If anything, this video should demonstrate how fast the weather can change in Hawaii. Big thanks to my wife and son (crying in the background) for helping with this video.
That's what they call, sunny and partly cloudy, with passing showers. And when the Tradewinds really get going it's windy, mostly sunny with passing showers. And chances of pineapple rain.
I was born in and grew up in what is now mililani about 150 yards from kipapa elementary school. I went to leilehua intermediate and high school. Graduated in 61. Went into the USMC in 61 and traveled throughout the Far East and Southeast Asia. Got out and went back to Hawaii. In 82 moved to California because my military ex wife got transferred there. We got divorced but I stayed in California because it was a lot cheaper. I would move to wahiawa if I were younger. I miss the small town feel of wahiawa. I spent a lot of my younger years there. The temperatures are cooler in mililani and wahiawa than the leeward side and Honolulu. Still have ohana in waipio acres and mililani.
I must say I AM SO LUCKY, i am from Kauai and had to move over due to being a vet and the doctors are more better here. that said i am lucky to live in Mililani Mauka. i have an one bedroom in a new complex and the only apartment in this area. being a vet and single i pay cheap for rent and no electric bills. nobody here pays for the electric . therr are no homeless up here all the stores are nearby, so very safe as people are walking and riding with family and kids and dogs too. SO VERY SAFE HERE. hope you find someplace nice.
Grew up in Kailua 50's 60's 70's went to Kailua then Iolani back to Kailua and last three years Hawai'i Prep on the Big Island '65 grad. Born and raised Oahu 4th generation in Hawai'i. Wife and I grad UH, moved to the Mainland (WA) 'cause low Hawai'i salaries and couldn't afford a home. Enjoy your videos. Oh...you just named Kaneohe as your 1st choice...Kaneohe was my birth town. Lived there '46-'54 before we moved to Kailua. Lived in Halekou which in those days was only a few homes, mostly pasture land and a couple daries. What would become Ho'omaluhia Gardens was practically in our back yard. Malama Pono & Aloha from WA State
Aloha brahda, Kaneohe, dats wer my family took roots from, McCabe, liftee, Wong, Hewett, Pa, Hanawahine, keilikipi,n many more, but my son keoki McCabe still lives in Kaneohe, but me I grew up in Papakolea, but later in da yrs I moved to Kaneohe n I loved it, but now I live in Waterford, California n bought n owned a house n made many friends in da mainland, life is great if u wanto make it great 👍 👌 Aloha n Mahalo fo all u guys input on things, really appreciated, thank you very much, love n Aloha ❤
Raised in kaneohe but mililani and wahiawa is more my choice. For me safety like hurricane and tsunami it's higher point on the island. My kids raised in mililani and wahiawa.👍💗🙏
So, you’re a Castle boy. All my husband’s siblings went there. His family all live in Kaneohe while we lived in Kailua. We moved back to the Mainland so our kids could could get a better education. That was in the ‘70s. Guess things have changed since then but all the family try to send their kids to Kam now.
My childhood house is $1.1 Million on Zillow, I grew up in Pohakupu . The pic you showed of Lanikai, my best friend from 8th grade grew up in the Aqua colored house . It was white when he lived there. FUCK WHOLE FOODS ! Go to Foodland. Kailua is the best because of : Climate, Weather, Perfect Dichotomy . The ethnic is is even. I think ALL golf courses on Oahu should be Eminent Domaine by the State for affordable and BMR housing for essential workers and their families .
@@HelloFromHawaii We have a generation of Hawaiian children growing up homeless living on the beach . Land was set aside for big hotels. Massive lots of land were acquired for tourist to swing a club at a little white ball. In 1977 my parents busted their butts and saved for years to purchase a home in Pohakupu next to Kailua HS. It wasn’t cheap back then. It closed at $177K . An absolute fortune back then . We worked hard to hang on to it until it was paid off. What makes the housing market extra difficult on Oahu are jobs aren’t paying as much as jobs on the mainland. Low inventory. Limited job market. Low job ceiling . My best friend from HS worked 2 jobs + Hawaii National Guard just for a 30 year mortgage in Pearl City and a Camry.
@@youfuckmywife6719 The main problem is entitlement though. And I get that some want to add the native feels to the problem but really, it doesn’t matter. Everyone’s family who lives there originally came from somewhere else. I’d love to live in prime real estate all over the US but market forces dictate pricing and S&D is the law of the land. You can’t start making exceptions for this group or that group just because they think they have a compelling backstory. People who grow up in prime real estate areas in the US have to move if they don’t have the means to buy; same goes in the islands.
@@skyfiblue The State Of Hawaii are Islands . Limited choices . I actually know a few families whom moved to the “8th Island” , Las Vegas , and closed in 6 months on 4 bedroom houses on waiters salaries. But not everyone has access to those recourses . Hawaii is more than a real estate balance sheet for a bunch of yuppies, house flippers and profiteers . If your definition of Hawaii is “Prime Real Estate” , either you don’t know the people. Aren’t in touch with the culture or want to , or you simply don’t know the definition of “prime real estate”. Entitlement? Look who’s talking. Land was set aside for natives . Yes . Hawaiian Homestead Act. So, Yes ! They shall always lay claim to their home. What drives people and families away? Lack of inventory and/or very high cost of living . When our family left Hawaii, we still had a house in Kailua. Any of us could have returned. However, there was no turning back.
@@youfuckmywife6719 Now do Santa Barbara and Manhattan. The HHA covers a small percentage of the island land, more than 60% of which will likely never be built on. Furthermore it covers only those individuals with at least 50% Hawaiian blood. “Native” Hawaiians are mixing and dwindling as a percentage. Hawaii is one of the most backward, liberal, abusive states in the US and even then it is subject to the inexorable forces of the market and gentrification. Complaining about it is as futile as me complaining about not getting beachfront SoCal or a Manhattan penthouse or picking up Bitcoin at a price I can afford. It’s time for the whingers-and those with 10% blood who think it entitles them to owning something-to move on, or don’t and dwell in their anger as the world passes them by.
I used to live in Kailua on the corner of Kalaheo and the Pali. 100 steps from the beach!!! I won't lie though when I lived in Makiki it was so nice to be able to ride my bike to work and be so close to everything a young single person would like.
My aunt and uncle moved there in the 50s, also steps across a vacant lot to the beach. My cousins were raised there. I first visited them in the 60s. It was a paradise. It felt like I was unlucky to be in Texas, while they were on the beach in Hawaii. Cut to twenty years later, I moved to Hawaii.
Kailua was the world’s best kept secret until Playboy Magazine’s Top 100 places listed Kailua Beach as the Best Beach Park . Then the Obamas came to town . The selfie stick crowd took over my childhood hideout, the Lanikai Pillbox. Now Whole Foods is there to provide organic toilet paper to DINKs (Double Income No Kids) buying and flipping houses in Kailua for $3 Million a pop . Yes . The ‘90’s were great times, but the 1970’s were better ! In 1978 the US Secret Service was interviewing perspective families in Kailua for President Jimmy Carter as a house guest. He was going to be Grand Marshall of the 1978 Kailua Easter Parade . He canceled do to Mid East conflict. Too bad !
Kapahulu, Kaimuki and Kahala are too dry. Manoa is too wet and need to worry about boulder rolling down into backyard. Kailua and Kaneohe are good choices only if you don't need to commute to town everyday.
We want to move there.. we’re selling our home on the 15th but it’s scary hearing homeless people a lot and you think it’s safe. I mean I grew up in Los Angeles so it doesn’t matter .. it’s so intimidating...
Ewa Beach is okay. Not where I'd like to live because the drive is far to Honolulu and the traffic can be bad. But if you work on that side of the island, it's one of the growing communities with new housing.
Hello, I'm a 16 years old boy from Germany. I discovered your channel recently and I really enjoy your content, because living in Hawaii is one of my biggest dreams. Watching your videos is a huge inspiration! Maybe one day I might see you... You would not know me, but I'd know "this is the guy, who inspired me to actually emigrate to Hawaii" Greetings from Germany :)
Very 🆒. You sound like the type of person that would love Hawaii and all the beautiful things it has to offer. And Hawaii appreciates people coming like you. Keep your dreams💕 🥥🌴🍍🌺
My boss and friend when I was there was from germany. He some how came to hawaii. He still lives there. Also have met many germans there. So the dream can come through. But make sure you have a trade or business acumen. It's crazy expensive and jobs cannot tough to get. The old paradise is mainly gone unless you go to Kauai or the big island. Wish you luck.
I live in Kapahulu and I'm absolutely spoiled. It's a 10 minute walk to Waikiki, the beach, the zoo, diamond head, Kapiolani park, and 5 minutes to all the restaurants on Kapahulu Blvd and Monsarrat. It's a 5 minute drive to Kahala Mall, and just 10-15 to Hawaii Kai. I wish I could find a house to buy here but it's soooo expensive
@@kimberleyike2168 true. It is a hike to Mililani for Walmart and even further for Costco. I just go to Malamas in Haleiwa or Waialua Fresh if I need something quick. There are fresh veggie and fruit stands over by Waialua too. And of course Foodland in Pupukea is good too. They have the best Spicy Poke bowl for miles. You just get used to being strategic about shopping; plan trips, and get to be friends with your neighbors. We always ask if anyone needs something when we go. They do the same so it can help cut down the number of times you have to go. No question though, traffic is no joke especially on the weekends. So planning the day and time is super important.
Windward side all the way...#1 kailua since I grew up there and out priced #2 kaneohe where I currently live #3 Manoa since that's where my gramma lived
Living close to the beach may not be a good idea especially houses at the North Shore. When the winter swell comes, you may be called by police at 3 am to evacuate your home.
1) Kahala 2) Waialae Iki. Imo better value than Hawaii Loa Ridge as there’s a whole section that’s not a gated neighborhood so you don’t have to pay HOA fees. Probably the safest non-gated neighborhood. Oceanviews are fantastic from every house, streets are wide, clean, nicely paved just like Hawaii Loa Ridge. Also not far away from town, just above Waialae golf course and Kahala. 3) Kaimuki. Specifically the section between the freeway and KCC and borders are Oceanview Drive down to 18th Ave.
Good choices in places to live here on Oahu. Our family moved to Kaneohe to or new house in 1965(the house alone back then was $27,000 new). I went to Kapunahala Elementary and then King Middle and Castle High. Moved out to town on Ward Ave almost at the top near Punchbowl (Prospect St) came back in 26 years to help take care of my aging parents. Yes, I’m one of those you talk about that inherited a home. I live with my youngest son now that’s 20yrs old (Roosevelt Graduate my other 2 kids are McKinley Graduates, Go Tigers). Our house is in good condition as I keep it up on regular basics and try to teach my son how to fix things or replace them. You can save big bucks if you can do it yourself (I love to cut the grass, yes I know that's weird but I really do). We live only 2 blocks from the Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden entrance. I look out my front door and see the Koolau Mountains every morning with a coffee in my hand and see the waterfalls and greenery without any obstruction because of the Botanical Garden, no new homes will be built (open view). I can see the radar and the old naval radar building for the Haiku Stairs clearly if there isn't any clouds. The older homes are now $950.000+ to 1.3+ million that sold recently here in Keapuka (and they are still going up as I type). Like you were saying in another video, past down or keep your home for your family which I will do with this home. It’s really good not to have any HOA or other Fees or rules, plain old Fee Simple property. My son walks to work to Windward Shopping Center which is a stone throw away. Family is very important like you say but my older brother that was born in Tokyo didn’t help, call or write his parents in their time of need (hurt my mother as he’s the oldest son) so he has a place in Oregon where he can stay by himself. I took my youngest son and we helped them until they passed, I really have a good feeling inside me for doing so. Kept my son in Roosevelt so I had to drive him to school every day from Kaneohe and pick him up but like you said, about 20 minutes and that’s in rush hour on weekdays. So Kaneohe isn’t really far if you look at the driving time factor to anywhere because of the 3 tunnels (H-3 tunnel made the traffic move a lot faster on the Pali and Wilson tunnels now) and I’m right by all 3. If I want to go to a nice beach, Kailua is a hop and a skip away unless you have a boat and go to the Sand Bar in Kaneohe Bay or drive a little up the coast toward the Northshore. I did love the town side but after coming back to Kaneohe, I realized all the great things like the quietness, low crime rate, low homeless and the streams where I taught my 3 kids to fish. It’s all good here in Kaneohe. I can show them where I used to play and hang out back in the days. The best part is, there is almost no more room to build new homes in Kaneohe which is making the housing market fly off the roof on this side on the older properties!
Great location. That would a place I'd like to live. The neighborhood looks great. Great access to Town. Only issue are those turnabout intersections. 😄
@@HelloFromHawaii Yeah they are an eye sore and I didn’t like them at first but they grow on you after a while. I go through them at least 4 times a day and they are ok after getting used to them. People kept using Keapuka as a thorough fair to speed through or skip the intersection on Kam Hwy and the Likelike (after the H-3 was built). They were speeding through Keapuka but now it’s ok, no speeding or traffic. It’s ok if you just have to drive straight through as I do, just a little S swerve. Turing right they don’t get in the way at all, only when you turn left at those roundabouts, you have to use a little more caution. People just have to learn the driving rules about roundabouts so they know not to stop in them to take a left turn (cars in a roundabout always has the right of way, cars entering the roundabout has to yield or wait before entering if the car is going to make a turn in front of you). As our island gets more populated, we’ll see them more and more as in the States and Europe. The first one I came across was the one at Keeaumoku and Heulu streets as I was heading up to Roosevelt High School. I was surprised but since then we do have them in multiple spots on Oahu and they’re building more (Kailua, Salt Lake, etc.) to slow people down. 😎
Moanalua High was a good school to go to in the 90s although I didn't do the combo because I lived closer to Aliamanu. I'm sure it's still good but I can't really attest to that. Salt Lake was okay and I lived in a condo with a parking structure not that I had a car back then. I live in Kalihi now which I kind of like because of the convenience.
I think for local, most don't prefer to be close to the beach 24/7. The best places to live are the ridges and the heights. Hawaii Loa Ridge (you need a fireplace in your house), Makiki Heights, Pacific Heights, Alewa Heights, Kam Heights. All have great view, breeze, proximity to town and the absence of homeless.
I knew it. You can take the person outta Kaneohe, but you can’t take Kaneohe outta the person. If you’re born and raised, then there’s no where else you’d rather be. Still trynna get back there myself. But stay strong and have hope, they don’t call it Gods Country for a reason 🤙🏼
I love your wife's drum roll lol Kaneohe is beautiful for sure! I love taking a drive out to that side. Whoop Whoop to Moanalua, I went to that middle and high school haha
I like and love living (45 yrs.) Kalihi Valley. Here it’s cool, laid back, 10 minutes from the airport and downtown. Honolulu. Eh your wife’s English is shaka. Kailua and Manoa get too much da kine😊
her #2 pick?? don't remember but maybe I got up for a minute to do something? and missed it?🤔 but loved her hilarious drum roll 🥁sound effects!😄😆 and I'm really grateful that you make the videos you post! you & your wife are so genuine, so down to earth and it's easy to see you're truly decent human beings. and so glad I found your channel, I think a few years ago? because there's all kinds of content @ UA-cam. but among some of my preferred videos are those posted by everyday householders, like yourselves..who are stars✨💫⭐💫 in your own right, imho. *real* people, *real* talk..sometimes serious, educational & informatiive..and sometimes fun & entertaining & informative in *that* way, too! and I often find myself doing mini-marathons, watching them, whenever they show up on my homepage or subscription feed.🤗🎈🎉🍾🎊🥂 and it *was* interesting to hear about both of your faves, really enjoyed the video & the scenery..and also, a request - below - if it's ok: because I haven't been to Hawaii since I was 9 years old.😥 Mom's best friend, who she met in Europe when they were still single & only in their twenties!,decades ago....she settled there, did nicely in real estate, then decided to stay long term..and the raised a family there with her husband. and I didn't go with Mom on her subsequent trips to visit her friend, so I'm not familiar with the the islands or the names of the any of the neighborhoods...or where they are relative to the coastal areas...although I DO look forward to visiting again, as an adult, seeing as many of them as I can in person..& visiting a Food Land poke salad🥗counter! and *now,* also that *Off The Hook!,* poke place!😁🎣🐟🐡👍 and ok, long way around to my request and please don't hate me for asking: do you think in future videos you'd be able to - at some point - zoom out on *all* Hawaii maps you show us? so those of us unfamiliar with the lay-of-the-land can see a whole island every time? like when you show neighborhoods you're speaking about? and do you think you could use only ONE red or other colored/easy to see marker..in order for us to be able to delineate where exactly a location is. re: how close it is to the water...and other locations we might have heard of? that we can also see named on the maps used. because the clunky giant house image marker was, for me anyway, making it difficult to understand *exactly where* those neighborhoods were located on the island map you were mentioning. for instance, I'm still not clear on where *Salt Lake* is on it..and I froze the image to try and see where it was - but to no avail. and the red marker in the middle was also a bit distracting because it seemed to stay there, no matter which neighborhood you were talking about..maybe if the marker could be at the point where each neighborhood really is? re: this video, for example: if you had time maybe include a few more photos....of each area mentioned..that would have been great + a few of the home properties in each locale, even if they weren't for sale..so we could see what some of the properties look like...just to get a sense of the places being discussed. and the great news is that *Wikimedia Commons* & the *Creative Commons* websites + many other *'copy-Left'* sites offer *100% free-to-use images* for videos, etc.,..so creators can be free from worrying about copyright claims.🤸♀️🏄🏾♀️🌞🤸🏾♂️🏄🏽♂️⛵ and I don't mean to sound nit-picky, so please forgive me if this does sound like that. because I do understand it takes time, intention & energy to create even an unedited vlogging video, let alone a video that's a huge production project..snd it's very generous of you to share any parts of your life with us at all & thank you for doing that. it's just that I paused the video several times to do image searches..and I'd love to be able to, instead, stay focused on your thoughtful content rather than stopping a video to try and find photographs re: can be a visual topic.📱🎥📸📹 in any case, thanks again for taking the time to share your perspectives about Life in Hawaii.👸🏾
Mahalo for the comment. I'll try to show more map in the future when I talk about places. I've come to realize that not everyone is familiar with the islands. Glad you enjoy the videos. 🤙
My bad experience with my parents divorce when I was 10 yrs old, kept it open for me to live elsewhere. My 2 older brothers thought the same. None of us returned as natives and instead created another location in the mainland. No get me wrong bra, I am still a local boy at heart! I guess you gotta take whatever you achieve and make the best of it! Regret it? No!
Hey man, My wife and I are from Kaneohe too. I think my friend, Ray is your cousin. Yeah. That’s my number one. Maybe one day when we can afford a $ 1 million house, we can buy a fixer-upper in our home town. 😂
Kaneohe seems to be the most affordable of all the choices listed. Lanikai, Diamond Head, and Manoa are multi million dollar homes. Salt Lake homes on the golf course side average 1.5 million. Many variables include work location, schools, activities, and eateries. Condominiums have maintenance fees, but homes have yearly maintenance. With the high mortgages, eating at restaurants may be added expenses that could be budgeted. Financial planning for the future is a necessity.
@@HelloFromHawaii As for schools, every school has its pros and cons. I am a Moanalua alumni and an educator who taught at numerous schools and districts. Schools are known externally by the media. Every school has the great teachers and programs. You need to do the in depth research and focus on what can strengthen your child's future. The same is true with private schools. Iolani and Punahou have totally different focus. Your child's peers and family will also influence on choices.
@@HelloFromHawaii Hawaii is expensive. To afford the mortgage, you need big down payments to lower mortgages or you need the salary of a well paid executive. You need to balance lifestyle with daily living. With big mortgages, will you be able to afford the vacations and great lifestyle?
I'm a foreigner from Canada that has family and friends on Oahu so been there many times. My second home in a sense. I love two of the places you and wife mentioned. Kaneohe and Kailua are gorgeous. They would be my two top picks. I loved kayaking in Kailua bay. I love that your wife still has a real distinctive local accent! Overwhelmed me with nostalgia because it reminds me of 70's and 80's with family. People I've seen in videos seem to sound close to US mainlanders now. I know all about the criticisms around pidgin but I really feel a lot of culture has been lost. I was hoping your wife was gonna break into some pidgin at any moment😂.
I lived in Hawaii Kai in the 80's and loved it, but traffic to get to town can be an issue. I guess I would live on the westward side if I could. Never fell in love with the east side and the landscape was not nearly as lush. Went to Univ. of Manoa, but it is too wet up above and dark. Your choices are great!
Hahahahah.... your wife is so funny & cute. I love her sound effects, she's getting to be so local. Great choices for both sides. Since I grew up in Manoa, Kaimuki, Kaneohe, Kailua and now live Kapolei, I know the aesthetics of those places. So many great reasons when you live in a home versus a Condo or townhouse, which I've also done. The two car situation is always a bummer, especially when there's no street parking or you have to move the car every 10-12 hours. I'm partial to Kailua, as you could live there and virtually never have to go to town for anything. Beaches, movie theater (b4 had choices, now one), restaurants, hiking, golf, schools, bus routes, biking, shopping but most of all you could walk easily around the town, if you're young/healthy. The walking/biking is easy, mostly flat ground and it usually always has breezes. It rains but not constantly. It's rarely humid. Community is good people, parks are decent, especially they have a gym, swimming pool and tennis courts and library. One of the pluses, is that the area is mostly unrestricted about clothes lines. Having air dried clothing is so much preferable than dryer clothes. Good one, still other great choices not mentioned but its a preference thing especially on what activities one does. Stay awesome and keep her drum roll.
Kailua has changed. my aunty/uncle have a house there (since the 1980s) and used to go over to their house everytime growing up in the 90s. Definitely feels like a tourist place now
Don't let it fool you. Its just looks that way. People are the same and there is a good community there. People dazzled by the beaches but its only part of life there in that town. Try Nene Goose Bakery, Blossoms Okazuya next to Enchanted Lakes Safeway. The Food sells out like crazy. The Food Company across of Kailua Safeway was great when they were Enchanted Lakes. Cinnamons is always a staple great eat. The little shops across the old Bowling alley has crowds. The tennis courts and volleyball court behind the fire station, plus the pool and gym. The marsh trail, pillbox, Olamana, Maunawili hikes. So much to do in a little area.
I enjoyed the video a lot since we are aspiring to retire in Hawaii in the future! Please keep up with great contents!! 応援してますよ～。奥様のドラムロールの３回目くらいで「もうええっちゅうねんｗ」と笑いながら独り言を言いました。
When I lived in hawaii for 16 years i mostly lived in the pearl city area. Back then i found kailua to be uncomfortable. A strangeness to it. This was in the 70s and 80s. I hope you find your happy home.
I grew up in Moanalua in the 80’s and 90’s and I had the same thought about Kailua?! It always felt almost open and foreign for some reason! I have no idea what it’s like now, it’s probably changed a lot.
I used to live off Kapahulu for over 10 years until the realtors sold the property and the new owners pulled some shady sh*t & priced me out. That's OK. It used to be a decent area until the city kicked the homeless out of Waikiki & they flooded the residential areas. I don't miss getting assaulted by meth/crackheads, but I do miss some of the food spots. Manoa is nice, but rainy. I like Kailua & Kaneohe too. I've lived in Honolulu for 20+ years, but I think town is getting crazier with more development, crime, homeless, drug addicts etc. Honolulu will always have a special place in my heart, but I don't want to be a townie much longer with the way things are going.
i wouldn't want Kaneohe nor Kailua --- too much salt water corrosive air from the ocean spray that travel in the air... cars/appliances/aluminum window frames would rust easily... I like Kapahulu and Manoa (though Manoa has too often a lot of rain/misty days and nights)..
We have friends who live in Manoa and it seems really nice. We enjoy visiting Kailua and we have hitchhiked back at night from Castle High when they used to have Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewett's Ho'ike there. We are seniors with coveted Hawaii senior bus passes so we bus here and there, but if the busses stop running, we have to hitchhike. I make a sign at home and tuck it into my daypack. As for Salt Lake, never been there. We would like to live half the year there as we are very rooted in Oakland Ca. Love your down to earth site. 2022
I was just watching your video and I thought that you guys put out good videos but I wouldn’t say nothing about the homeless people because they’re everywhere in the world it makes it look bad when people talk about you don’t want to live near all the homeless people to me it’s sad to see homeless people but to say that in your videos I didn’t think that was right but that’s my thought but keep up the good work with your videos
Mahalo for the comment. Since we have a son, we want to live in a place that is safe and where we feel like we can walk around and not have to worry. Homelessness is all over, but it's less noticeable in certain spots of the island.
Nice video, enjoy your content. We have owned a home in upper Makakilo since 2003. While it is a longer drive to get to town, the development of Kapolei and Ewa limits the need to go to town for pretty much any thing. Crime is low in our area, neighborhoods are nice, and we are close to all shopping needs. That said, just living in Hawaii is a bonus! Aloha 🤙
Black Point is restricted access, so they don’t have tourists driving through the neighborhood. Gorgeous views of Koko Head, the ocean, AND the infamous Black Point pool. Not too far from town. I’d live there.
On the way to Kaliua, I drove off 61, and I thought the residential area near the Nu'uanu Reservoir is so beautiful, but it may not be most convenient to live? I also went to Off the hook after my hike to Manoa Falls. Good poke:) Please thank your wife for the hair salon recommendation! Hiro was super professional, and I really like my hair cut. He was really curious how I found him, so I texted him about your UA-cam channel:)
@@HelloFromHawaii Manoa Falls was nice - I liked the tropical ambiance soon after the entry point. BTW, I also liked Waiola Shave ice - my local friend took me there, and I thought it was better than Matsumoto.
If anything, this video should demonstrate how fast the weather can change in Hawaii. Big thanks to my wife and son (crying in the background) for helping with this video.
That's what they call, sunny and partly cloudy, with passing showers. And when the Tradewinds really get going it's windy, mostly sunny with passing showers. And chances of pineapple rain.
It is great that you had your family involved in the video.
Lanikai (Beach) is where I would choose, if I had about a cool million to spend.
Your wife is adorable with her sounds and happiness 💕
this is the first video i've seen where your wife is talking :) you are a cute family! sending aloha~
I was born in and grew up in what is now mililani about 150 yards from kipapa elementary school. I went to leilehua intermediate and high school. Graduated in 61. Went into the USMC in 61 and traveled throughout the Far East and Southeast Asia. Got out and went back to Hawaii. In 82 moved to California because my military ex wife got transferred there. We got divorced but I stayed in California because it was a lot cheaper. I would move to wahiawa if I were younger. I miss the small town feel of wahiawa. I spent a lot of my younger years there. The temperatures are cooler in mililani and wahiawa than the leeward side and Honolulu. Still have ohana in waipio acres and mililani.
Mahalo for sharing 🤙
@@HelloFromHawaii I really enjoy your videos and appreciate them.👍
Heey! what a great pleasure is meeting your wife and kid , you are indeed blessed .
I must say I AM SO LUCKY, i am from Kauai and had to move over due to being a vet and the doctors are more better here. that said i am lucky to live in Mililani Mauka. i have an one bedroom in a new complex and the only apartment in this area. being a vet and single i pay cheap for rent and no electric bills. nobody here pays for the electric . therr are no homeless up here all the stores are nearby, so very safe as people are walking and riding with family and kids and dogs too. SO VERY SAFE HERE. hope you find someplace nice.
Sounds great. It's a little different in town. Not as clean and safe.
@@HelloFromHawaii the best area of island
Grew up in Kailua 50's 60's 70's went to Kailua then Iolani back to Kailua and last three years Hawai'i Prep on the Big Island '65 grad. Born and raised Oahu 4th generation in Hawai'i. Wife and I grad UH, moved to the Mainland (WA) 'cause low Hawai'i salaries and couldn't afford a home. Enjoy your videos. Oh...you just named Kaneohe as your 1st choice...Kaneohe was my birth town. Lived there '46-'54 before we moved to Kailua. Lived in Halekou which in those days was only a few homes, mostly pasture land and a couple daries. What would become Ho'omaluhia Gardens was practically in our back yard. Malama Pono & Aloha from WA State
Mahalo for sharing. Glad you enjoy the videos.
You guys are so lucky to live in Hi!!
I loved Hilo. 🌺
I would live on the North Shore. I lived there in 1972 and 1989. I lived in Waikiki in 1968. But like you say I could not afford it today. Mahalo 👍
Good choices 👌
Aloha brahda,
Kaneohe, dats wer my family took roots from, McCabe, liftee, Wong, Hewett, Pa,
Hanawahine, keilikipi,n many more, but my son keoki McCabe still lives in Kaneohe, but me I grew up in Papakolea, but later in da yrs I moved to Kaneohe n I loved it, but now I live in Waterford, California n bought n owned a house n made many friends in da mainland, life is great if u wanto make it great 👍 👌
Aloha n Mahalo fo all u guys input on things, really appreciated, thank you very much, love n Aloha ❤
Raised in kaneohe but mililani and wahiawa is more my choice. For me safety like hurricane and tsunami it's higher point on the island. My kids raised in mililani and wahiawa.👍💗🙏
Good choices. Very cool weather in central Oahu.
3. Salt Lake
2. Royal Summit
1. Mililani
Love your hat! HE>I
I'd like to see good places for retirees to move to, if possible. I enjoy all your videos. Thanks.
Mililani/ Mililani Mauka- best of small town America! Great schools, perfect weather!
So, you’re a Castle boy. All my husband’s siblings went there. His family all live in Kaneohe while we lived in Kailua. We moved back to the Mainland so our kids could could get a better education. That was in the ‘70s. Guess things have changed since then but all the family try to send their kids to Kam now.
I grad McKinley, but I lived on that side. My cousins went to Castle, though.
I've only seen the airport in Oahu, I'll have to plan visits to all these areas.
There are so many other nice places to see.
USED TO GO SWIMMING THERE AT ALA MOANA BEACH PARK WITH MY UNCLE AND COUSIN. MISS IT!!!
Manoa for me da best.
My childhood house is $1.1 Million on Zillow, I grew up in Pohakupu . The pic you showed of Lanikai, my best friend from 8th grade grew up in the Aqua colored house . It was white when he lived there. FUCK WHOLE FOODS ! Go to Foodland. Kailua is the best because of : Climate, Weather, Perfect Dichotomy . The ethnic is is even. I think ALL golf courses on Oahu should be Eminent Domaine by the State for affordable and BMR housing for essential workers and their families .
The golf courses? I'd miss them 😆
@@HelloFromHawaii We have a generation of Hawaiian children growing up homeless living on the beach . Land was set aside for big hotels. Massive lots of land were acquired for tourist to swing a club at a little white ball.
In 1977 my parents busted their butts and saved for years to purchase a home in Pohakupu next to Kailua HS. It wasn’t cheap back then. It closed at $177K . An absolute fortune back then . We worked hard to hang on to it until it was paid off.
What makes the housing market extra difficult on Oahu are jobs aren’t paying as much as jobs on the mainland. Low inventory. Limited job market. Low job ceiling . My best friend from HS worked 2 jobs + Hawaii National Guard just for a 30 year mortgage in Pearl City and a Camry.
@@youfuckmywife6719 The main problem is entitlement though. And I get that some want to add the native feels to the problem but really, it doesn’t matter. Everyone’s family who lives there originally came from somewhere else. I’d love to live in prime real estate all over the US but market forces dictate pricing and S&D is the law of the land. You can’t start making exceptions for this group or that group just because they think they have a compelling backstory. People who grow up in prime real estate areas in the US have to move if they don’t have the means to buy; same goes in the islands.
@@skyfiblue The State Of Hawaii are Islands . Limited choices . I actually know a few families whom moved to the “8th Island” , Las Vegas , and closed in 6 months on 4 bedroom houses on waiters salaries. But not everyone has access to those recourses . Hawaii is more than a real estate balance sheet for a bunch of yuppies, house flippers and profiteers . If your definition of Hawaii is “Prime Real Estate” , either you don’t know the people. Aren’t in touch with the culture or want to , or you simply don’t know the definition of “prime real estate”. Entitlement? Look who’s talking. Land was set aside for natives . Yes . Hawaiian Homestead Act. So, Yes ! They shall always lay claim to their home. What drives people and families away? Lack of inventory and/or very high cost of living . When our family left Hawaii, we still had a house in Kailua. Any of us could have returned. However, there was no turning back.
@@youfuckmywife6719 Now do Santa Barbara and Manhattan. The HHA covers a small percentage of the island land, more than 60% of which will likely never be built on. Furthermore it covers only those individuals with at least 50% Hawaiian blood. “Native” Hawaiians are mixing and dwindling as a percentage. Hawaii is one of the most backward, liberal, abusive states in the US and even then it is subject to the inexorable forces of the market and gentrification. Complaining about it is as futile as me complaining about not getting beachfront SoCal or a Manhattan penthouse or picking up Bitcoin at a price I can afford. It’s time for the whingers-and those with 10% blood who think it entitles them to owning something-to move on, or don’t and dwell in their anger as the world passes them by.
My 3 choices would be
1. Manoa
2. Nu'uanu
3. Alewa Heights
Queens Gate is where I lived and would live there again. Away from the city, but close to shopping.
I used to live in Kailua on the corner of Kalaheo and the Pali. 100 steps from the beach!!!
I won't lie though when I lived in Makiki it was so nice to be able to ride my bike to work and be so close to everything a young single person would like.
Must have been nice in Kailua back in the day. 100 steps from the beach. 😁
@@HelloFromHawaii the 90s were great!
My aunt and uncle moved there in the 50s, also steps across a vacant lot to the beach. My cousins were raised there. I first visited them in the 60s. It was a paradise. It felt like I was unlucky to be in Texas, while they were on the beach in Hawaii. Cut to twenty years later, I moved to Hawaii.
Kailua was the world’s best kept secret until Playboy Magazine’s Top 100 places listed Kailua Beach as the Best Beach Park . Then the Obamas came to town . The selfie stick crowd took over my childhood hideout, the Lanikai Pillbox. Now Whole Foods is there to provide organic toilet paper to DINKs (Double Income No Kids) buying and flipping houses in Kailua for $3 Million a pop . Yes . The ‘90’s were great times, but the 1970’s were better ! In 1978 the US Secret Service was interviewing perspective families in Kailua for President Jimmy Carter as a house guest. He was going to be Grand Marshall of the 1978 Kailua Easter Parade . He canceled do to Mid East conflict. Too bad !
That sounds amazing!
Kapahulu, Kaimuki and Kahala are too dry. Manoa is too wet and need to worry about boulder rolling down into backyard. Kailua and Kaneohe are good choices only if you don't need to commute to town everyday.
I didn't think those places were too dry. Too dry for me is Ewa. 😆
I lived in Mililani when I lived in Hawaii.
It was really nice back then. How is it now?
It's nice. Growing and very nice community.
We want to move there.. we’re selling our home on the 15th but it’s scary hearing homeless people a lot and you think it’s safe. I mean I grew up in Los Angeles so it doesn’t matter .. it’s so intimidating...
Congrats on the home sale 🤙
@@HelloFromHawaii thank you! We worked so hard to renovate this 100 year old house. Can’t wait to at least visit there.
How’s Ewa Beach? We were looking at the new community in Hoopili
Ewa Beach is okay. Not where I'd like to live because the drive is far to Honolulu and the traffic can be bad. But if you work on that side of the island, it's one of the growing communities with new housing.
where are you living now?
In Town
I wish I could move back. Grew up in Kaneohe but that was many years ago. Not sure what it's like anymore.
Kaneohe is still great. Great community and Windward Mall is still there 😁
Hello, I'm a 16 years old boy from Germany. I discovered your channel recently and I really enjoy your content, because living in Hawaii is one of my biggest dreams. Watching your videos is a huge inspiration! Maybe one day I might see you... You would not know me, but I'd know "this is the guy, who inspired me to actually emigrate to Hawaii"
Greetings from Germany :)
Mahalo for watching. Glad you enjoy the content. Maybe you'll get to visit. 🤙
Very 🆒. You sound like the type of person that would love Hawaii and all the beautiful things it has to offer. And Hawaii appreciates people coming like you. Keep your dreams💕 🥥🌴🍍🌺
hawaii expensive man...stay home
My boss and friend when I was there was from germany. He some how came to hawaii. He still lives there. Also have met many germans there. So the dream can come through. But make sure you have a trade or business acumen. It's crazy expensive and jobs cannot tough to get. The old paradise is mainly gone unless you go to Kauai or the big island. Wish you luck.
I live in Kapahulu and I'm absolutely spoiled. It's a 10 minute walk to Waikiki, the beach, the zoo, diamond head, Kapiolani park, and 5 minutes to all the restaurants on Kapahulu Blvd and Monsarrat. It's a 5 minute drive to Kahala Mall, and just 10-15 to Hawaii Kai. I wish I could find a house to buy here but it's soooo expensive
Great place to live. Lots in walking distance. Great area.
I must be the weirdo here but I love Waialua and Hale’iwa. I guess I’m a country girl at heart.
How can one not love country? Great views, oceanside, open space and people are great too.
Great places, but just so far from town. 😁
Luv the North Shore! It's the best my mom is from waialua
I love it there too but it's so far from shopping. Ughhhh. Lolo
@@kimberleyike2168 true. It is a hike to Mililani for Walmart and even further for Costco. I just go to Malamas in Haleiwa or Waialua Fresh if I need something quick. There are fresh veggie and fruit stands over by Waialua too. And of course Foodland in Pupukea is good too. They have the best Spicy Poke bowl for miles.
You just get used to being strategic about shopping; plan trips, and get to be friends with your neighbors. We always ask if anyone needs something when we go. They do the same so it can help cut down the number of times you have to go.
No question though, traffic is no joke especially on the weekends. So planning the day and time is super important.
I knew you would pick Kaneohe
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Mililani 🙌
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I like Windward side too. It’s cooler!
Windward side all the way...#1 kailua since I grew up there and out priced #2 kaneohe where I currently live #3 Manoa since that's where my gramma lived
Your wife’s drumroll is hilarious! Keep up the great work!!
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Sunset Beach
Living close to the beach may not be a good idea especially houses at the North Shore. When the winter swell comes, you may be called by police at 3 am to evacuate your home.
Good point. The shoreline is receding quite a bit in some places. Not sure how those houses will survive.
K Town for the win! 96744.
1) Kahala
2) Waialae Iki. Imo better value than Hawaii Loa Ridge as there’s a whole section that’s not a gated neighborhood so you don’t have to pay HOA fees. Probably the safest non-gated neighborhood. Oceanviews are fantastic from every house, streets are wide, clean, nicely paved just like Hawaii Loa Ridge. Also not far away from town, just above Waialae golf course and Kahala.
3) Kaimuki. Specifically the section between the freeway and KCC and borders are Oceanview Drive down to 18th Ave.
Great neighborhoods. Out of our price range 😆
Kailua is nice
Portlock
Bro been looking for that retro UH hat, where did you get it? Thanks. Peace.
“NORT SHORE “
lol 😆
We dream of living in kailua
I’m surprised Hawaii Kai wasn’t in either top 3.
It's a nice place, but I'd rather live in other places
Good choices in places to live here on Oahu. Our family moved to Kaneohe to or new house in 1965(the house alone back then was $27,000 new). I went to Kapunahala Elementary and then King Middle and Castle High. Moved out to town on Ward Ave almost at the top near Punchbowl (Prospect St) came back in 26 years to help take care of my aging parents. Yes, I’m one of those you talk about that inherited a home. I live with my youngest son now that’s 20yrs old (Roosevelt Graduate my other 2 kids are McKinley Graduates, Go Tigers). Our house is in good condition as I keep it up on regular basics and try to teach my son how to fix things or replace them. You can save big bucks if you can do it yourself (I love to cut the grass, yes I know that's weird but I really do). We live only 2 blocks from the Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden entrance. I look out my front door and see the Koolau Mountains every morning with a coffee in my hand and see the waterfalls and greenery without any obstruction because of the Botanical Garden, no new homes will be built (open view). I can see the radar and the old naval radar building for the Haiku Stairs clearly if there isn't any clouds. The older homes are now $950.000+ to 1.3+ million that sold recently here in Keapuka (and they are still going up as I type). Like you were saying in another video, past down or keep your home for your family which I will do with this home. It’s really good not to have any HOA or other Fees or rules, plain old Fee Simple property. My son walks to work to Windward Shopping Center which is a stone throw away. Family is very important like you say but my older brother that was born in Tokyo didn’t help, call or write his parents in their time of need (hurt my mother as he’s the oldest son) so he has a place in Oregon where he can stay by himself. I took my youngest son and we helped them until they passed, I really have a good feeling inside me for doing so. Kept my son in Roosevelt so I had to drive him to school every day from Kaneohe and pick him up but like you said, about 20 minutes and that’s in rush hour on weekdays. So Kaneohe isn’t really far if you look at the driving time factor to anywhere because of the 3 tunnels (H-3 tunnel made the traffic move a lot faster on the Pali and Wilson tunnels now) and I’m right by all 3. If I want to go to a nice beach, Kailua is a hop and a skip away unless you have a boat and go to the Sand Bar in Kaneohe Bay or drive a little up the coast toward the Northshore. I did love the town side but after coming back to Kaneohe, I realized all the great things like the quietness, low crime rate, low homeless and the streams where I taught my 3 kids to fish. It’s all good here in Kaneohe. I can show them where I used to play and hang out back in the days. The best part is, there is almost no more room to build new homes in Kaneohe which is making the housing market fly off the roof on this side on the older properties!
Great location. That would a place I'd like to live. The neighborhood looks great. Great access to Town. Only issue are those turnabout intersections. 😄
@@HelloFromHawaii Yeah they are an eye sore and I didn’t like them at first but they grow on you after a while. I go through them at least 4 times a day and they are ok after getting used to them. People kept using Keapuka as a thorough fair to speed through or skip the intersection on Kam Hwy and the Likelike (after the H-3 was built). They were speeding through Keapuka but now it’s ok, no speeding or traffic. It’s ok if you just have to drive straight through as I do, just a little S swerve. Turing right they don’t get in the way at all, only when you turn left at those roundabouts, you have to use a little more caution. People just have to learn the driving rules about roundabouts so they know not to stop in them to take a left turn (cars in a roundabout always has the right of way, cars entering the roundabout has to yield or wait before entering if the car is going to make a turn in front of you). As our island gets more populated, we’ll see them more and more as in the States and Europe. The first one I came across was the one at Keeaumoku and Heulu streets as I was heading up to Roosevelt High School. I was surprised but since then we do have them in multiple spots on Oahu and they’re building more (Kailua, Salt Lake, etc.) to slow people down. 😎
Moanalua High was a good school to go to in the 90s although I didn't do the combo because I lived closer to Aliamanu. I'm sure it's still good but I can't really attest to that. Salt Lake was okay and I lived in a condo with a parking structure not that I had a car back then. I live in Kalihi now which I kind of like because of the convenience.
love the choices and especially love the drum roll sound effects!
What's wrong with Ala Moana?
It's not the nicest beach, but a great place to just cruise around. I prefer the east side beaches.
I think for local, most don't prefer to be close to the beach 24/7. The best places to live are the ridges and the heights. Hawaii Loa Ridge (you need a fireplace in your house), Makiki Heights, Pacific Heights, Alewa Heights, Kam Heights. All have great view, breeze, proximity to town and the absence of homeless.
Those are all great places. Not sure we could afford the views.
Waimanalo is beautiful
I knew it. You can take the person outta Kaneohe, but you can’t take Kaneohe outta the person. If you’re born and raised, then there’s no where else you’d rather be. Still trynna get back there myself. But stay strong and have hope, they don’t call it Gods Country for a reason 🤙🏼
😆 So true!
Ya dat place Kaneohe get magic.
Mana strong ova dea
I love your wife's drum roll lol Kaneohe is beautiful for sure! I love taking a drive out to that side. Whoop Whoop to Moanalua, I went to that middle and high school haha
Yeah, great place to grow up. And Moanalua Middle and High School is probably the best middle/high school combination.
I like and love living (45 yrs.) Kalihi Valley. Here it’s cool, laid back, 10 minutes from the airport and downtown. Honolulu.
Eh your wife’s English is shaka.
Kailua and Manoa get too much da kine😊
I live in Kaneohe.
What's your take on Ewa Beach?
Cheaper homes, but hot and far from town. Mixed community.
Me, Hauula or Laie anyway that side
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Poi, Kailua pig….,😩
Yes…. Kaneohe…..
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PTL, yes, he is greater than I. Good choices, both of you. For me, 3. Kahalu'u, 2. Manoa, 1. Hawaii Kai (our family home stead since 1965) .
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her #2 pick?? don't remember but maybe I got up for a minute to do something? and missed it?🤔 but loved her hilarious drum roll 🥁sound effects!😄😆
and I'm really grateful that you make the videos you post! you & your wife are so genuine, so down to earth and it's easy to see you're truly decent human beings. and so glad I found your channel, I think a few years ago? because there's all kinds of content @ UA-cam.
but among some of my preferred videos are those posted by everyday householders, like yourselves..who are stars✨💫⭐💫 in your own right, imho. *real* people, *real* talk..sometimes serious, educational & informatiive..and sometimes fun & entertaining & informative in *that* way, too!
and I often find myself doing mini-marathons, watching them, whenever they show up on my homepage or subscription feed.🤗🎈🎉🍾🎊🥂
and it *was* interesting to hear about both of your faves, really enjoyed the video & the scenery..and also, a request - below - if it's ok:
because I haven't been to Hawaii since I was 9 years old.😥 Mom's best friend, who she met in Europe when they were still single & only in their twenties!,decades ago....she settled there, did nicely in real estate, then decided to stay long term..and the raised a family there with her husband.
and I didn't go with Mom on her subsequent trips to visit her friend, so I'm not familiar with the the islands or the names of the any of the neighborhoods...or where they are relative to the coastal areas...although I DO look forward to visiting again, as an adult, seeing as many of them as I can in person..& visiting a Food Land poke salad🥗counter! and *now,* also that *Off The Hook!,* poke place!😁🎣🐟🐡👍
and ok, long way around to my request and please don't hate me for asking:
do you think in future videos you'd be able to - at some point - zoom out on *all* Hawaii maps you show us? so those of us unfamiliar with the lay-of-the-land can see a whole island every time?
like when you show neighborhoods you're speaking about? and do you think you could use only ONE red or other colored/easy to see marker..in order for us to be able to delineate where exactly a location is. re: how close it is to the water...and other locations we might have heard of? that we can also see named on the maps used.
because the clunky giant house image marker was, for me anyway, making it difficult to understand *exactly where* those neighborhoods were located on the island map you were mentioning. for instance, I'm still not clear on where *Salt Lake* is on it..and I froze the image to try and see where it was - but to no avail.
and the red marker in the middle was also a bit distracting because it seemed to stay there, no matter which neighborhood you were talking about..maybe if the marker could be at the point where each neighborhood really is?
re: this video, for example: if you had time maybe include a few more photos....of each area mentioned..that would have been great + a few of the home properties in each locale, even if they weren't for sale..so we could see what some of the properties look like...just to get a sense of the places being discussed.
and the great news is that *Wikimedia Commons* & the *Creative Commons* websites + many other *'copy-Left'* sites offer *100% free-to-use images* for videos, etc.,..so creators can be free from worrying about copyright claims.🤸♀️🏄🏾♀️🌞🤸🏾♂️🏄🏽♂️⛵
and I don't mean to sound nit-picky, so please forgive me if this does sound like that. because I do understand it takes time, intention & energy to create even an unedited vlogging video, let alone a video that's a huge production project..snd it's very generous of you to share any parts of your life with us at all & thank you for doing that.
it's just that I paused the video several times to do image searches..and I'd love to be able to, instead, stay focused on your thoughtful content rather than stopping a video to try and find photographs re: can be a visual topic.📱🎥📸📹
in any case, thanks again for taking the time to share your perspectives about Life in Hawaii.👸🏾
Mahalo for the comment. I'll try to show more map in the future when I talk about places. I've come to realize that not everyone is familiar with the islands. Glad you enjoy the videos. 🤙
THING ABOUT KANEOHE IS NO BEACHES. KANEOHE BAY IS MUD FLSTS WITH ALOT OF SHARKS!!!
But the views are nice. 😄
@@HelloFromHawaii Hear you. Did your dad go to Castle HIGH school?
Where do you live now?
We live in town. So close to work.
My bad experience with my parents divorce when I was 10 yrs old, kept it open for me to live
elsewhere. My 2 older brothers thought the same. None of us returned as natives and instead
created another location in the mainland. No get me wrong bra, I am still a local boy at heart!
I guess you gotta take whatever you achieve and make the best of it! Regret it? No!
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You’re a Beautiful Couple and your Beautiful Little Boy! Thank you for great video and may you be able to get your Home some day. 🌺
I agree with that and Kaneohe and Ewa Beach.
Hey man, My wife and I are from Kaneohe too. I think my friend, Ray is your cousin. Yeah. That’s my number one. Maybe one day when we can afford a $ 1 million house, we can buy a fixer-upper in our home town. 😂
Oh yeah! That's my cousin. 😆
Kailua!!!
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Punchbowl for the win!
Kaneohe seems to be the most affordable of all the choices listed.
Lanikai, Diamond Head, and Manoa are multi million dollar homes. Salt Lake homes on the golf course side average 1.5 million.
Many variables include work location, schools, activities, and eateries.
Condominiums have maintenance fees, but homes have yearly maintenance. With the high mortgages, eating at restaurants may be added expenses that could be budgeted. Financial planning for the future is a necessity.
Yeah, agree. But even Kaneohe is getting expensive.
@@HelloFromHawaii As for schools, every school has its pros and cons. I am a Moanalua alumni and an educator who taught at numerous schools and districts. Schools are known externally by the media. Every school has the great teachers and programs. You need to do the in depth research and focus on what can strengthen your child's future. The same is true with private schools. Iolani and Punahou have totally different focus. Your child's peers and family will also influence on choices.
@@HelloFromHawaii Hawaii is expensive. To afford the mortgage, you need big down payments to lower mortgages or you need the salary of a well paid executive. You need to balance lifestyle with daily living. With big mortgages, will you be able to afford the vacations and great lifestyle?
More videos like this 👍🏾
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Love your content Brah, keep up the good work!
Appreciate it!
Aiea!
Great place to live. Like the Newtown area.
@@HelloFromHawaii We have been away for 30 years and ready to renovate our home in Royal Summit and come "home" for longer stays !
#1 Kahala if you work in town.
Kahala is nice, but so expensive. 😁
I'm a foreigner from Canada that has family and friends on Oahu so been there many times. My second home in a sense. I love two of the places you and wife mentioned. Kaneohe and Kailua are gorgeous. They would be my two top picks. I loved kayaking in Kailua bay. I love that your wife still has a real distinctive local accent! Overwhelmed me with nostalgia because it reminds me of 70's and 80's with family. People I've seen in videos seem to sound close to US mainlanders now. I know all about the criticisms around pidgin but I really feel a lot of culture has been lost. I was hoping your wife was gonna break into some pidgin at any moment😂.
I would love to move back into Kalihi Valley, born and raised there.
Deep in the valley? Have some nice homes there.
@@HelloFromHawaii Yeah way in the back. I love smell when it rains in the valley.
My older sis lives by there, not deep in the valley though.
I lived in Hawaii Kai in the 80's and loved it, but traffic to get to town can be an issue. I guess I would live on the westward side if I could. Never fell in love with the east side and the landscape was not nearly as lush. Went to Univ. of Manoa, but it is too wet up above and dark. Your choices are great!
good info!
Glad it was helpful!
Hahahahah.... your wife is so funny & cute. I love her sound effects, she's getting to be so local. Great choices for both sides. Since I grew up in Manoa, Kaimuki, Kaneohe, Kailua and now live Kapolei, I know the aesthetics of those places. So many great reasons when you live in a home versus a Condo or townhouse, which I've also done. The two car situation is always a bummer, especially when there's no street parking or you have to move the car every 10-12 hours. I'm partial to Kailua, as you could live there and virtually never have to go to town for anything. Beaches, movie theater (b4 had choices, now one), restaurants, hiking, golf, schools, bus routes, biking, shopping but most of all you could walk easily around the town, if you're young/healthy. The walking/biking is easy, mostly flat ground and it usually always has breezes. It rains but not constantly. It's rarely humid. Community is good people, parks are decent, especially they have a gym, swimming pool and tennis courts and library. One of the pluses, is that the area is mostly unrestricted about clothes lines. Having air dried clothing is so much preferable than dryer clothes. Good one, still other great choices not mentioned but its a preference thing especially on what activities one does. Stay awesome and keep her drum roll.
Mahalo for the comment. I'll make sure to share it with her. 😆
@@HelloFromHawaii any suggestions on favorite neighborhoods in other islands if u visited?
Lottery win: Kailua, a forever room at the top floor at the Sheraton Moana, or hidden away up on Tantalus.
That would be nice. Lottery might be the only way for us to live in Kailua. 😆
Kaneohe FTW. #1 for me too. That's where I live now.
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Thank you I miss Oahu so much so it is great to see your vlogs
Hope you get a chance to visit.
@@HelloFromHawaii not yet but next year is the plan and not for piddly week :)
i love the uh hat
Kailua has changed. my aunty/uncle have a house there (since the 1980s) and used to go over to their house everytime growing up in the 90s. Definitely feels like a tourist place now
Don't let it fool you. Its just looks that way. People are the same and there is a good community there. People dazzled by the beaches but its only part of life there in that town. Try Nene Goose Bakery, Blossoms Okazuya next to Enchanted Lakes Safeway. The Food sells out like crazy. The Food Company across of Kailua Safeway was great when they were Enchanted Lakes. Cinnamons is always a staple great eat. The little shops across the old Bowling alley has crowds. The tennis courts and volleyball court behind the fire station, plus the pool and gym. The marsh trail, pillbox, Olamana, Maunawili hikes. So much to do in a little area.
Oahu was crowed when we last visited in 2000 and some areas had LA traffic.
I enjoyed the video a lot since we are aspiring to retire in Hawaii in the future! Please keep up with great contents!! 応援してますよ～。奥様のドラムロールの３回目くらいで「もうええっちゅうねんｗ」と笑いながら独り言を言いました。
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When I lived in hawaii for 16 years i mostly lived in the pearl city area. Back then i found kailua to be uncomfortable. A strangeness to it. This was in the 70s and 80s. I hope you find your happy home.
Thanks. I hope so too.
I grew up in Moanalua in the 80’s and 90’s and I had the same thought about Kailua?! It always felt almost open and foreign for some reason! I have no idea what it’s like now, it’s probably changed a lot.
@@GNMi79 hope that remains so. Kailua was rather a bit crowded when I was there. Good luck.
I used to live off Kapahulu for over 10 years until the realtors sold the property and the new owners pulled some shady sh*t & priced me out. That's OK. It used to be a decent area until the city kicked the homeless out of Waikiki & they flooded the residential areas. I don't miss getting assaulted by meth/crackheads, but I do miss some of the food spots. Manoa is nice, but rainy. I like Kailua & Kaneohe too.
I've lived in Honolulu for 20+ years, but I think town is getting crazier with more development, crime, homeless, drug addicts etc. Honolulu will always have a special place in my heart, but I don't want to be a townie much longer with the way things are going.
Mahalo for sharing. Must have been nice on Kapahulu. Like you said, lots of places to eat and Ala Wai Golf Course is right there, if you're a golfer.
Kaneohe! Right on!
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i wouldn't want Kaneohe nor Kailua --- too much salt water corrosive air from the ocean spray that travel in the air... cars/appliances/aluminum window frames would rust easily... I like Kapahulu and Manoa (though Manoa has too often a lot of rain/misty days and nights)..
Thanks~ Good to know the local micro weather characteristics!
But it's hard to beat the views 😆
Well, you're talking about windward side vs. leeward side. Windward side's got that wonderful salty air, but not so wonderful for metal things.
We have friends who live in Manoa and it seems really nice. We enjoy visiting Kailua and we have hitchhiked back at night from Castle High when they used to have Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewett's Ho'ike there. We are seniors with coveted Hawaii senior bus passes so we bus here and there, but if the busses stop running, we have to hitchhike. I make a sign at home and tuck it into my
daypack. As for Salt Lake, never been there. We would like to live half the year there as we are very rooted in Oakland Ca. Love your down to earth site. 2022
Skyrise in Waikiki towards the quieter south end overlooking Diamondhead. Sit on the lanai watching the sun rise every day
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I lived by Leonards Bakery on Charles St off Kapahulu. My top 3 would be Kailua/Lanikai, Kahala, and Kapahulu/Kaimuki area
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I was just watching your video and I thought that you guys put out good videos but I wouldn’t say nothing about the homeless people because they’re everywhere in the world it makes it look bad when people talk about you don’t want to live near all the homeless people to me it’s sad to see homeless people but to say that in your videos I didn’t think that was right but that’s my thought but keep up the good work with your videos
Mahalo for the comment. Since we have a son, we want to live in a place that is safe and where we feel like we can walk around and not have to worry. Homelessness is all over, but it's less noticeable in certain spots of the island.
Nice video, enjoy your content. We have owned a home in upper Makakilo since 2003. While it is a longer drive to get to town, the development of Kapolei and Ewa limits the need to go to town for pretty much any thing. Crime is low in our area, neighborhoods are nice, and we are close to all shopping needs. That said, just living in Hawaii is a bonus! Aloha 🤙
Good to know. I have some friends in Makakilo. Good to know it's a nice spot.
Kailua for me would be #1. #2 would be Hale'iwa
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Black Point is restricted access, so they don’t have tourists driving through the neighborhood. Gorgeous views of Koko Head, the ocean, AND the infamous Black Point pool. Not too far from town. I’d live there.
On the way to Kaliua, I drove off 61, and I thought the residential area near the Nu'uanu Reservoir is so beautiful, but it may not be most convenient to live? I also went to Off the hook after my hike to Manoa Falls. Good poke:) Please thank your wife for the hair salon recommendation! Hiro was super professional, and I really like my hair cut. He was really curious how I found him, so I texted him about your UA-cam channel:)
Glad you enjoyed the salon experience. My wife loves Off the Hook. How was Manoa Falls? Haven't been in a while.
@@HelloFromHawaii Manoa Falls was nice - I liked the tropical ambiance soon after the entry point. BTW, I also liked Waiola Shave ice - my local friend took me there, and I thought it was better than Matsumoto.
Hi Cat, where is the hair salon? 😄