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I don't understand the narrow field of view of this article when it fails to talk about Hawaii as a place that became unaffordable to its own people, after being colonized in literally the author's father's era.

"Too expensive for middle class tourists" - really? Shut up.

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I have to agree here

I used to go to Oahu for work once or twice a year and it was really depressing.

The whole city was drunk white tourists from the Midwest or tourists from Japan and Australia. Beaches were packed and full of trash and the “tiki bars” were all the same alcoholic slush drinks you see on bourbon street or in the florida redneck riviera.

The rest of the islands are beautiful but either owned by giant rich plantation owners or giant rich moguls.

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