Originally Posted by diggitydog

One thing you need to keep in mind when traveling to Hawaii is that it is different here. The people that don’t understand and respect that are the ones that have bad experiences. Life moves at a slower pace, if you smile at someone they will smile back, the beach is a lifestyle, and family is extremely important. Everything here isn’t rosy: we have traffic congestion, crime, an antiquated power grid, a large homeless population; our public education is in the bottom 10% of the country, and high taxes. It’s a small price to pay for everything else Hawaii has to offer.