I haven’t received the quiz results yet ,but I was in the Navy 2 enlistments ,after I retired I worked in Alaska, Russia,( all over ,( many Samoan friends ,phillipino,Asian….) On commercial fishing boats .I get along w/ wife and I live on around 125,000 a year after taxes what do you think of my possible choice of moving I crazy ?? We just like being home relax and enjoy the winding down of life ( we r 53 and 55) my wife still likes to work ( bartender….) So I’m retired please give your honest opinion ! Thanks have a great weekend! Richard aloha.
It will likely happen to you if you do not look like a local, so you have to get used to it
We retired to the Big Island in . It has been a big adjustment and I felt depressed and anxious most of the time. Hawaii was not as I expected…and it wasn’t because of the lack of competition (true), poor services (also true), higher prices (depends on where you lived; property taxes and sales tax are lower here than my mainland home). Costco, Target, and Walmart all have prices comparable to the mainland and like the mainland, you wait for the sales. Shipping here is extremely expensive ($595 to ship four chairs from the mainland). It is crowded, but not so different from any major city. Middle class living is car title and payday loans in Vermont at a level lower here. If you are an East Coaster like I was, you’ll have to get use to year around bugs (I am okay with that).
But you’ll have to adjust to lizards with their sharp little toenails jumping on you unexpectedly and geckos getting inside your house and poo’ing all over everything – walls, ceilings, floors, upholstered furniture, your lampshades…and they lay eggs. For the first several months, I would pull out the cushions on the sofa and chairs on a weekly basis looking for those darn eggs, because if they break, they leave a bloody mess. Continuer la lecture de « Go to my YouTube channel and search for the video Hawaii can you afford it and is it worth it »