How long have you lived away from Hawaii!

[Palama Kid]

Re: How long have you lived away from Hawaii!

Way too dang long ~ 32 years! Am I da record holder here? Pretty sad, huh.

If you look at poipndr's input (post #59), he's been gone 37 years. Me? I been gone since '74, but if you add my four years in the Navy, it's 35 years. Now, dat's mo sad den you.

Palama Kid

[GypsyLika]

Re: How long have you lived away from Hawaii!

If you look at poipndr's input (post #59), he's been gone 37 years. Me? I been gone since '74, but if you add my four years in the Navy, it's 35 years. Now, dat's mo sad den you.

Palama Kid

K~den I no feel so bad den. Just junk. At least us still get and will always have da Aloha in our hearts and ways.

[Rickyrab]

Re: How long have you lived away from Hawaii!

26 and a quarter years, save for a couple of weeks of vacation time.

[onocoffee]

Re: How long have you lived away from Hawaii!

I make ten years at the end of this month. How fast time flies. So much has changed since I left. I remember the 80s when Honolulu was still like a small town - not too fancy Ala Moana, no WalMart, no Sam's, no Home Depot.

But guess I'm lucky too. I get to go home at least once a year and life is good.

[poipndr]

Re: How long have you lived away from Hawaii!

yaka 37 years

[florence nunes]

Re: How long have you lived away from Hawaii!

it's been way too long, I get homesick and want to get a plane ticket each year the tax refund check arrives! I've decided I'll probably won't get back till I win the lottory or retire. So I've decided to bring hawaii to me, and surround myself with all the music and aloha aina spirit and to live Hawaiian!
Aloha Oe

p.s its been since 1984, when I left

[FRAGGLE ROCKER]

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I left Hawaii 20 years ago this coming September and spend many a late night browsing the internet for stuff about and pictures of everything from Castle Park to Rabbit Island.

[Pomai44]

Re: How long have you lived away from Hawaii!

Been only six years but seems like a lifetime. Out in da boonies not many locals here, hard to find.

So I started a site that helps locals find other locals living in there area.
take a look you might find someone you know or that lives next door.

Try Look here

[Vanguard]

Re: How long have you lived away from Hawaii!

Seven long years ...

[drumorgan]

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Left in 1981. Been back twice. Once in 1998, once in 2006. Too long in between.

[kaneohegirl]

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I think was in 87... been back to visit but not often enough...

[Mangoseed]

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I have been away from Hawaii since 1979, when I started working overseas and then later on the mainland. My wife and I have revisited, and our next trip is in August 2006. I am a retired local person and I am a hopeless "dreamer." I dream of the Hawaii I knew growing up in the 40's and 50's.

[HomesickHoneyGirl]

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3 years too many.

[keoki]

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Ive been away from Hawaii 3 yrs.
I miss Hawaii for obvious reasons but I like living where I am now.
The cost of living is reasonable and its not too crowded in the suburbs.
The communities are spacious and well planned up here.
Hopefully I can come back for some long vacations in the future! :-)

[molokai]

Re: How long have you lived away from Hawaii!

Graduated high school in 98 and moved away after a year of college. I don't really miss a whole lot, just my mom. All my 'ohana is still there. They come to visit, but Moloka'i is so small... I go to visit for 2 weeks every year and that's just enough to keep me happy until the next visit.