That's because people bow to tyrants and it is God's judgement.

@@grantrodgers2470 yep!

I noticed that all the years I spent watching Dog the Bounty Hunter on TV 😢 it was sad to see in Hawaii which I considered paradise there was homelessness n drugs

I noticed that all the years I spent watching Dog the Bounty Hunter on TV 😢 it was sad to see in Hawaii which I considered paradise there was homelessness n drugs

Could you be a little more Negative. ?!

You boomers had it made

And so was Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco and so on

That's the story of so many places now. I hear stories all the time from elderly people who go back to their old haunts and are mortified. My 75 year old mother nearly cried when she saw what happened to her old Milwaukee neighborhood she lived in the late 1960s.

@@terrylinthicum587I wonder what else changed….

What WAS the economy?? If it was ruined, how was it better?

That’s what i thought too. Just fresh produce walking around.. not bad. But bad for corporate profits. Cue the bird flu..

I never paid for a coconut.

@@n.e.barton1299 Waimanalo here, I hate these dam chickens, my motto, Eat Chicken Long Rice!

If Pe'le' take me it meant to be. ❤

Yes Kona is the tourist spot. Spent 3 weeks on the big island after one week renting moped and one week of renting minivan I was busted broke. Spent 2 nights at hostel and one week at very cheap hotel in the backwoods. the balance was camping out of pack or minivan. Not much fresh food to eat. I needed to return luggage carts to earn bus fare home from airport. Lots to see and do yet 3 weeks was one week too much.

Even you cloths have to go so you are naked?

​@@jaimhaas5170that is hilarious! Working to leave paradise?

its not the goddess Pele stripping you of everything, its the locals, Big Island Thieves

Ok!

Mappy is right!

You have been duped .

@@NickJohnsonTiiitMilk 🤢

I was in Hawaii when the price of bread went to three dollars for a balloon white loaf of bread. And that was in 1976. I could not believe it. I also lived in a ranch house on the top of papaaloa on the big island at one point. They were friends of mine and they owned Kona coffee the greenwells. I went to college with their sons at college of the redwoods in eureka California

I'm breaking my replies up I wanted to say this gentleman Nick Johnson call Mom is the most prejudiced person I've ever heard doing a podcast. It puts down, for example, the people from Japan living in Hawaii and the local people he puts down the homeless people in California, various areas in California and other west coast states. He puts down the type of people that live in various States for example the black people the Latino people, and other such people from other countries that are not upright White. And I happen to be white, so don't get me wrong.. he uses all the slang dirty names any points out anything negative that he can. He's so prejudiced that he does not deserve anybody to be sending him money. Not a prejudice gentleman like that. He's putting down anything he doesn't like. I don't even know why he's taking the trips throughout the United States except to benefit himself. You can watch a station but please do not reach out to this gentleman financially thank you

Noted. Islanders are asholes

Yah. Just go home, but leave all your money first. Without tourists, what would Hawaii be?

Residents are xenophobic. It does nothing but bread more toxicity in their community. I don't understand why people choose to be angry.

Do you miss it? We just left. I was raised there. Love the mainland. No sneakiness. . Good education. Can afford to eat. Nice people !

@Lopezflies888 -Where did you move that has nice people? I’m in Hawaii and trying to get out of here.

@@dracoreptox4380 Pacific NW. Anywhere in the Pacific Northwest is good and anywhere in the midwest or if you could handle the south is good everywhere else has either been invaded or has super fake people

Temecula?

So you left the leftist democrat paradise to come to ruin a once nice city. You still votin’ democrat?

Wow! I had to leave San Diego, where I was born and lived 50 years of my life, because it became too expensive. Now I live in Oregon, which is a different paradise.

San Diego? What did you do, trade down? Commiefornia is just as expensive as Hawaii and more liberal. One of the worst states in our nation.

@@barontynan now Oregon got expensive...still going...plenty of water...this happens repeatedly...

So crowded! I would go nuts

@@ajf5823 Me too.

The neighbor islands have far less people

Just about everywhere these days, especially homeless people

@@martinnunez836 Can't even afford to have a roof over your head earning $100,000 a year there.

did he catch one

Yikes. I wonder if it will last.

That's the new paradigm: travel and experiences over material possessions.

Sounds like a divorce in the making, yikes!!

@@CWalthallBrandya…..blame game

​​@@user-2c5Goi0fr8id-msounds very .much like my brother. Spent 20k on wedding and honeymoon in HAWAII. No divorce yet his first her second marriage.

It constantly. I hate the things. I live in the country, no one calls the cops to report gun shots. That takes care of the ones the dogs don't get.

Those varmints make noise all day!

In a few thousand years, those chickens will become emu sized, because of island gigantism. Imagine how loud the crowing will be then!

@@tomcollins5112 are you f'n kidding right now, we can ride chicows in the future? I thought river bikes was a good idea, f'n chicows you blew my brain brother...

They crow every top of the hour at least where I come from.

An enormous increase in the number of travelers. Over the past 30-yeats-!!!😳. Has vastly increased the quality of certain tourist regions.

Same with my home state of CO! The idiots from East/West Coasts have ruined it.

@@asullivan4047 I left in 1986 and was back for a few months in '03. The number of people - tourists as well as locals - is insane now.

I see this in Idaho. Places that were cool when I was a kid are not worth visiting anymore. 'Entrepreneurs' catch on and build up/commercialize, game over.

Haven’t been once, I’ll keep going to the Caribbean, its closer and cheaper

Why I left too, and I miss Hawaii.

A lot of people have bad perspectives on landlords and they forget that the landlords pass the increases of property taxes and insurance down to the customer… just like target and Walmart. Imagine Blackrock being your only landlord. You’d pray for those mom & pop landlords that nickel & dime their way to middle class..

@@msv9637 I hope the day never comes that the likes of Blackrock, Vanguard, and State Street are the only landlords. That would be true slavery

Hide things, that’s what politicians do best.

@@msv9637 I agree. My former landlord would only raise our rent when our government would raise the property taxes.

I loved Oahu when I went there. I'd wake up in the morning and go down an access path and swim out to an island on a kickboard. That place is incredible! Why are you crying at the end of your comment?

I skipped breathing for a few seconds when he said the price of his meger groceries! 😵

@@springfauna1465 I'm used to ridiculously priced stuff at my supermarket but that receipt price jarred my brain for a sec.

Is “progress” another word for America?

Well put.

@@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom No, he meant progressive policies.

@@dellingson4833 So America… yep, got it.

@@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom I hope you’re not a typical let’s blame American blah, blah, blah person. Think of something new plz, America isn’t the reason Hawaii is the way it is. You probably think the Hawaiian islands would be in better hands if run by China huh lol.

I grew up there and I could definitely afford to retire there is I wanted. But it's because I know how to live like a local. It would mean living in a rented room, and eating the local diet not mainland stuff. It's actually cheaper to live back there than it is here on the mainland where I am now.

@@alexcarter8807What’s the local diet?

​@@Dee0336 spam, rice, and everything fried. trash food.

Are we supposed to like people who illegally overthrew us and stole our land to sell to their own people, banned us from speaking our language and instilled a school policy to beat our children if they spoke our language, banned us from practicing our own culture, even hula, unless we were performing for their people, forced a fictitious “Hawaiian history” book on us in schools, written by a triple k grandmaster, that taught us lies about our people solely for the purpose of instilling ethnic shame and to make it easier to “Americanize us” AND who have militarized our islands, do drills that destroy our islands, and poisoned our drinking water? You may want to look up Kaho’olawe and how the US destroyed an entire island, broke the water table making the island uninhabitable, and left… I cant say what without getting flagged, but it rhymes with unfexfloded ordnances all over the island that WE had to risk our lives to go in and clear.

Wow. Hawaii is a state, and its residents are Americans. Yes, there are bigots here who don't like white people, since bigotry is not limited to any one group. Generally, if you are respectful, you will not have problems. Again, like anywhere else.

@@82gmccaballero What do expect. It was these Americans that Locked the Queen in the Palace. Stole All the Land. Left Locals with Hula Skirts & Wild Pigs. Mahalo

Mess? Bwahaha

Yes.! What a mess - people ruin everything ( esp the college mentality !)

My thoughts exactly

Yep love love *love* these videos. I could go back and I think it'd be fun for a week or two and then I'd be like, "Shit, I'm in this place again". If you're white-appearing outside of tourist areas you have to be very good at the ol' shuck-and-jive game. Looking down, looking submissive, the "jive" part is using humor to deflect verbal attacks that are generally followed by your getting beat up, unless you can make 'em laugh or at least decide you have a sense of humor and know your place and don't need beating up.

The people of Hawaii got what they voted for

Tourists only reason this island can feed itself

😂If not for tourism the locals would starve

@@Mike-tu7uw No, we wouldn't! The profits are not going into Hawaiian hands all along & we’ve survived. Hotel jobs & tourist-type positions are being filled by transplants & immigrants whose first language is not English. That’s where lot of the Aloha has been lost & we’ve survived.

@@terrylinthicum587 You survived because of the United States government is there that’s why.

@@Mike-tu7uw I totally agree with you & I am very proud to be an American. I never said America ruined us.

The scamdemic, used to bring in the Great Reset.

It was supposed to be a good video?

Yes go to Key West it’s better and they don’t worship false god Maui.

@@sophiajames55 ⬅️ exactly the kind of people we don’t want here

Costco made the decision to keep the hot dog at 1.50 at all their stores. With inflation it should be around 5 or 6 dollars now.

@@TheMaestro7777777 The chicken, the dog and the gas = the magnet that draws all in.

Best price for pineapple on the island too

It's $1.50 in Canada also, our money is worth about 75 cents on the U.S dollar.

Parking lots and golf courses are even MORE invasive!!!

You can make some cool cooking utensils with it. I have so many bamboo mixing spoons, and cutting boards too.

Me too

It's not far off, for sure. When I left Hawaii and moved to Oregon, I was shocked that I could buy so much, for so little.

Right dis guy exaggerating the price big time... All that cost like 25 dollars... Dis guy puts down Hawaii like he's from here. Unreal it's like all of oahu is garbage in his eyes. He's da tourist just visiting for his content. Got nothing nice to say but we living in a dump. Bra don't come back if you ain't got anything nice to say.. 🤡

Shut the front door . He's showing the real Hawaiia from his opion & i agree .

@@Wakeupandsniffthecoffee And way cheaper than Oregon is Minnesota.

He was joking.

No, it’s all the AMERICANS with no souls that have flooded our shores and bulldozed everything they claimed to love about our islands to build themselves homes, strip malls, gated communities, fast food restaurants, Walmarts, malls etc… basically all they things they left behind to move here in the first place.

America is a corporate fascist state didn't you know?.. I mean it it starts with the federal reserve?..

I've been to the 'Garden island of Kauai. It is what you expect 'Hawaii ' to be. Although it was 16 years ago, I'm hoping it hasn't changed a lot. I really want to go back. I've never been to Oahu, and never had a desire to go there. Especially now!!

She was probably eating shell and all. I know a lot of people who eat the entire garlic shrimp here…not me though lol

I didn't get the shell part on camera

He was joking.

and jesus christ/ satan his brother the devil.

And barack

and its full of youtuber zombies walking around filming documentaries like this...

@@Zoomer-te9us 🧐

Ok Joan!

@@NickJohnson Apparently the sunscreen tourists wear is destroying the coral reefs. Did they allow you to wear it while snorkeling Nick?

This is happening in my Tennessee, & throughtout the country.. the rich getting richer as the working man is enslaved.. Now with "AI" it will require 2/3 of the electric grid, that will cause many not able to afford their electric fee's.. i watch alot of the congress hearing's and read alot.. this was something i never thought to much about.. of course it's not shocking because they want America to be a 3rd world country ( which we are close to being).. the truth is we were not told that after the civil war that our congress sold us off (slaves) because we were broke as a country.. we were sold off to the banker's ( elites) and our constitution was changes by two words (the, and), meaning not for and by the people but to protect the corporation of the united states.. We the people are born into slavery since than.. We are now being poisoned at a level as never before.. and we do nothing to fight against this evil.. the church was bought off many years ago.. that's why we do not have GOD fearing leaders speaking truth.. the wovles in sheep clothing invaded the churches so long ago.. and now we see the hate towards christians growing more daily.. May GOD give us the strength and courage to withstand.

You can thank decades of Democrat rule and idiotic liberal policies. Hawaii has become a mini-California. They have impoverished the native population at the expense of rich, liberal and Hollywood elites. Everywhere the Dems touch will eventually turn to sh*t.

Dang this hits kinda hard

The problem is Devil runs the world. He is lier and murderer. This is the reason why the whole world is Sodom. That's why we've got the Gospel about the God's kingdom. Jehovah would put everything in order. The dead will be resurected and we'll meet our loved ones again! :-)

That would be something to see. No cars, only extremely modified golf carts hauling produce from the port to grocery stores island wide. 😂

You also rarely hear honking horns. I've been distracted at red lights, but the person behind me does not honk when the light turns green.

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@@TheBigdutchster something I noticed about Hawaii was the lack of Hawaiians. I mentioned this to a native Hawaiian tour guide and she said the native Hawaiians have been priced out. She recommended that if you want Hawaiians to go to N. Las Vegas. They have a huge Hawaiian population. Her family moved there. There’s videos here on KZfaq to help Hawaiians relocate.

I agree I lived there for four months. I thought I would stay forever, but I knew I couldn't stay on a little island forever and I returned to the mainland and moved to the desert instead

@@rogerhodgkinson5443 I've been teaching in Las Vegas for the last 16 years on the North & North/East side and there are many relocated Hawaiians here, with some opening up small restaurants and Mom & Pop stores.

Tourism is not a savior to us, it’s done nothing but ruin our islands. The only ones who benefit from tourism is the tourists, the “state”, the hotels/resorts and the tour companies, many of which are owned by new transplants to the islands.

@billw5189 Yes it was fake news. I live here and those four items did not cost $72!!

Yes, I knew he was $#!tting us too. Pineapples and coconuts would be locally sourced. That means they wouldn't be astronomical in price compared to on the mainland!

Interesting. Milk here in Texas is less than $4 a gallon. I buy half gallons and they run a buck something. They're over $2 in a convenience store.

@@macD723 Walmart here in Las Vegas a gallon of milk was less than $3 here on the eastside.

It’s called satire, he was joking. Although it should be noted that prices on food in Hawai’i fluctuates greatly… a gallon of milk for example is typically anywhere from $8-$13 a gallon, eggs can be anywhere from $5-$12 for a carton of 12, standard sandwich bread $7-$11, ground beef $7-$10 a pound… you get the point. Our food has to essentially all be imported because the US ruined our agriculture economy by allowing gmo companies to pay them millions to be allowed to test gmo here, which contaminated all of our crops… and since the US imposes the Jones act on us, we have to essentially pay port fees and the cost to import goods TWICE and that cost get pushed onto consumers here. So the costs fluctuate depending on shortages, port fees, import costs, etc.

Aloha. Lived in Ewa Beach 2 years during our military service. Loved it, and the people. Bet it’s changed a lot since the 70’s….

Surprised they didn't stop off at the Polynesian Cultural Center and spend the day learning about the islands, plus take in that wonderful show production they put on in the evenings. I found that so enjoyable and always took friends and family there when they came visiting me during my 12 years on Oahu.

@@tom5cox Oh yes, it probably has changed a lot since. I'm guessing you lived somewhere down near North rd. or Papipi street? Nothing in the part of town I live in, which is referred to as "Ewa Gentry" existed before 2000. This is where all of Oahu's growth is concentrated now; here and also next door in Kapolei.

Yes, the old "Robin Masters Residence" just south of Waimanolo was purchased by former President Obama. My understanding is they tore the existing structures down and rebuilt on the property. We drive by it fairly frequently. The driveway has a huge fairly tall gate and you can't see the buildings.

@@bobcarl577 Yes, as I mentioned, it's our favorite beach next to the house there and we go there frequently. You couldn't really see anything from Kalanianaole rd, but if you went around to the beach in front of it, you could see it easily from that side. Before they tore it down, I hopped the fence and toured the whole property (I HAD to, as a huge Magnum fan) and took pictures of the property. It was torn down a couple years ago, and now there are three modern looking homes in their place. Supposedly, they were purchased by an attorney for Obama (probably FOR Obama) in an effort to keep in a "secret". Now, the whole beach side is covered by tall shrubs and they got a waiver from the State in order to repair the beach wall and indeed made it bigger, and now it has a bunch of security cameras checking everything out on that side. Fortunately though, that beach is a public beach, so they can't take that, and will always be a favorite of ours.

Yep… imagine living here and having your islands flooded by tourists, many of whom decide they want to move here and bulldoze sacred sites and burial grounds to build their homes.

I'm 41 and I've been going to Hawaii since I was 7. Maui was by far my least favorite island. The Big Island was my favorite, but it's been so long since I've been there because my dad (who passed in 2020) and step-mom live on Oahu. I usually go in the winter (November-February). My wife and I have been to Oahu 5 times since 2016 and we still haven't done everything there is to do. Too many people think Honolulu, Waikiki, and even the North Shore is all Oahu is all about.

@@AJSHOPE We went in May. In all fairness it was not too long after the COVID restrictions were lifted. We spent 2 days at Pearl Harbor because you couldn’t park a mile from a trailhead. You couldn’t get close to a waterfall. The locals were screaming about the crowds also. The traffic was gridlocked. An hour wait at restaurants. Couldn’t even lay in the sun because the sun rarely came out and then for only brief periods. I only put on sunscreen twice in 8 days and didn’t need it either time. I went home with the same shade of pasty white I came with, So much for lush tropics. Maui was brown and barren. It burned shortly thereafter. Honolulu reminded me a lot of Oakland. On a scale of 1-10 I give it a 5.

@@rogerhodgkinson5443 I don't know if we've ever had an hour long wait for restaurants. The first time I went with my wife was September 2016, then we went in February and December of 2019. The December trip was unexpected because they put my dad on hospice (he ended up passing on March 31, 2020). Then we went with our 2 year old daughter in January 2023 so she could meet her "Bonus Grandma" (aka my step-mom) and then again with our nanny and her husband in November 2023. The November 2023 trip was the first time we stayed in Waikiki (at the Ilikai). Every other time we stayed with my dad and step-mom when they were renting houses in Kahala and Hawaii Kai. Even though it is the poorer side of the island, I honestly think the best beach I have ever been to on Oahu was Pokai Beach in Waianae on the leeward side. It's on a bay so the water is calm, most people don't go to Waianae for the beaches because it's the poorest area in Hawaii so it's just locals for the most part and since it's on the leeward side of the island, it's almost always sunny. I even rented a BMW X7 through Turo (experience was fine but the car was meh) and had no issues with the locals. My second favorite beach is Kahala Hilton Beach in front of The Kahala Resort, and third is Kailua Beach. Whenever we go we maybe spend 20% of our time in the Waikiki area. The last time we did a ton of hiking even with the almost 3 year old daughter, Diamond Head and Ka'Ena Point (that one is pretty intense with a stroller). We still haven't made it to the Makapu'u Point Lighthouse or the Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden and like I said we've been there 5 times in the last 7.5 years.

@@rogerhodgkinson5443 wow I had a LONG reply and it just disappeared... oh well... long and short of it is we went in 2016, twice in 2019 and twice in 2023. We never seem to have long waits at restaurants, but we only spend about 20% of our time in Waikiki and have only stayed in Waikiki once and we still have two major things we would like to see that we haven't seen yet.

Look, if Nick Johnson is driving through your neighborhood, that is a sign that you had better move.

@user-ky7pz8-yt Getting a passport and entry to those countries, having to translate the language constantly, getting ripped off for being a tourist, and corruption are not worth it just to make a video in those countries. The American videos are perfectly fine but I do think Canada would be an awesome road trip series

No

The aloha spirit is there if the tourist/haole goes to Hawaii with the right attitude, which most do not. Go there acting all superior, sarcastic, and snotty, you will get that attitude right back at you.

part jew

And $79 for those 4 items at Foodland…bullshit!! I lived there and know it wasn't that much.

. It’s one of the three or four states that I haven’t been to and I kind of have no desire to go anymore. Same with Alaska. Montana is still on my list and I’ve been to the rest.

The best island for bargains is Hawaii, and it comes with a volcano and more microclimates than anywhere.

It's not. It was destroyed when the rich people came.

Oahu does not represent the whole of Hawaii. Hawaii is an experience, truly beautiful indescribable if you know where to go, stay out of the touristy areas.

Damn it, LOL

that's why big money people are on a two year plan in the islands. They move here the first year and get settled and then reality sets in and the second year they spend it selling off everything and moving away.

It’s still reasonable for Hawaii! It’s like 6 dollars with ice cream. Solid deal on the north shore

I lived there from 91-98 seems like such a life time ago and I consider Hawaii my home in my heart! Hawaiian hike to pick shrooms 😂

My dad was VQ-4 CO in 82-84 at Barbers .

I was born at Tripler in 1984 my mother was in the Navy and was stationed there in Honolulu.

​@@vicm6561my mom was there in 84 I was born that year she was in the Navy.

what makes you think they are steeps in problems too ? probably pourer. the fact that they are still "American" possessions should give you a clue. they lost their "core" and are but welfare states, like Hawaii pretty much too.

Companion note: I left Honolulu the evening of August 4, 1961 for San Diego and boot camp (U. S. Marine Corps). A recruiter drove me to the airport: walking to his car we passed the Kapiolani Hospital - on the day that Barrack Obama was born there...

Kind of like comifornia

even sending a box of cremains over there is kinda depressing

I knew a very wealthy guy with a family there since the 1960s, retired and lived on a gated street up on a hillside in E Honolulu for years. They finally threw in the towel and moved to the mountains of Utah. He said way too congested everywhere you wanted to go, the joy was long gone from the the place

@@hankclingingsmith8707 the usa would suck, if not for california hick.

@@hankclingingsmith8707 lol "comifornia" all the while its one of the most successful capitalistic areas on the planet. Someone needs to take off their political glasses

There are KZfaqs by guys who fell in love with and married Filipinas which turned out to be marrying into her entire family. Who then proceeded to take the guy to the proverbial cleaners. Caveat emptor.

My EX-husband decided to live in the Philippines and has been there for the last 25 years now, has himself TWO Filipinas to replace one of ME! 🤣🤣🤣

@@staralioflundnv oh no... like a dam kid

@@JohnBabcock-qy1cs He's energetic and into extreme sports, so maybe a little of that, but very responsible and mature, so not quite a kid mentality.

Same I was born there in 84 lol

I shop for a family of 4 in Honolulu. It is usually $70-$110 a week at the Kaheka Don Quijote. It reaches the higher end of the spectrum usually only when I buy a giant bag of rice which is $30-$40.

What on earth do you buy? I pay around $50/week for just myself. I get good chuck steak, some hamburger, some chicken, and that will last me for more than a week. I shop at Safeway or Foodland. Sometimes Target.

@@dagrindzguy4250 You guys can buy a 20 pounds of bag of rice, for $20 Sams club!

Sam's Club has the cheapest meats, produce and veggies, way cheaper than Costco!

Amen brah! Amen

The USA as a whole is going to hell in a handbasket pretty quick... simply look at what's befallen us the last few years! It's pitiful...

Ok Dennis!