I love the way you talk about things so many people can identify with. We rented a place from relatives in the center of the capital. I thought I could survive there for about six months and I dreamt of a suburban house. A friend said that after living with the convenience, we would never be able to live anywhere else. Thirty years later, we're living in another small apartment in the same place. Admittedly we also need the good social services here. When I go hiking, I take a huge breath of relief looking at the green and the mountains.

Hey Chris! I thought I was imagining things regarding "driving anxiety." I recently retired but prior to that, I made the early morning commute on H-1 from the west side to town every weekday. When you see the sea of red tail lights on the morning news, I'm in there somewhere! When I retired, I was so happy not to have to do that anymore. But a couple of months later, I had to be somewhere in town by 7:30 on a Monday, meaning I'd have to leave early. I wasn't sure of the timing and left at 6:00. It was packed! And yes, I felt this nervousness that I never felt before. And just a personal note: Whenever I make the trip to the windward side, as soon as I exit the H-3 Harano tunnel, it seems like I'm on a neighbor island! I just get that feeling because usually, the weather is cooler, often rainy, it's greener, and yes, no tall buildings.

I was born and raised in Kailua and lived there for 46 years. Then I moved near the Blaisdell in 2019 and absolutely love it. I don’t have to sit in traffic every morning and I’m a couple minutes away from Sam’s Club and Walmart. Kailua has changed so much, I don’t miss it at all.

We visited Oahu for the first time in years (from CA), and all the local folks we have met have been so kind and helpful. You give that same vibe. Love the way you share your perspective, with humility and honesty.

Thanks again for sharing your thoughts Chris. Big life changes are always challenging. In order to move forward, you typically have to make compromises and/or give things up completely. But you can learn to find new and maybe healthier ways to fill those gaps (e.g., take a walk when you might have otherwise used your commute time on the road).

I enjoy your videos of your life on Oahu. It gives a tourist like me a deeper understanding of how it is there. I’ll be there in May for 15 days. For the last 12 months I’ve researched extensively to get the most out of my time when I get there. Many thanks Chris 🤙

Have a house at Waikele and the traffic is crazy in the morning and afternoon but cannot believe the maintenance cost on the condos in town. It is too high for 900 square feet.

Always interesting thoughts. A lot of what you say about living downtown in Honolulu holds true in other cities, as well, I think, although not all cities are as walkable as downtown sounds. Thanks for your thoughts!

I found your channel recently and am enjoying your posts. Very thought provoking. Glad you have more time for your family. Children grow up much too quickly.

Kāneʻohe kid ftw :) Can't blame ya for going "townie". I did that for a bit too, now I make day trips via the Bus. There really is a change in mentality between the different sides of the island, but that is what makes our island a whole. Imagine at one point in history you could tell where a person was either from Kāneʻohe or Kailua, by how they pronounced the "k" sound. Great story, mahalo.

I've always lived in cities, so living in Honolulu is more familiar to me and I don't drive, so it is more convenient. When I lived in Waipahu, it was really difficult. Despite the bus being close to where I lived, it would come so infrequently that going anywhere would be really time consuming. And despite living near 2 supermarkets and shopping areas, there were limited options for me as a vegan. I do love exploring other parts of Oahu though, but don't get to do so as often as I'd like to because I don't drive. I'm a typical New Yorker. No license and no car. 😅

That was a nice video. Striking a balance is so important. Hopefully your kids can get around your extended family enough to have a good bond.

Hello Chris, this video offers some really nice insight of a local's perspective. Your comparisons also ring true for someone who grew up very far from Hawaii on the mainland, just west of Lake Michigan. I grew up in the far western suburbs of Milwaukee. The far western suburbs could have been (30-40 years ago) described as-- small town, farm land, county parks that are filled with trees/woods, hiking paths, small inland freshwater lakes, mostly a quiet and slower pace of life. Growing up, It was so quiet and peaceful during the day, if you lived near a lake you might hear jetski or motorboats, maybe somebody cranking loud music--but still pretty quiet. It was especially quiet at night in the far western suburbs. Then--I went to college in Milwaukee in a building that was on one of Wisconsin's largest freeway interchanges called the Marquette Interchange Very Noisy, and I needed to walk to class on a very busy street (Wisconsin Avenue) . Public transit busses roaring past me, giving puddle showers if you 'turned your back on the ocean sized puddles' :-) The Marquette Interchange had semi trucks downshifting as they rolled through the interchange, then the horns the sirens, car alarms, people yelling in the street. After a semester of living there, I grew accustomed to the noise and could actually sleep through it...well mostly sleep through it..at night. I would go home on holiday break to stay again with my parents in the suburbs, and the silence and experienced surprise at the silence as if it was something new to me. Such an odd experience. It was so freaking quiet here at my old hometown is what I would think. You can hear crickets and birds, and a light breeze passing by. A lot of what you said sounds so similar to my experience . Thank you/Mahalo for sharing!

I had to chuckle thinking about the six years living in town and the college/post college life on the mainland that has been mentioned in the past. Having friends/relatives in various parts of the nation, the distances between some of the urban and rural living, distance and time is not always a big issue for when they talk about work and living. It's part of the choices that they've made regarding what they can afford, want to live and what pays for their employment. It's the quality of one's life and the choices. I grew up in Kailua, all through elementary, middle, high school and worked part time in Kailua for 10 years, attending UH for several years undergraduate/graduate education. As soon as I could drive Kailua, while home was just one location, like windward, town, that was travel. Adulthood career was town, commuting was fine, which isn't a problem as it was shift work and being single, it was fine as there was no traffic until the career started taking off, but commuting was okay until the bills came. We evolve/grow as we age, and situations change our priorities as they do for everyone. Take care of what's important and enjoy the small things that one enjoys. Time passes too quickly and sometimes we underappreciate the things that we cherish the most. I enjoyed the life in Kailua, the living in Nuuanu, Leeward, the living in Alexandria and travels to places for work, school, and pleasure, but at the end of the day, I cherish the clean air, blue skies, and water with the green mountains, which whether Oahu, Maui, Hawaii, Kauai, or Molokai, will always feel like home.

I love this guy. Just reminds me of Hawaii vibes. Keep posting! I haven't driven in years and now I'm afraid to also. Like when I first started at 16. It seems crazy dangerous. I'm sure I'd manage if I had to, and get used to it again, if I had to.

Thanks for this vid. I am back in the mainland but my dad is retiring this or next year and has been asking when or if we're moving back lol. My husband and I aren't really sure yet but we watch your vids so thanks for making them. If I had my way, we would probably try and live in town for the reasons you said. Commuting is so draining, especially from the west side where we grew up... I don't care what all those articles about commuting (being healthy) say, LOL. No one can convince me the benefits to shorter (or no) commutes are better, especially longterm.

Akamai brah.. totally agree with you. Another good one

Thanks for the video! We also moved into downtown/Kaka’ako several years ago after living west side. The cost was 100% worth it. I felt like I gained so much time back! Now I can run errands, go for a walk or jog, all without having to get on the freeway or spend time in traffic for the most part. So much less stress! We feel really lucky to be living in town.

I moved from urban California to near downtown Seattle. Now, I can walk, bike or take public transit nearly everywhere rather than sit for so many hours per week in a high stress driving situation. Being outdoors and moving my body myself improves my physical and mental health so much more than sitting in heavy traffic in a car. It's a big quality of life improvement.

There’s give and take in each option. I loved living in downtown when I was a young single man because it was just so darn convenient when compared to commuting from up Westside. In town I moved around on moped so I never worried about paying for parking or finding parking. My moped was uniquely ugly so it was almost theft proof (I think most criminals wouldn’t waste time on an easy to spot old ugly moped). But after marriage and kids I have been privileged to be able to live on the westside with a humble yard. Early on I got scoldings from the association for having a beat up front yard but after i was able to hire for new landscaping and I was able to keep up with yard care, it was worth it to see kids grow up in that kind of environment where they can run and play in the yard and in the neighborhood. The trade off is that we needed to wake up early to commute to town for work and school but kids mostly slept in the car and if they were awake, that was my time to have a captive audience to talk story or listen about their day. I was able to get used to this routine. When the kids grew up and had some funky schedules and I worked on the westside then it became crazy commuting 100 miles a day but now things are settled down for me. I find it kind of hard to drive to town these days. That skill has kind of diminished from lack of daily practice. I sometimes wonder what is the difference between kids that grew up in a condo vs kids that grew up in a house with a yard. My stereotype is that a yard kid had a fuller childhood of doing various kid things in the yard and the condo kid is maybe more book smart from schools on that side but less trusting of strangers because of the dangers in town.

Chris, I live now on the mainland in the Riverside County. Specifically Menifee since leaving San Diego in 2017. I used to live in the Carmel Mountain / Poway area since 1993. That’s when I retired from the Marine Corps and packed up with my wife and son’s and headed to San Diego. I was living in the Mililani area and was driving to Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Air Station for 2 straight years. I don’t think the H-3 was built then, but imagine driving from Wahiawa to Kaneohe Bay. I did that for 4 years. Back and forth. Those days I was younger and can put up with the driving. But from 1976 to 1979 wasn’t bad. From 1980 to 1984, we lived on base in Kaneohe. So driving to Wahiawa to see my parents and In-laws was fun because we didn’t leave the base on the weekdays. But when I returned to Kaneohe Bay for the last time in 1991 to 1994 it was just maddening driving from Mililani Town. So, I know what you’re going through. Hey Chris, wait till you get to be 69 years old. You just do a lot of walking because driving here in California is completely nuts. Anyway thanks for always sharing your thoughts and time with all of us mis-placed local folks in the Mainland. Do we miss Hawaii? Sure do. Do we want to come back during our Senior Years? Not on your life. Mahalo nui loa to you and your family. Kaupe’s of Southern California.

Many of my coworkers live in Harbor Court which is a short walk to the office. They used to be the envy of other coworkers who commute because it was convenient for them but now most people work from home also plenty of good places to eat in downtown are closing :( also thank you for sharing your driving anxiety. I don’t like driving too to the point I find riding the bus more comfortable and safe.

Interesting perspective. Downtown is so different now than when I grew up in the Pacific Hgts./Pauoa Valley area. I am so old that I can remember when there weren't lots of condo/apts. on the slopes of Punchbowl and that you could actually see Diamond Head when walking on Kalakaua in Waikiki. Except for 2 years in the early 90's I/we have lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since the mid '70s. When we moved back we rented a condo right in downtown, Harbor Square/Towers. It was cool on te weekends because downtown emptied out and we felt like we had the whole place to ourselves. We would go to the Iolani Palace grounds and have picnics and yet we were close enough to go to Ala Moana or Waikiki/Queen Surf to go swimming and hanging out. Since my folks still lived in Pacific Hts. we were up there often. And we explored the entire Island a lot since my wife is from Colorado. We loved taking drives out to Kahuku to get shrimp lunches and then shave ice in Halaiwa or head to Waimanalo side. Since I worked in downtown, we would visit family all over the island at the drop of a hat on the weekends. I laughed when my cousin apologized that they made us drive all the way to Kailua to visit for dinner. What?!!!! But then my wife and I loved to travel by car, which, I know, is different than the grind of a daily commute (which I've managed to avoid most of my life). If I ever moved back I'd probably still try to find a place in Honolulu but not downtown. I still feel that Honolulu is where my heart is!

I moved from Kapolei to Waikiki. Best decision I’ve ever made. I love living in town. And now driving to north shore or west side etc… is my escape, which I love having. Now I don’t think I could ever move out of town.

I was born and raised in Southern California, just outside Los Angeles, where you have to drive everywhere. Now I have lived in Waikiki for 9 years and love almost everything about it. My favorite thing is being able to walk to almost anything I want to do. Having been a beach kid, I love that I can walk two blocks to the beach and don't have to pack the car, drive to the beach, where you can't find a parking spot, or if you do, you pay an arm and a leg. Also love being able to walk to restaurants, especially happy hours, 😉. My gas bill went from about $250 a month in SoCal to $50 a month here.

I don't miss those commutes I used to have coming in to downtown from Ewa Beach. So long, and even more harsh when you're driving - especially when driving a stick shift. When riding the bus into town I could catch more sleep 'cause I would get on the bus at the beginning of the run and get a seat. I'd be asleep before reaching the intersection of Fort Weaver and Geiger Road. Got where I would almost always wake up just a stop or two before my stop. Ha Ha! I laugh thinking about the times when I wouldn't wake up until I had passed my stop. I'd be so disoriented and panicky trying to figure out where I was. More easy to laugh about it now.😆😂

I totally agree with you. Living around family makes reunion sweet especially when family visits from afar. I love living outside of the city, probably that's the reason I chose a profession to work near home. Communities now have if not but do have better eateries you don't always have to pay lots just to go to a good restaurant. Theatres, shopping malls, and higher education are in small communities. I don't need to live in the city. The city has its charms positive and negative. It is our preferences that direct our personal choices.

Very interesting. I’m learning a lot about Oahu from you and hopefully will be able to be a better visitor which is coming up soon. The real burning question I have though is: where can I get one of those “Hello from Hawaii” t-shirts!?

Dude, the money aspect is just kicking my ass but the traffic is getting tough! My commute is not long compared to people coming from North Shore but if I stay in Honolulu/Waikiki too late I am stuck in traffic, rain, etc going home to Waipahu. 😳🚙

Aloha, Your choice to move closer to work was a wise decision, I see that H1 is choked coming into Honolulu in the morning and reverse is true after work. I have stayed in downtown, and after 5 pm it’s kind of really quiet and not much is happening, and lots of homeless are roaming around downtown & china town.

I grew up in Makiki but live in rural Northern California now. Wherever you live, it’s the same trade offs between city and rural. It just depends what your current priorities are. Thanks for your great videos!

That driving anxiety is real! I went from daily 1-2 hours one way commute to minutes and now I freak out if I gotta go over the Pali.

I love this. Trying to understand Hawaii from far away. Mahalo.

I miss living in town! But loving the quietness of where I’m at now. That driving tho 😩

Been there, done that. 😂 Years ago, I lived in Kailua and went to UH Manoa for 3 years. Woke up EXTRA early and slept in my car until class started. Later, I lived in Makaha and worked in town and then worked in Kahuku. The drive into town was HORRORS! I was relieved to drive the long scenic route! A few years ago, I moved to Waikiki and now I am back in Kaneohe with my ohana and work in Kailua, so no more long drive. So happy 😊

Love this video.

We were able to move out of town only when I went full time remote, because I have no patience for sitting in traffic for 1-2 hours a day. We love it but I do miss all the variety in town, especially the food. As I age, I just want peace and quiet and to drive into chaos and activity only when I want to lol

Wow this made me feel better about living closer to west side. I love all of hawaii and I'm not gonna lie I get jealous of people who live in town, and have easier access to al the town stuff....but this made me feel better about how i live ina very quiet area that might seem cookie cutter (okay, waikele...), but yeah this helped me feel less envy when it comes to location....Thanks for another awesome vid!!!

Very nice video Mahalo 🤗 ( be happy you don’t have to drive in LA traffic 😅😂😊 )

Have you ever thought about coming to the Mainland. I live in East Tennessee and it's gorgeous here. Beautiful mountains and lots of hiking. I live close to the North Carolina border and also the Virginia border. I was raised here and every time I go on vacation I can't wait to get back home

My Mrs and I have talked about moving there from TX when we retire, I'd prefer being able to bike/walk to the grocery store every few days at Ala Moana than make the haul to the suburbs. The only drawback I see if you move into a condo downtown is the city noise, which I've dealt with over the years.

Great discussion & thoughts. What stood out for me was the driving anxiety. I felt the same way as well. Since the pandemic & being able to work at home, I noticed I've been more anxious about driving. Maybe it's age or the lack of driving or combo of both. I live in CA so I drove a lot & you dealt with constant traffic. I'm curious your thoughts about living in downtown & crime. How bad is it? I know like all cities you have good & bad areas. Is there a strong or weak police presence?

I retired two years before the lockdown and didn't have a lot of places I was required to be so I didn't drive much. Yeah, if you don't drive regularly, driving anxiety is a real thing. It's ok now that everything has opened up and I have places to drive to, but for a while, the anxiety to drive was bad.

Would you mind sharing what your gas bill was before when you did have to commute ?

Living in Waikiki, I am more of a pedestrian and the furthest I go is taking the bus to Ala Moana Mall, lol. What I noticed is that the drivers in town are pretty rude, like Jersey rude. Other than that I couldn't live anywhere else on the island (lived in Ewa for a few months and commuting sucked). Lived in New York for about 10 years so I am used to taking trains and I must say the transit system here is not bad at all.

When I read your anxiety on driving after becoming an infrequent driver, that's me after retiring when I no longer have to drive my daily one hour commute to work. Btw, I'll be on the Big Island next month. I was thinking about Oahu, but can't deal with parking fees, resort fees, and if AirB&B/VRBO, cleaning and AirB&N/VRBO charges. The total 18% tourist tax is more than enough.We will be at places away from the resort areas at local hotels and B&Bs.🌴🌴🌴 Also, the less I fly the more anxiety I have about flying😆

Great video lotta good insight

Get a bicycle to get around town. You can walk around and unwind. Get out of town every weekend. So hard to drive 5 miles? I grew up in town, but lived in PC. Went to school half in town half in PC. They're a connection. You have to build bridges with people. You have to talk story with people. I miss living in town when I was small. Cities are designed around people, suburbs are designed around cars. go hiking in the mountains. They're so many trails to hike. Join the Sierra club.

You are success. Handling your life with great composure. Ok juggling many challenges. A couple of kids! You and the Mrs. Chris. The monthly bills, work, .Getting the youngsters to all their appointments. While goofballs like me are laptop surfing for vacation ideas...Let's all give Chris a Brah-Vo...You can make your own little community by extending or accepting invites...Aloha Chris and family...

I'm going home to retire in 2 years and plan to be in the downtown/university area. Everything's close, within walking distance really, while all the other places on the island where I lived at various times growing up, are a bus ride away. North Shore, Windward Side, Hawaii Kai, etc. Yeah it takes some time to get there on the bus but it's soooooo much cheaper than owning a car.

Good thoughts…. I bet you move back to your grow up space. I’ve moved everywhere. Now I visit everywhere. Life is grand… 🌴🌴Aloha

Grew up in Kaneohe, then moved to town on Ward Ave right up the road from the Blaisdell and lived there for 25+ years. Now back in Kaneohe and prefer Kaneohe over town. Have my space, my garage with parking all the time, my yard and many more pros than the cons that I had in town. I feel it’s much better raising a family than in a congested area with a lot more crime. That’s just my take but lived in both places for years. Town does have it's perks but for me, the peacefulness of the Windward side and non congested areas are better for my kids since they too prefer living in the more open place. I went to Castle and they went to Mckinley and one went to Roosevelt. I guess we just like more open places. If the driving gets bad for me later on, we have the bus, Kaneohe has a lot more buses these days. I have one son that works in Kaneohe so he doesn't have to worry about rush hour traffic ne just walks to work.

How do you feel about the safety of downtown, especially with small children? I've lived in an urban environment my whole life and I'd hate to have my children feel unsafe even if living in one of the safest states in the country.

Grew up on the leeward side and learned how to navigate the bus routes around the island in elementary school so I could go fishing, sports, and fun factory or Ala Moana lol. Then moved to HK side and then Town and now neighbor island. But I feel more comfortable in town because I also have friends in the area but then again I’m semi nomadic so I think I can adapt to going from leeward to country to town and repeat the cycle again lol I also hate driving in traffic but in Oregon and Washington for some reason I’m willing to drive around the state looking for food lol. I drove from forest grove to Eugene Oregon to take my brother for lunch 2.5-3 hours away one way driving and drive back after lunch to eat dinner soon lol.

Aloha from kalihi. Crazy, on the mainland its nothing to drive 7 hour to visit grandma. But here 60 mins is a long time. Different mind set.

I live in k bay while the marine had a place near yhe windward mall beautiful place miss it

I’d love a video on your thoughts on the subway being built. I know my mom complains about the cost and that no one will use it, and I always ask, “but what’s the alternative?” You can’t build more hiways, how to you mitigate the problem of 2 hr commutes each way for people?

Brother, we gotta monetize all these views! Let’s do a tour company!!! 🙏🙏🙏

Years ago, back when I lived and worked at an auto manufacturing plant in Michigan, an engineer who worked with my team at the company I worked for had just got back from her vacation to Hawaii. When I asked how it was, she highly recommended that if ever I visited the Islands, to not visit Honolulu. As she put it: "That place looks like Detroit". as in Michigan's Detroit). And I thought- "If I want to visit Detroit, all I have to do is drive 90 minutes down the highway to Detroit. No way I am getting on a plane to fly some 8-9 hours westward out in the middle of the pacific ocean to visit and stay at 'Detroit' ". Mainlanders have this fixated view of a tropical lush laded garden paradise of Hawaii. Filled with inviting pineapple trees covering these majestic mountains by the beeches and deep blue waters. To a degree yeah Hawaii has that. But that does not take in the complete Real and urban Hawaii. Me? If I were to visit Oahu, I might feel right at home in Kanehoe for its laid back countryside vibe, but yeah most definatley take a day trip to check out Honolulu. But stay in Honolulu? Probably not.

#Grateful 🙏 love you guys, thank you, #mahalo

Haha...as a Kauai boy who also moved to town 6 years ago as well, it was so refreshing to hear an Oahu guy admit that Hawaii doesn't revolve around Oahu 😂.

There's some nice high rises along the Ala Wai.

I live west. Work downtown. Still country vibe but due to the work conditions...town changes a person. As a driver

I'M 70 YEARS OLD. LIVE IN CALIFORNIA. 50 YEARS AGO, I USE TO COMMUTE TO PEARL CITY FROM KANEOHE TO GO TO COLLEGE. DON'T MISS THAT COMMUTE

How much is your downtown apartment 😢?

What do you do for work there?

Its funny, makes me think at one time I just met someone who's from McCully which is 20min walk away from where I lived Kapahulu and was like "woo you from McCully we neighbors brah.

Try Hawaii Kai, theres a condo building called the Heritage House, u can prob get a two bedroom place for $500,000.

Alamoana MaLL is my Kinda Thing to do when I Visit to Honolulu

So why did you go to McKinley High?

I lived in Honolulu and had no idea Kaneohe was that much different than Honolulu and thought Kaneohe was way too urban to be "country". They give you stink eye in Kaneohe all the same. How do you afford Kaneohe?

How will the new Honolulu railway affect this ?

I relate

Some people think Hawaii is just Waikiki or Maui.

Growing up in a condo, I wanted to give my kids something different. We live in the suburbs where backyard parties, organized sports, and playing outside the house with the neighborhood kids and our dogs are the norm. The sense of community is everything to us and easily worth the commute to work everyday. Not to mention, never having to pay for parking anywhere.

Next time mention the actual financial cost of town vs country. Mahalo

Let's all move to Okinawa and hoard all the Okinawan Sweet Pototos and make Hapa kids

Aloha 🌺🥰

i live in maui in my mind

Is that Downtown Honolulu? Having lived in town most of my life, I would say that you are in town and not in downtown. Downtown Honolulu is Bishop and Merchant Streets.

It sounds like your driving anxiety might actually be PTSD. Emphasis on the "P" for post. You were probably stuck in the trauma of coping with it every day until you stopped doing it. Now you're finally experiencing the symptoms. Trafic trauma is real! Also, thank you for the video! Very informative!

Ah you gotta go home cook rice like that lol ……. Aloha from Kaneohe …. Ben paker and king zoo lol and castle high with a K 😂 castle knights 😂

I cannot imagine having a 9-5, living in kapolei/ewa beach and working in town. Half your life in traffic. No way. On a side note: I feel like riding an electric scooter around blasidell just watchig this vid.

Ewa Beach

FBI. 'Ae, good reminder not to take da natural beauty of Hawai'i nei for granted, Mauna Kea, Mauna loa, rain forest, streams, waterfalls, 🌊🌴

"Country Boy" growing up 12 miles from downtown? You have to be kidding.

Negatives is crime and homeless. I live in Hawaii Kai and it’s the best of both worlds. We so close to town and Nalo’s. Plus we have our very own Costco and some of the best beaches… cheeeee

I lived Nuuanu…worked Windward…no rush hour traffic either way!🤣 Best of both worlds! 😊

I grew up in town, bonafide townie (grad McKinley 2010) and it’s not that there is no community, but most of the community is on ice so it’s mostly community of crack heads. You can get into a lotta trouble on the streets in Honolulu.

Yeah, everything is "the state of Oahu"

All those cement buildings are so ugly

Nope, gotta move mainland already. Hawai'i is only for the rich and poor. Middle class, who carries everyone else gotta move.

Please don't misunderstand what I'm about to comment. But as a local boy I'm surprised how you pronounce Honolulu. You seem to be pronouncing it HA-nolulu like a mainland haole instead of how it's really supposed be pronounced ... HO-nolulu. Just saying lol! Like you and like your channel! 👍😉

Great video. I am getting hired by the state and I am figuring out to live downtown or outside.

Chris……don’t you people have light rapid transit that gets you into town comfortably, with video game, work, or snooze???

Young man…….be glad you’re out of the country!!! Yes…..even downtowns provide a sense of bond….belonging!!! Becoming a part of a small community for LIFE????????? What the hell is that????????????? Spells……HICKSVILLE to me!!!

High school buddies FOR LIFE?????????? WHAT A HORROR SHOW!!!!!

With your climate….why don’t you people FARM more to lessen your dependence on the evil Haoles??????aloha