Hey Everyone,
I just found your site while searching for a possible move to Hawaii and I wanted to get some feedback from you guys on this subject. I just got back from a week long trip to Oahu (my first and only real vacation) and I had such an incredible time that I'm actually pretty depressed to be back in California. The people are the main reason I miss it. My friend and I met so many nice people from all over, even the locals were nice to us, freely gave out their numbers to hang out. Had a blast at the Karaoke bar and they wouldn’t even let us chip it to help pay. People smile and greet you like they really meant it. I've never been a very social person or rather I've never been able to be a very social person but over there it was so easy, people are nice to you first so you have problem being friendly in return. I found the entertainment and alcohol to actually be a bit cheaper and with the friendly service you don’t even mind tipping.
I'm half white / half Filipino but I look 1000% white, so it doesn’t really help anything and didn’t find any trouble with the locals like I've been reading up on. I was also traveling with a pinoy that actually looks pinoy so that may be the reason (maybe they thought he was local).
Furthermore, wow, I have never seen so many beautiful Asian girls in one place at one time in my life and from what I hear the stream is never ending. (I generally date asian girls anyway, white girls don’t like me because I don’t drive big trucks, motorcycles, etc, you know the general stereotypes that put those girls out of reach). I find the Japanese girls particularly intriguing and I don’t know why.
By the time it was time to go I couldn’t wait to get home and start looking for a job on Oahu, get rid of things I don’t need and start taking Japanese classes. But, after reading the forums for a few hours I have become deflated as I guess things are how I thought they were. So I wanted to get some feed back from you guys on the reality of Hawaii and what you think my prospects might be.
I'm 25, single, no real attachments to California (though was born here). I only see my parents a few times a year anyway so that’s not a problem. I currently make around $65,000 a year running IT for small companies with 7 years experience and I can do pretty much any IT related job. I have about 30K in the bank from a home sale, not that I'm really willing to spend it all to go broke and come home to the mainland if that’s a real risk?
So my questions are:
1. Did I just get lucky and meet some good people who treated me nice because I was a tourist (and a haoles traveling with an Asian looking person)? Or are people generally this friendly to everyone? Would it be different if I lived there?
2. Are jobs really that hard to come by? even worse if your not from there and are clearly white? Any one know about IT jobs in particular?
The idea was pretty much dead in my mind until I read some of the just do it posts so I wanted to get your guys feedback before I give up the idea and get bummed, the bottom line is, if Hawaii really is as unwelcoming to mainland "invaders" (particularly white guys), then that kinda cancels the reasons I wanted to live there.
Please post any and all thoughts on the subject negative or positive hit me with the raw truth.
Thanks a lot.
Mike
I just found your site while searching for a possible move to Hawaii and I wanted to get some feedback from you guys on this subject. I just got back from a week long trip to Oahu (my first and only real vacation) and I had such an incredible time that I'm actually pretty depressed to be back in California. The people are the main reason I miss it. My friend and I met so many nice people from all over, even the locals were nice to us, freely gave out their numbers to hang out. Had a blast at the Karaoke bar and they wouldn’t even let us chip it to help pay. People smile and greet you like they really meant it. I've never been a very social person or rather I've never been able to be a very social person but over there it was so easy, people are nice to you first so you have problem being friendly in return. I found the entertainment and alcohol to actually be a bit cheaper and with the friendly service you don’t even mind tipping.
I'm half white / half Filipino but I look 1000% white, so it doesn’t really help anything and didn’t find any trouble with the locals like I've been reading up on. I was also traveling with a pinoy that actually looks pinoy so that may be the reason (maybe they thought he was local).
Furthermore, wow, I have never seen so many beautiful Asian girls in one place at one time in my life and from what I hear the stream is never ending. (I generally date asian girls anyway, white girls don’t like me because I don’t drive big trucks, motorcycles, etc, you know the general stereotypes that put those girls out of reach). I find the Japanese girls particularly intriguing and I don’t know why.
By the time it was time to go I couldn’t wait to get home and start looking for a job on Oahu, get rid of things I don’t need and start taking Japanese classes. But, after reading the forums for a few hours I have become deflated as I guess things are how I thought they were. So I wanted to get some feed back from you guys on the reality of Hawaii and what you think my prospects might be.
I'm 25, single, no real attachments to California (though was born here). I only see my parents a few times a year anyway so that’s not a problem. I currently make around $65,000 a year running IT for small companies with 7 years experience and I can do pretty much any IT related job. I have about 30K in the bank from a home sale, not that I'm really willing to spend it all to go broke and come home to the mainland if that’s a real risk?
So my questions are:
1. Did I just get lucky and meet some good people who treated me nice because I was a tourist (and a haoles traveling with an Asian looking person)? Or are people generally this friendly to everyone? Would it be different if I lived there?
2. Are jobs really that hard to come by? even worse if your not from there and are clearly white? Any one know about IT jobs in particular?
The idea was pretty much dead in my mind until I read some of the just do it posts so I wanted to get your guys feedback before I give up the idea and get bummed, the bottom line is, if Hawaii really is as unwelcoming to mainland "invaders" (particularly white guys), then that kinda cancels the reasons I wanted to live there.
Please post any and all thoughts on the subject negative or positive hit me with the raw truth.
Thanks a lot.
Mike
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