage only wealthy and nonresidents to own on the islands and turn it in to just high rise condos and bland neighborhoods. The large numbers of people moving from the island are the working class. Every place I knew in Honolulu was understaffed and the staff was over worked (as well as most people holding multiple jobs in incredibly toxic work environments ) BUT! I will also say that in my day to day life Aloha was everywhere. It was just more subtle. From the politite kids son the bus giving their seats to Aunties and Uncles, To the hard working ladies at the 7/11 on Piikoi, that still remembered me a year after I moved out of the area, to the people who would just stop me and talk story when I was at McDonalds, the beach, or the market, to all my coworkers who gave me rides home and would never let me give them gas money, and even to the homeless people who would yell out and ask me if I was going bodysurfing and not ask me for anything. Honolulu (since it was the only place I lived and can't speak for any where else) is the only place I have lived that if someone was friendly, they were just being nice and not trying to hustle me. Another great thing about living there is now that I am in Seattle, which has no Aloha, I've discovered that when you run in to locals and kama'aina there is connection there, that if you haven't lived there you won't understand. I miss Honolulu and the people a lot, but feel very lucky to have been part of Hawaii in even a small way. Sorry for the long post. What you said was moving and got me a little "feely" 🤣Happy New Years to you and your Family. Mahalo.

@luv2travel2000

5 ай бұрын

Beautiful comment. 🤙🌴🌺 Mahalo.

Speechless!! You have kindness and tolerance within your soul. “ Good human” that makes you a rare gem. The light ….

@HelloFromHawaii

4 ай бұрын

Mahalo!

Aloha spirit starts with how we raise our kids and the influences from the outside world affecting the culture.

I feel fortune to have grown up in Hawaii in the 1970s and 1980s. Leaving the island as a young adult and periodically coming back to visit family allowed me to witness how the islands have changed in so many ways. The local vibe is completely different these days. My intent was to finally retire in Hawaii, but me and the island have grown apart in so many ways. I will probably sell the Hawaii home in the coming year and settle on the mainland for good.

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Mahalo for sharing. I wonder how many other locals feel the same way. I know how it feels after being on the mainland for ten years and then coming back.

I am kamaaina and I moved to Japan five years ago. I miss the 3 Fs - family, food, and fireworks. I don't miss the traffic and high cost of living. I will always call Hawaii home but I know my money will last longer in Asia so I will probably live my retirement years here.

Great video. Really insightful and deep. Thanks for reminding us locals to (try to) live with unconditional Aloha. Wishing you and your family a safe and Happy New Year! 🎉🤙

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

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Seems like so many locals who moved to Mainland still consider Hawaii home as I do. I've lived on Mainland most of my life, but the draw to return and visit is very real for me. My kids and their families are here so I won't really move to Hawaii now, even in retirement. I visit several times a year but it's never enough. Enjoy your takes on Hawaii very much. Aloha and Mahalo!

@HelloFromHawaii

2 ай бұрын

Mahalo for sharing. Hawaii will always be home to many who move away. And even if I move away one day, I would always consider Hawaii home.

Thank you for being so welcoming. I have been considering moving to Hawaii (Big Island) but to even have an opportunity to survive there financially you almost have to have buy a home that is then paid off, produce some of your own food, bring your cars, etc. Everything logical is negative but the culture there, the emphasis on community and togetherness, the nature etc. is almost worth the price of logic.

@HelloFromHawaii

Ай бұрын

It's a tough move, especially if you don't know anyone. But the culture is special. Maybe long-term visits of 3-6 months might be better.

I left Hawai'i in 2010 & moved to the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. I miss Hawai'i so much but I could never afford to live there comfortably 😔

Another really good video, very thoughtful and reflective. You stay doing really good work. Happy New Year to you and your family.

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Mahalo 🤙 Happy New Year to you too.

Grateful that we get your perspective as someone new to Hawaii Oahu

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoyed the fireworks show 😁

❤ Thank you for this video. I love love love Hawaii and have visited there many times. The aloha spirit is something I noticed right away on my first trip. You being mindful of keeping the aloha spirit alive and modeling that to your children is where more aloha will grow. Mahalo. ...just my 2 cents worth. 🤙😊 🌴🌺

Happy New Year! I believe that living life with Unconditional Aloha is a great NY Resolution. Especially, if the defining line is enhanced in a positive way. I've lived in California for 16 years and London for a year. Hawaii has always been my home. Sure I recognize the changes, but I pray for positive changes. Thank you for your thought provoking content 🤙

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Mahalo for the comment. Yes, Hawaii will always be home 🤙

Chris, this discussion got me thinking a couple things as someone who considers himself a local who had to move away (even though I wasn't born in Hawaii) and what we need to do to promote and perpetuate the aloha spirit. We locals need to be mindful of how we model aloha for outsiders, so they will also know how to behave with aloha. Another thought that occurred to me is that we locals need to take the responsibility, the kuleana if you will, to correct outsiders gently, with love in our hearts for all, when they fail to show aloha. We can explain to them why aloha is so important to people getting along in Hawaii and showing each other respect, despite our differences - to share this with them, and not preach, or yell, at them cuz they're just a bunch of "stupid, frickin' haoles." Yeah, it isn't always easy, but how easy was it for the native Hawaiians when foreigners first started to inundate the islands? We can all do our part to perpetuate the genuine aloha spirit. Not just some commercial version of it. Happy New Year to you and your beautiful family! I hope 2024 holds even better things for you - health, joy, peace and prosperity!🙏🎍🎆🧨🎉🥂

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Mahalo for the comment. Great suggestions, especially about gentle correction and taking responsibility on our end first. Hard to expect others to demonstrate something we can't do ourselves.

Visited earlier in the year and you make feel like I'm still there. Didnt want to leave Hawaii. Meet some cool, humble laid back people both native and not. You should run for office in Hawaii.

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Mahalo for the Super Thanks. Not sure I'd be cut out for office, but appreciate the suggestion 😁

@tracy7521

5 ай бұрын

We’ve always said Chris should run for local office. So very insightful.

Happy to have found you, much aloha to you and yours! Akemashite omedetō gozaimasu (明けましておめでとう ございます) 🎉🎊🎇

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

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@ 19:00 you talked about things being the same in the 60s - I’ve been reading a lot of books from the 1700s and 1800s and the problems back then were the same too. These books are about America in general, not just Hawaii, but it’s very interesting that so much was the same for people hundreds of years ago. It’s very interesting.

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Interesting. I haven't read that far back, but if those same problems still existed back then, it must be something in the human condition. No technological advancement can solve it.

@LoveVanillaRose

5 ай бұрын

@@HelloFromHawaii Agreed. Humanity may have to evolve, and quick, if we are to survive the technological advancements. Yikes!

Happy New Year to you and your beautiful family!!!!! Thank you for another year of thought-provoking topics and interesting videos…

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Happy New Year too 🤙

Hauoli Makahiki Hou to you and your ohana, wishing all a blessed New Year 🎉

Another great video! Your honesty of life and opinions of living on the islands are authentic! Hawaii will always be my home and your videos remind me of it! Keep the Aloha spirit in your ❤! Have a safe Happy New Year 🎉

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

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Happy New Year Chris. Your comments stimulate a lot of personal reflection, and judging by the comments, others feel so too. You find topics that help people with their life choices.You matter. Looking forward to hearing more in 2024. Thx!

Hauʻoli makahiki hou!

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

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Great video! Happy New Year to you and your family! 🎇🎇🎇

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

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I appreciate your reflections and self awareness.

Come to Vermont, you'll love it. I was born in Southern California and have raised my between there, TX, CO, Lanai HI (prior to Oracle), and back to CA and TX. We've been in Vermont for a couple of years and are still acclimating to the changes. So, if you ever visit the Northeast Kingdom, let me know.

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

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@alexcarter8807

5 ай бұрын

Lots of people who are in Hawaii need to go to Vermont but not this guy.

The Aloha spirit and culture is exactly why my family and I want to move to Hawaii. I noticed the different vibe there within hours of our 1st trip there.

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

It's great you sensed that. However, I want to point out it's different from a visitor perspective. Something to consider if wanting to move here.

@HibatAllah

5 ай бұрын

@HelloFromHawaii Thank you, I am getting a lot of good advice from my sister and her husband that live there in Kailua, they have been living there for almost 15 years. But I am very open to all the information and advice I can get before making such a large decision for my family. This is why I watch your videos so closely and appreciate them so much. Thank you again for responding, and for your great videos.

Love this content … And always love ❤️ your videos. I am not from Hawaii but I am from one of the Pacific Islands where the Polynesians migrated from this tiny pacific island . Love❤Hawaii . It can be rough but people still show the Aloha And this is my opinion .

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

🤙 Yes, aloha can be hard to show sometimes. Still, we choose to do so not because it's easy.

As a kid, I would skateboard at Aala Park with no parental supervision. Today, I wouldn't go down there if you paid me. It kills me to watch Paradise turn into a dumpster fire😢.

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

It's a pretty rough area. Haven't been there in ages.

Something that I remember from when I lived there in 2006-2010 is locals will cut you off, but throw a Shaka & smile at you at the same time. Complete opposite of the mainland where you wait for people to let you over. But in Hawaii, locals did it was with kindness & respect. It never pissed me off or anything because it didn’t come off as rude, at all. I still have family there so I go back a few times a year every year I noticed people don’t have as much Aloha when it comes to that. Still love it still love the people there and I have so much respect for a lot of them that I’ve met personally.

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Hopefully you notice the change in friendliness less and less. Glad you're able to still visit 🤙

@adamgetzendanner

5 ай бұрын

@@HelloFromHawaii thanks. All the staff at the Hale Koa in town are still amazing! And Rest camp on the Westside. Amazing people!

4th group People from other countries who have traveled to Hawaii a lot in the past but don't travel anymore.

@reneejkd

5 ай бұрын

They go to Tahiti now. Especially French folks.

Thoughtful, reflective and respectful. Sounds like the changes are just you maturing, becoming wise. Keep up the videos and sharing alpha spirit. I find that nowadays unconditional Aloha and Respect takes much more courage and patience. Bad tourists seem to be impacting things and people world wide. It will definitely take a few more years before we all fully recovered from COVID-19 impact on so many folks. Happy New Year to you and yours. Keep posting the great videos. Thanks!

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Mahalo for the encouragement. I hope that I'm getting wiser as I get older 😁

Happy new year C- enjoyed watching your channel and your perspective! Good luck with much successes in the future

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Mahalo. Appreciate it 🤙

Chris, happy new year to you and your family!!

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Mahalo. Happy New Year too 🤙

Great video Chris! Happy New Year and God bless to you and your family and everyone that is watching your channel.

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Mahalo 🤙

Love your channel! Keep up the good work!

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

🤙 mahalo

Mahalo for sharing your videos🤙🏼 I’m 67 years young, and many great and fond memories and some not so much. I left Hawaii many, many years ago. Went back a couple of times looked at job and housing opportunities and reality sat in… priced out of returning home! Yes, would love to move back to Hawaii but just no way. Within the past few years more of my relatives made the decision to leave Hawaii for the mainland. I greatly appreciate your videos with what’s going on back home; your insight, perspective, and views are honest and sincere. Glad to hear you and the Ohana remain steadfast in trying to remain in Hawaii. Knowledge and discernment of ongoing issues in Hawaii will go a long way in future decisions of living in Hawaii. Best wishes for peace, happiness, and aloha in the new year😊🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼

Thank you for taking time out of your day to discuss Hawaii tings. My one advice to you is stay the course and not worry about any comments (+ or -). Oftentimes folks will agree with your point of view but they have a life and don’t really deal with social media commenting. Folks like me no more life so I blab away (LOL). Happy New Year to you and the fambam.

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Lol. Appreciate the comments, both positive and constructive. 😁

Happy New Year to you and your family. I wish you good health, joy and abundance in 2024. Love your work. Aloha.

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

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What makes me so sad about Hawaii now is the cost of living pushes locals out. I moved back home so I could give my kids a connection to the aina but we may even consider leaving, not cause of cost of living, but cause the aloha is conditional that aside from my friends and family… many locals with my husbands work have been unaccepting. It is clearly a mainland vs locals clique which is unfortunate because he came to the islands to fulfill a much needed service to the islands. My family loves my husband, says he is a nice guy, so it’s sad to see someone come to Hawaii, try to integrate so someone like myself can pass down the traditions, but I’m not going to let his career get damaged due to popularity contests either. I was naive to think he’d be fine cause I come from a big family, am part Hawaiian, my family has been here for hundreds of years. But his experience has been horrible to watch. Even my family says “he should be ok but unfortunately he is from the mainland” and he’s had to tolerate so many passive aggressive behaviors. It’s made me disappointed that for some, aloha is conditional and corrupt that it pushes out people who come here who try to help. I was hoping the locals could prove the mainland people wrong but in my husbands job, they haven’t. So now our first responders are short staffed cause locals are leaving and so are the mainlanders who come here to help & meanwhile just a few days ago hospitals were turning away ambulances because they were so full.

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear about your husband's experience. I'm fortunate to work in a place where our team is a mix of people from Hawaii and elsewhere. Frankly, I don't really care if you're from Hawaii or not. I've worked with both and it's great. Not much words of encouragement I can provide for him. Just hope he can find community here and a safe workplace where he feels he can make a difference and is valued.

@tracyalan7201

5 ай бұрын

Sorry to read how others are treating the husband. It sounds like you & the family are doing a great job on treating the husband well. Keep up supporting husband with the family. Eventually, the word of mouth on the great person that your husband will win them over. Once those others catch the hint that passive aggressive slights to your husband is noticed by the family and his supporters, it will draw the lines of backing them off. I grew up in Kailua, with lots of local and mainland friends, along with relatives on all islands with their own spouses from local and mainland alike. Very few families that I know, don't have no-Hawaii born spouses and offspring educated on the mainland and here. They are all accepted into the families. It's the small minded and insecure to continue the passive aggressive actions, which fools no one. My relatives on my mother & father's side all have children & grandchildren that are doing well in their careers that they benefited having a local heritage/education and being able to do well academically/professionally on the mainland. One doesn't have to be born in Hawaii to develop an Aloha attitude, it's the individual and its funny, some of my relatives that were raised on the mainland have more Aloha that some locals, and many mainland friends that I met have more Aloha than locals. It's in the heart of the person and it doesn't know if it was made in Hawaii.

Chris, Happy New Year to you and your Ohana.

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Mahalo and Happy New Year too 🤙

@Pochogirl

5 ай бұрын

Mahalo

Yeah you dawg! 🤟🏾

Hello dear friend Happy New year &support 19:08

Thanks!

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Mahalo for the Super Thanks 🤙

Hello Chris, I always appreciate your information about Hawaii. I also want to live in Hawaii and I was wondering how many % of Japanese and Japanese Americans can speak Japanese there.

Because I am 69, I’m old? Love your channel and content.

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

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The living with Aloha, unconditional is pretty good and Chris is doing pretty good, but perhaps inherent with the aloha was respect in general. I think you do a decent job on the respect especially with the unconditional part for driving. But do the locals all practice the unconditional and respect for all. Depending on who you might ask, they might say they practice 'aloha', yet not all will really be that honest depending on the situation. I.E. The neighbor spending buko bucks blasting away New Year's Eve mega aerials and fireworks, while surrounded by choke neighbors with young children/infants, pets, elderly and respiratory problems. Is that respectful of their living situation. Walking into Costco, trying to get from one end to the other, and the individual pushing the cart stops middle of the aisle starting to look at something, or converse with the child/adult/person on the phone, blocking people regardless of where they are. We see the young adults carrying weapons to shoot someone with a live weapon for whatever reason. It used to be primarily Oahu, but lately, we are seeing outer islands plagued with violence or inconsideration/tolerance of others. The Mauna Kea Road blockage was voicing an opinion about lack of respect for the mountain/land, yet the amount of trash left behind and it didn't seem like the respect for the land was any better by the protestors. Aloha/Respect goes many ways that it's not just words to say, but things to do every day/every moment. We all can do much better and while the older viewers reading this might stop and think, did I live with aloha/respect today, it's the younger generations that need to start being thinking, was this the right action. Would my parents/grandparents be happy if I cursed or did something rude to someone? Was that someone else's grandparents/parents? Living with Aloha, is always a work in progress but we all can do better. BTW, Chris, thinking one is not senior because of age might be surprising. Your kid's friends will probably think the mom and dad are so old by the time they start elementary school. It's amazing the things kids say & do and that was true even during late 1950/60 with Art Linkletter.

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Mahalo for the thoughtful comment. I agree that respect is a big thing, with or without Aloha. Maybe it was the way I was raised? Not sure how my parents and grandparents taught me that. I assume by thousands of small reminders over the years.

Looking at how Hawaii changed in real estate 1950s house - $10-$20k 1970s house - $50-$100k 1990s Condo - $150-$200k 2020s Condo/house - $500k-$million As time goes on, your memories linger with media and different from the gen z. Being a KZreadr makes you instant celebrity. Entertainment and sports influenced society. Problems before in classroom was gum chewing. Now it is social. Health, and safety. Transportation Orders for the H3 freeway were granted in 1960, followed by planning stages. Construction, amid enormous community protest, was begun in the late 1980s, although the road did not open until December 12, 1997. Environmental complaints and legal challenges halted construction at many points. Construction resumed during the late 1980s after a move by US Senator Daniel Inouye, who, in 1986, had the freeway exempted from most environmental laws. H3 was supposed to go thru Moanalua valley.

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

lol. I still remember no gum chewing in middle school. Teachers used to get so mad 😅

The issues you are talking about are universal and people move for jobs. Like you said, yesterday issues are today's issues, nothing have change. People always complain about the same things no matter what, its their nature.

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

It's amazing how things change, yet fundamental issues stay the same

Unfortunately after what happened in maui, cuz I'm from there and I've watched what's happened I honestly do not feel Aloha is there right now. And it's changing all over the island because most of the locals I know do not want the tourists back they wanted to go back to the way it was. that's what I'm hearing more and more from my friends there, the tourists have literally ruined Aloha by being rude. And I've heard many stories I've had people quit at restaurants because they're asking personal business over in Whalers Village. I'm ashamed. I am truly ashamed. Most of all of the government

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

It's a tough situation on Maui. I'm curious how those locals want things to go back without tourists and what that road to recovery looks like for them.

@carrieselbyjohns4487

5 ай бұрын

I’m sorry people visiting have so rude they have tainted your feelings toward visitors. I know many people feel entitled and they make life difficult. You want to slap them in the back of the and say who raised you? I hope you meet someone worthy of your trust to help heal the part of you that has been victimized by visitors that forget love goes farther than insistence. As for the locals the had to go through the latest eruption I’m sorry people visiting have so rude they have tainted your feelings toward visitors. I know many people feel entitled and they make life difficult. You want to slap them in the back of the and say who raised you? I hope you meet someone worthy of your trust to help heal the part of you that has been victimized by visitors that forget love goes farther than insistence. As for the locals the had to go through the latest eruption from Kīlauea it brought me to tears. I watched in horror. The Earth doesn’t do what it does for any corrupt or personal reason. But when it does what it does no human can fight it force. Earthquakes, tornados, volcanic eruptions we can not control these. The damage done is so massive healing from its damage is scar that one will never be able hide. I know the damage touched everyone I’m sorry ! Just know it affected those like myself with no real ties family to the islands. I’m coming there soon . My visit is on my bucket list . I truly never thought I would be able to make it there. I want to see the people, the plants and wildlife so unique and beautiful. I’m not coming to bbq or stomp down the trails . I want experience what my heart has always desired the warm breeze on my face, the salt on my lips, the vision of beauty and I hope I can impress on just one islander that they shouldn’t give up on us mainlanders we are not all the same. I hope when I visit I spread love and show good intentions. I hope I have Aloha in my spirit. I hope you find patience, and fight the battle with love. Remember those nasty folks go home so that means there are @ssholes everywhere . None of us can escape them . Peace out! it brought me to tears. I watched in horror. The Earth doesn’t do what it does for any corrupt or personal reason. But when it does what it does no human can fight it force. Earthquakes, tornados, volcanic eruptions we can not control these. The damage done is so massive healing from its damage is scar that one will never be able hide. I know the damage touched everyone I’m sorry ! Just know it affected those like myself with no real ties to the islands. I’m coming there soon . My visit is on my bucket list . I truly never thought I would make it there. I want to see the people, the plants and wildlife so unique and beautiful. I’m not coming to bbq or stomp down the trails . I want experience what my heart has always desired the warm breeze on my face, the salt on my lips, the vision of beauty and I hope I can impress on just one islander that they shouldn’t give up on us mainlanders we are not all the same. I hope when I visit I spread love and show good intentions. I hope I have Aloha in my spirit. I hope you find patience, and fight the battle with love. Remember those nasty folks go home so that means there are @ssholes everywhere . None of us can escape them . Peace out!

@carrieselbyjohns4487

5 ай бұрын

I’m sorry people visiting have so rude they have tainted your feelings toward visitors. I know many people feel entitled and they make life difficult. You want to slap them in the back of the and say who raised you? I hope you meet someone worthy of your trust to help heal the part of you that has been victimized by visitors that forget love goes farther than insistence. As for the locals the had to go through the latest eruption I’m sorry people visiting have so rude they have tainted your feelings toward visitors. I know many people feel entitled and they make life difficult. You want to slap them in the back of the and say who raised you? I hope you meet someone worthy of your trust to help heal the part of you that has been victimized by visitors that forget love goes farther than insistence. As for the locals the had to go through the latest eruption from Kīlauea it brought me to tears. I watched in horror. The Earth doesn’t do what it does for any corrupt or personal reason. But when it does what it does no human can fight it force. Earthquakes, tornados, volcanic eruptions we can not control these. The damage done is so massive healing from its damage is scar that one will never be able hide. I know the damage touched everyone I’m sorry ! Just know it affected those like myself with no real ties family to the islands. I’m coming there soon . My visit is on my bucket list . I truly never thought I would be able to make it there. I want to see the people, the plants and wildlife so unique and beautiful. I’m not coming to bbq or stomp down the trails . I want experience what my heart has always desired the warm breeze on my face, the salt on my lips, the vision of beauty and I hope I can impress on just one islander that they shouldn’t give up on us mainlanders we are not all the same. I hope when I visit I spread love and show good intentions. I hope I have Aloha in my spirit. I hope you find patience, and fight the battle with love. Remember those nasty folks go home so that means there are @ssholes everywhere . None of us can escape them . Peace out! it brought me to tears. I watched in horror. The Earth doesn’t do what it does for any corrupt or personal reason. But when it does what it does no human can fight it force. Earthquakes, tornados, volcanic eruptions we can not control these. The damage done is so massive healing from its damage is scar that one will never be able hide. I know the damage touched everyone I’m sorry ! Just know it affected those like myself with no real ties to the islands. I’m coming there soon . My visit is on my bucket list . I truly never thought I would make it there. I want to see the people, the plants and wildlife so unique and beautiful. I’m not coming to bbq or stomp down the trails . I want experience what my heart has always desired the warm breeze on my face, the salt on my lips, the vision of beauty and I hope I can impress on just one islander that they shouldn’t give up on us mainlanders we are not all the same. I hope when I visit I spread love and show good intentions. I hope I have Aloha in my spirit. I hope you find patience, and fight the battle with love. Remember those nasty folks go home so that means there are @ssholes everywhere . None of us can escape them . Peace out!

Nice thoughts! This issue I see is that everything here is getting worse over time yet the same people from the same party keep getting re-elected, and shuffling around not just in government but also key industry jobs. Look at the failures in Maui, look at how Blangiardi won't fix basic problems with permits, police, or even simple school issues where we lost federal money for much-needed projects. Josh is more interested in a national job, and does nothing to make Hawaii better. Come on man these are simple things the government keeps failing at. How could they ever have a shot at difficult problems like homeless, rail, and taxes? I get that you don't want to be a political channel, but you opened the door. Wishing you the best in 24, you are doing awesome, keep at it!

Happy New Year to all! 18:30 Seems there never was a 'problem' with aerials until "they" started banning regular fireworks. Sparklers out-lawed? Ya gotta be kidding me! If sparkler are ILLEGAL why not fill the sky with aerials which too are ILLEGAL.... The more unreasonable restrictions that are put on people will result in a push-back. Sometimes bigtime. I live in Ewa Beach and there is no reason for anyone living here to go out elsewhere to see a firework show. Wet down your roof and your neighbors, if they're not home, and enjoy the show. It's 360 degree awesome. There are firework injuries every year but they are caused by irresponsibility or misjudgment. Sadly, there are the rare by-stander injured by an idiot. Tongue in Cheek. I think the solution to ending the aerial fireworks 'problem' is to eliminate the fireworks permits and allow all fireworks available in 1980 now. If allowed, the smoke at ground level would obscure anything overhead and would make the 'shooters' reconsider what's the point of spending big bucks if no one can see their shots. I remember barely seeing the second streetlamp down the road and not seeing the third. Pardon my rambling long post. Been imbibing. Happy New Year!

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Great suggestion. Maybe we'll see possible solutions talked about soon.

Hey, what about we Tourists who have visited HI and loved it? Surely you gear your vids to us too, eh?

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Maybe, but there are other great channels that focus on the tourist activities. But glad you found my channel 🤙

@SuiGenerisAbbie

5 ай бұрын

@@HelloFromHawaii I like hearing from a HI local who knows how to talk to other HI locals. 🤙🤙 I like the Bill and Lisa travel channel where they go everywhere at the last second on standby no less, but, seeing a Hawai'i local tell us the skinny about life there that is more hardcore than tourist fluff is cool as well.

❤❤Tomorrow, I am gong to Little Tokyo Buddhist temple and spend time with my Japanese Hawaiian brothers. What if you do video on hawaii churches. The Buddhist churches, Christian churches. And Seicho No Ie church in Hawaii. Just showing mainlanders To be honest, I hope its not like texas. Guns and Jesus…. 😅

I am one of them. We are losing our way of life for when others come here. Nor can afford . They come and take. Hence what "aloha" means have been diluted. To this day to hear some foreigner greet me with Aloha or Mahalo is strange. Why -does not seem authentic. I can go into the reasons. The reasons are based on my experiences with foreigners (not originally from here). I'm not alone on my views. I have no problem with visitors.

Hawaii is actually hell for me I am half Native American but, I look white i've never felt welcome here at all In my world I feel like there's a tourist (always welcome) attraction, and there's the reality of living here And then there's the economy and I don't know what we're gonna do about that. I just don't know what to do I I love Hawaii, but I don't feel like I belong here for a reason and I have no idea what to do about it

Perhaps one of the reasons zero has changed since the 50s and 60s is because of the age old situation of "too many chiefs" ...

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I’ve been looking to move to Hawaii for years. The same things you are seeing in Hawaii, have been happening on the mainland. So it’s happening all across the US. It’s a product of greed. The middle class has been shrinking for decades. I keeping wondering when the tipping point will come, when there won’t be enough middle class left for the greedy to continue to make enough money to keep themselves satisfied. Hawaii has always had it harder, I don’t mean to minimize the suffering and struggle of native Hawaiians. Hawaii will become like the rest of the US if the native Hawaiians keep leaving, and that would be a sad, sad thing. It’s my hope that, that day never comes. It’s the native Hawaiians, with their Aloha Spirit, that make Hawaii so special, otherwise it would be just another beautiful place to live or visit. I’m an old disabled man with no one. No one. I’d love to come live in Hawaii and feel some of that Aloha, but I’m afraid that I couldn’t afford to survive, even though I could afford a modest home on Hawaii. I just don’t know if I could afford the rest, even though it’s not that much more than here in California. Let’s all hope things turn around and start improving, otherwise all of us will loose that very special Aloha Spirit. My heart goes out to all native Hawaiians. Namaste 🙏 and Aloha!

Surf bro, get your Aloha back.

@HelloFromHawaii

4 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, I'm not a surfer.

@cr370

3 ай бұрын

Give it a try, I was middle-aged when I learned from the beach boys in Waikiki. I promise you'll have a new perspective about being hawaiian. Oh, just don't die out there. Aloha.

Growing up in Hawaii, for a lot of people, results in a huge FOMO or Fear Or Missing Out. Then you get to the mainland and after decades, realize how non-special it is. For instance, I'm in Silicon Valley which is supposed to be this great high-tech place. Well, it is, if you're in the top 1% of college grads, maybe the top 0.1%, and you're under 40. Once you're over 40 you're dog food. The culture is ... hyper-individualistic, cruel, and family means next to nothing in mainland culture.

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Sad to hear about the culture after 40. Sounds like a young person's place. Get in, get paid, then get out.

@alexcarter8807

5 ай бұрын

@@HelloFromHawaii That's how high-tech (what there is, there really isn't very much) on the mainland is. You have when you graduate college until you're 40 to make your money. And if all college does is make you poorer than you'd be if you'd just worked minimum-wage jobs and saved, well haha sux to be you! Ideally you get in, make your money, then get out of it and go far, far away. Why do you think rich people like to have places in Hawaii and places like South America and Thailand? If you work as hard as you have to in tech, by the time you've been at it for 10 years you hate it. Growing up in Hawaii, I grew up with the idea that you work for a company and you stay loyal to that company, and they take care of you but that's not how it works at all.

@Angela-uo4ur

5 ай бұрын

So true. I thought I was the only one thinking that way. It's dog eat dog, rat race, and every man/woman for themselves unless they can benefit from you. Hawaii no ka oi. Lucky we grew up in Hawaii. It is a privilege that no one can take away.

Everything in life comes down to trade-off. Statehood is a good example, or the very fast development that happened in the 60-70’s because of statehood. A current example is high housing cost and resistance to development. By being part of the US we can’t locally control immigration to Hawaii. On the opposite side localism prevents development so prices keep rising because of the rules of supply and demand. I don’t want to see, for example the NorthShore to turn into a collection of condos and strip malls but I also want affordable homes and jobs for locals. I don’t know the right answer. I am very concerned about the financial impact of the monorail, these things are always a financial disaster and no where else is the relationship of cost relative to population even remotely as bad as here in Honolulu. It will drive up taxes and suck money from other more basic government responsibilities like roads, police, courts, water and sewage that are already not up to snuff.

Too much mainland$ coming in esp from cal buying land n houses Pricing out locals

I belong and Cheyenne Arapaho nation and I have no idea what I'm doing here

Aloha Christ, this herbicides again, wishing you and your Family a great new year start. I have an idea, anther point of view , And I don’t blame you if you would feel a bit reluctant, why don’t you’re you showcase a public servant, whether a politician or a teacher. You could say:?” Would you buy a car from the Governor of Hawaii 😂🥲😅😄? I hear he’s selling half an island…..”, you get the idea he he he. Do they still have people shot by a firing squad there? 😂 Just kidding buddy, but I would do it, tell the next one, I’ll leave you in God’s hands, Mahalo.

There's more Aloha in Toronto Canada then Hawaii

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

How come?

Thanks!

@HelloFromHawaii

5 ай бұрын

Mahalo for the Super thanks 🤙