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Old Aug 11, 2023 | 1:26 pm
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cmculp
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Originally Posted by HaleiwaFlyer
No self employed or small business owners are going to wait for an indefinite unknown time frame to reopen/rebuild. Retirees will be long gone from this world by then, and young individuals will need income. With high interest rates, restarting a business is tough.

Only high wealth, institutions, or generational land ownership people will continue to wait. Hence Lahaina will see consolidation to the wealthy.
hence my comment that it will likely go the way if the International Market. It’s the time it will take that makes it so hard for mom and poppers
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