WHY I LIVE IN HAWAII

WHY DO PEOPLE LIVE WHERE THEY DO?

If you can't read the above, just click on it.   This is a UK article, so that skews the results.

More specifically, why live in your neighborhood:

Age makes a difference:

When you really come down to it, though, most don't have much of a choice.  At some point in their family's distant past, it just settled there because of a river or port or town for livelihood...and they are stuck.  Here is a population density map:

For the fortunate few who had a choice, relocated, and are thankful...you are in the gross minority.  Most must survive where they are and can only hope for something like a future Heaven.

While I live in Hawaii because I was born here, I love it.  Friends, local food, the usual.  Plus, if you read this blog, you must know that I live in Purgatory, which is only one step away from Heaven, with no chance of getting sent to Hell.   Mind you, though, we do have large flying cockroaches.

Here is a Huffington Post article detailing 18 worst things about Hawaii, and some are true:

• traffic is soul-crushing
• the cost of living is ridiculous
• say hasta la vista to quality Mexican food
• it's quite possible you'll live on a road that none of your friends on the mainland can pronounce
• you'll never get dressed up again
• and there are more

Here is a list of 36 things that can kill you in Hawaii, and I list only a few:

• when you are on vacation here and must leave for home
• centipedes
• whales

• frostbite (when hiking on Haleakala, Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa)
• magma
• pupu consumption
• posing for beach portraits

According to U.S. News and World Report, we only rank #24 out of the 50 states:

• #46  opportunity
• #40  economy
• #29  education

However we are #1 in health care.  The top three states are Washington #1, New Hampshire #2 and Minnesota #3.  Frankly, Washington is too wet and cold, while New Hampshire and Minnesota are too cold.

Wallet Hub ranks Hawaii as dead last for starting a business and traffic.  Does Wallet Hub hate us?  No, for, overriding all the above, Hawaii is #1 for HAPPINESS.  Utah is #2, Minnesota #3 and California #4.  Hawaii is #1 in emotional and physical well-being.  Certainly, we rank high as a paradise for visitors.

We are the best for:

• being liked
• beaches
• ethnic diversity
• our environment, especially as we don't suffer from VOG anymore
• weather
• honeymoon destination
• older Americans

Lucky I live in Hawaii.

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