The vibe I feel here on Oahu is definitely not civil unrest. Even without the tourists, it's much more of an optimistic feeling, with people visiting the malls (which are now open), going to drive-in movies, and hanging out at the beach. People are happy that restaurants might open in two weeks (I think the anticipated date that the Lieutenant Governor gave in his daily video yesterday is June 5th, which is of course subject to change). And reading the local news every day, I don't have any concern about widespread civil unrest. I'm sure there are some small groups that might want to provoke something, just as there always are, everywhere. And even if that were to happen, it seems very unlikely that it would be anything significant or widespread.
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cbrown5294
There is a very different mentality from the Mainland US. Culture and family are very important and as others have mentioned about the only protests you will see is when they attempt to build a telescope on Mauna Kea or something to that effect and again that shows what’s important to them and I think it’s wonderful. Let’s let Hawaii breath, figure out their future direction and as the article says there will be a rebirth after when the time is right
This is the feeling I get here on Oahu also. Other islands (with less population) might have a different feeling, and some people are very unhappy, I'm sure. But it certainly seems like the majority of people here are dealing with this well and are happy that things are moving forward, however slowly it feels.