And a lot of issues in (sub)tropical paradises are also caused by lack of jobs, or at least ones well paying enough to afford housing in a market that’s valuabl

And a lot of issues in (sub)tropical paradises are also caused by lack of jobs, or at least ones well paying enough to afford housing in a market that’s valuable by virtue of being paradise. Case in point, Honolulu has a cost of living on par with (or exceeding) New York, SF, etc, but with wages on par with an average mid sized midwestern city. What this means is people who were born and raised on the island either live with parents or move to the mainland