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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 306062" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>klmno - good luck on this! I moved to HI when I was young, dumb, and single - had my car shipped out, took my summer clothes, and that was it. Didn't have a job when I got there but I figured being homeless/jobless in HI was better than being sheltered/employed and freezing in the Midwest. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/Graemlins/rofl.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="rofl :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /> Like I said, young, dumb, and single.</p><p> </p><p>Costs are high. My first Christmas with husband, he had to have a tree - $75 for a Charlie Brown tree, and that was in 1987, LOL. But... the benefits of the beautiful weather and scenery more than compensated for the financial struggle. I lived in an area where there were not many, if any, haoles (Caucasians) and I never had any problems at all. There were some areas you knew not to go alone... but even though my neighborhood had a questionable rep, I found people to be very friendly and welcoming. </p><p> </p><p>I did all my shopping at local stores - managed to survive. Even after husband and I got married, I pretty much stayed away from the commissary - probably had more to do with- convenience since we lived in my apartment and never moved to base housing.</p><p> </p><p>The only downside was I got "rock fever" about 6 months in... the realization I was on a rock in the middle of nowhere and there was nohwere to go. I lived on Oahu, and a roadtrip (my favorite way to chill) lasted max 3 hours. Not terribly satisfying, LOL.</p><p> </p><p>At that time, pets had to be quarantined - I'm thinking 90 days if you were bringing them in from the mainland. Took about 3 weeks for my car to get there - drove to San Francisco where they loaded it onto a boat. </p><p> </p><p>I'd do it again in a heartbeat.... less than a heartbeat. It was a grand adventure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 306062, member: 8"] klmno - good luck on this! I moved to HI when I was young, dumb, and single - had my car shipped out, took my summer clothes, and that was it. Didn't have a job when I got there but I figured being homeless/jobless in HI was better than being sheltered/employed and freezing in the Midwest. :rofl: Like I said, young, dumb, and single. Costs are high. My first Christmas with husband, he had to have a tree - $75 for a Charlie Brown tree, and that was in 1987, LOL. But... the benefits of the beautiful weather and scenery more than compensated for the financial struggle. I lived in an area where there were not many, if any, haoles (Caucasians) and I never had any problems at all. There were some areas you knew not to go alone... but even though my neighborhood had a questionable rep, I found people to be very friendly and welcoming. I did all my shopping at local stores - managed to survive. Even after husband and I got married, I pretty much stayed away from the commissary - probably had more to do with- convenience since we lived in my apartment and never moved to base housing. The only downside was I got "rock fever" about 6 months in... the realization I was on a rock in the middle of nowhere and there was nohwere to go. I lived on Oahu, and a roadtrip (my favorite way to chill) lasted max 3 hours. Not terribly satisfying, LOL. At that time, pets had to be quarantined - I'm thinking 90 days if you were bringing them in from the mainland. Took about 3 weeks for my car to get there - drove to San Francisco where they loaded it onto a boat. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.... less than a heartbeat. It was a grand adventure. [/QUOTE]
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