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Except for the super-rich, people in Hawaii have to work one full-time job and a part-time job, and if it's a married couple, it's both people working?

Years ago, I knew a fellow who got a job teaching photography at a college in Hawaii-He came back because he couldn't afford the cost of living and that was 20 years ago. I don't imagine it's any better.

I heard $10 for a half-gallon of milk.

When oil was $150 a barrel last year, and gas was $4/gallon--in Texas no less!--, it was like $6-7 in Hawaii, or so I heard.

Of course, it would depend on what economic level on which you wish to live. If you hope to keep the same level as you live in a suburb of a larger city, then of course, duplicating that level in Hawai'i will cost quite a bit. However if you go 'local' and learn to live a much more simple existance if will not be such a problem, Tim. If milk is $10. a gallon, then why drink milk? If gas is far more expensive then don't keep a car in the first place. Learn other ways of living rather than trying to keep your current level intact and just live how you do now, only in Hawai'i.

Merle
(who lived three years in Hawai'i 'making do'.)

Welfare recipients in Hawaii get $17.50 (£10.49 GBP) while recipients in Texas get $7.31 (£4.38 GBP).
http://www.cato.org/research/pr-nd-st.html

There's your answer, Tim. Move to Hawaii and go on the dole .

Think about almost everything having to be brought in by air or by sea since there are probably not enough coconuts to go around ...

http://www.alternative-hawaii.com/overpop.htm

That's what I've heard as well.

If you were given a choice between Hawaii and Alaska, where would you rather live?

I was on a vacation there 2-3 years ago and the prices were higher but nothing crazy. This was on Big Island and they have herds of cows there so maybe that explains it (at least the price of milk). They had Walmart too.
I do think that building there must be awfuly expensive there due to all the lava rock.
It is scary to live that far away from the mainland and on a volcano but it is a beautiful place and I guess their only option is tourism.

Another good point about Hawaii is that you don't have to worry about heating during the winter .

People work multiple jobs everywhere. The price of living in Hawaii is really high, but it's the same in San Francisco or NYC. Food may not be as expensive here, but housing costs are just as high, if not higher. FWIW, my friend living in Honolulu has only one job.

Are there any differences in the costs of living between various islands there?

Also, are there any significant lifestyle differences between each individual island? (i.e. Honolulu vs. Kauai, Maui vs. the Big Island, etc.)

Now I wonder how much milk costs in Wisconsin.

It costs $3 in Texas.

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Last edited by jamesongerbil on 28 Nov 2009, 10:54 pm, edited 1 time in total.

how's your bones feeling after not drinking milk? i hope you at least ate cheese (though unlikely from your description) and/or took calcium supplements. ever seen a body in the throws of osteoporosis? i have. talk about swiss-freakin-cheese. i handle bones on a weekly basis for school and we go through all sorts of problems and pathologies, including vitamin/mineral deficiencies. it's not pretty.
i mean, there's making-do, and then there is plain-old self-deprivation. so take your calcium and other vitamins, too!

also, did you live in the city or a place with good public transportation? unfortunately where i live, it's impossible NOT to own a car if you need affordable housing AND a safe neighborhood. just wondering. if i had to choose, i wouldn't own a car, because it's so expensive, but there is no other way. *shrug* luckily, i love cars.

tim, why do you ask, if you don't mind.

Alaska. Of course, I'm biased - I was born there. Hawai'i is wondrous, but there is no place like home.


M.