So you want socialism? Wtf?

@@michaelaozuka5179 Yeah boiiii.

I got ripped to shreds for saying something similar on a different video.

It’s unfortunate because my boyfriends grandma is using part of her house as an Airbnb to make income. She’s in her 80’s and didn’t manage her money well so she doesn’t have a lot saved up. It’s a great opportunity for a lot of people, some people just abuse it.

​@@Gonzokeywest45 socialism would always result or degenerate to communism in the real world.

Yup what I was gonna say! Right on

And outside the US as well!

I remember reading that the reason for the ridiculous housing crunch in South Florida is because big corporations buy up rental apartments and then rent them out as AirBnBs and VRBOs. So there’s a tight housing market for actual “this is my home” rentals, and as such the rental prices are high.

Yea this isn't just a Hawaii problem.

I live in an area that has always been super affordable, and we have a lot of tourists. It was a great balance. Then AirBnB happened. In 6 months, we saw rents more than double. You can find more AirBnB's than rentals now.

The Kingdom of Hawaii is not part of the "United States". Also The "United States" is not the "Land" you think it is. The "States" are Corporate Fictions that are under the jurisdiction of Washington DC. The "Land" is the physical land we the people are on. We are also part of the "Land". Thus the people and the land are one.

"Out of a total population of 600,000 in the islands and 155,000 registered voters, 140,000 votes were cast, the highest turnout ever in Hawaii. The vote showed approval rates of at least 93% by voters on all major islands. Of the approximately 140,000 votes cast, fewer than 8,000 rejected the Admission Act of 1959."

The ones who voted did.

@@shinyape1741 this was long after the bayonet constitution and the monarchy getting forced out of power. The commenter is correct; the u.s stole the island and there was never a voluntary choice in the beginning. Ted Ed made an excellent video on this and Queen Lili'uokalani if you want to look more into it.

@@ApplesRYum Ethnostates ruled by Monarchies are good now. Also that kingdom conquered the other independent islands.

@@shinyape1741who tf cares if the kingdom of Hawaii took over other kingdoms? The fact is that the US coup’d and seized the island and people really like to deny this for some reason.

Thats whats causing the issue buddy. Do u know that its governments that put so much tax control and restriction to build new housing for people.

U go to middle america and everything from materials and unions and wait times to get the cost of building a house so high its not worth it. Like even in mew york, concrete is like 5 times more expensive than in kentucky.

Not as bad as Hawaii tho. And tbh I think indigenous people take president over us importe

Problem is inflation. Federal reserve prints money out of thin air and prices of everything go up. Regulation can not fix this. Need a stable currency to have stable prices.

​@@izzydandrea7548 LOL why do some groups take presidence over others? Houses in my country are 30x the average salary.

Yes,yes,yes I hope they can make that happen because they that right. It breaks my heart to see native people being pushed off their land

Excellent idea.

it’s almost like they want Hawaii specifically to suffer. the only native group that hasn’t received proper reparations and given benefits on their land, the only native group that had a Queen and we all know how the US wanted to escape anything with a monarchy. it so dumb.

Incorrect, they just need to be given their island back along with their money making opportunities and the u.s. just able to visit, Hawaii doesn't belong to the u.s. they stole it! Same as native Americans deserve WAY more rights and assistance then wtf their getting from a land stolen from them and attempted to wipe out their people or "white" ify them! It's all wrong all together! Alaska doesn't belong to us either

What rights do you think Native Americans are getting?

Because because people would be racist towards her because of how she looks.

@@TedEhioghaeAs they should, she’s a white woman complaining about gentrification in Hawaii…. while her entire being contributes to it

@@TedEhioghaeYes and they are *still* racist, apparently.

Same in Key West which was originally peopled by what are called “Conchs”. All long ago driven out due to millionaires moving in and decimating the islands.

Gentrification at its finest.

Its your fault how it was in war post war Japanese change your way of life and money of the usa to treat soldiers also because California own Hawaii

@@alexlemus2559 what?

@@alexlemus2559 how is that in anyway native peoples fault

yeah it's sad because it was such a great thing in the beginning. Greed is the worst sin of all

The fact that there are people who now lease a bunch of apartments just to AirBnB them is crazy too. I watched an interview of this 19 year old who "has" 16 properties but I can't imagine the nuisance she is bringing to the apartment complexes.

Not only is the rental prices and lack of home buying a big issue, a smaller issue I have that makes 0 sense to me is cleaning up after yourself but also having a cleaning fee of $200 *on top* of an already overpriced stay. I'd rather go to a hotel

@@courtney9546 the greedy look at everything and ask how can I make money off this.

@@dtetv8499 the other condo owners and renters there are probably not happy at all with new people coming and going. It likely feels unsafe.

No different than any other beautiful location in the United States(or anywhere),tourists destroy small towns and the locals suffer. They accepted statehood and the people started selling their property and once that started it was only going to turn out badly for them, Should have held onto their land😢

This is a white girl complaining about white people buying property in Hawaii. Hopefully someone watching gives you an idea for a solution but your keiki with long blonde hair doesn’t help.

​@kvanwolf-un2dh you would also know then that this is the definition oppression

@@tarawaukeri8928 really disgusting to see outsiders buying up land and pricing the local people out,regardless if it's rich celebrities or just snowbirds it destroys small towns/communities and on an island it gotta be even worse😥

Yea like if you live on the mainland and are not native American you should not own land there! Only native Americans should be there.

This is America we don't ban things

Aloha is something that is in you, the people that care coming to the island from the mainland are bringing with them the entitlement, bigotry, and racism with them. They can’t live Aloha because they didn’t even live that way on the mainland. They don’t take care of jack here, so they don’t go to the Islands and magically get they have to take care of her😢

Well said. 👍👍👍👍

If this was true then those aunties and uncles whould get help they need if they took care of island. But unfortunately inflation and other factors are making it harder to live for working class. The more we wish to live in modernized comfort the harder it gets for us all to give to others from an empty cup. If only we could come up with realistic planned approach to solve this issue hawaii and other places who are similarly having people migrate to afford living and not blame the poor people but make plans that others see clearly as a solution everyone can follow.

🫵👻👹👽The real question is, WHO ARE THE AIR BNB/BRBO OWNERS & W H Y THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWS THIS? 🤑FOLLOW THE paperwork trail.. BETTER YET ASK 🫵🫵 YOURSELVES why WE THE PEOPLE who outnumber our ENTIRE GOVERNMENT let the government do what they want when WE THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE THE LAST SAY?! Wake up people is about to get worse in alot of other ways....

The solution is WE THE PEOPLE NEED TO SAY WHAT IS GONNA BE instead of letting the government TELL US WHAT IT IS!!

“Housing needs to be set aside…” by whom? The government does not own the houses, and Fair Housing laws prohibit discrimination in renting and purchasing based on race, ethnicity, and nationality. (A seller cannot pick and choose a buyer based on their race.) So, how would this work?

Not sure. But, this is despicable.

@@sayhello5377 it’s called hawaiian homes. The problem with the program is that they keep the land And it takes YEARS before you can get a house. I’ve heard cases where there parents died before they could get housing an they been on that list for like 10+ years.They do not make the percentage lower so more Hawaiians can get a house. You need to be 1/2 hawaiian to get a house but you also have to build the house as well. It needs to be up to code. Then if your partner is not hawaiian or 1/4th hawaiian and you die. Your partner is now homeless. Your children will get the property but if u don’t have kids your shit out of luck. The problem is the housing market is crazy. Min wage can’t even afford rent. The house next to my grandmothers house got bought for over a million dollars. I know classmates who are real estate agents who sell houses 800,000 to over 30million. Who won’t even respond back to you if your looking for a place. It’s extremely toxic and honestly terrible. The government has ALWAYS failed hawaii and Hawaiians. They been corrupt always will be. Even the people who we want to look up to to change it. Are hypocrites who’ take the money to help us change hawaii for a trip abroad.

Hawaii was expensive for local long before Airbnb

There is, and the native homelands are like all government in Hawaii is slooooow. Also Hawaii government doesn't give the money allocated to OHA and fights any idea to better the financial situation ie allowing casinos. Native Hawaiians get jacked around consistently by government.

That's what you got out of this... Psycho '😂😂😂😂😂'

Maoli*

Holy run on sentence. Maybe you should have stayed in school.

​@@mommak8342their grammar is alright.

You moving to mainland is ok but mainlanders moving to Hawaii is not😂

​​@@owltrading3994 if you can afford it great. Don't mistake the fact there are a lot of people here that can afford it... Just not the attitude that comes with it.

I know for her was too late to buy a house(because of the high prices),but her parents,grandparents and great grandparents did not work or loan the money to buy a house when it was much cheaper to buy....they also did not move when it was easyer to relocate.They reap what the generations before have sowen...

I feel for her but she seems like a lucky individual with choices. The average person can’t even afford to move multiple times like that. They end up somewhere stuck or even homeless. They don’t even have the luxury to pack up and move.

Omg 😢

Ummmmm. Almost dying from going from humid to dry? Seems fishy. Google knows nothing about this this lol.

This is grievous. I actually think in a way family land should be allowed to remain family land. Property taxes are a BIG part of this problem-- and inheritance…. The MAIN problem. So governments take your tax money from Amazon and leave us alone!!!

Happening in every vacation spot. Happening in the Florida Keys and elsewhere!!

Exactly my thought. Of course it’s not only indigenous people being priced out, but all kinds of poor and midddle class people.

Happening in DFW, quite frankly And Austin

Exactly

​@@jamesspalten5977 happening everywhere, not just vacation spots. To be fair, the problem isn't that there is a demand to own BnB homes, but that there is a demand to stay in BnB's. If people stopped demanding them, then buyers wouldn't exist.

Exactly!

Sounds like California

The rest of the US has millions of miles to buy. We have equivalent of 1 city in California to buy. That's not the same. We have nothing cheap in the outskirts of the city we have none. Only 1 million dollar studios and apartments. The price of a single-family home it’s over $1 million.

@@ihopebidendiespainfully-ix5vsthis is the first time I have read this, but it definitely has some validity to it. Rich dad, poor dad, put passive income into the main stream for sure. That book changed the minds of millions.

Fact

That is an excellent point. Why don’t people talk about that more?

And what rights do Native Americans have? The US government is constantly trying to take our land, and many tribes don't even have land.

And I’m both. Apache and Hawaiian 🌺

Are they not Native 'Americans'?

@@Sherrilynn27 Hawaiians are Polynesians which aren’t exactly in the same group.

What??

Exactly 👍🏽

Yeah but she doesn't care about everywhere, she cares about the native Hawaiians because that's where the woke virtue points are scored. Her hyper-liberal friends and followers won't care about white people in Texas or Florida being priced out of homes by the flood of migration from Cali and NY, or all the problems caused by illegal immigration from Mexico into border states. Nope, it's those evil whites invading the beautiful brown peoples of Hawaii that get her the clout she wants.

AGREE

Farmlands are being destroyed by developers building houses that start at $750,000 up are the examples starting during the wuhan scam grabbing land from fail loans and hardship sales in Georgia. My farm property taxes increase was double of last year.....jump to double without a lake, county sewage, or sidewalks or commercial property within 2 miles !!! Developers are in bed with county commissioners so nothing you can do. But do have plenty of potholes in our roads and speed traps.

*White people are causing these issues everywhere. We need to continue to call them out. There I fixed it for ya babe 😙

That’s exactly what drives the price up. Big demand for little inventory means the price will keep climbing.

The catch 22 is that the hawaiian economy is heavily dependant on tourism

@@Considerable_Ounce That’s due to the onslaught of colonization, overthrow and assimilating its native people to accept a westernized way of living, at that point Hawaii was basically just commercialized for the convenience of wealthy men making money, Hawaii had no choice but to move toward tourism because once discovered by foreigners, they were now catering to those who came to see the islands and thus having to provide those people with the luxuries of modern society.

I'm far removed from Hawaii, so I can only say that I hope some changes come for you soon. Islands have such precious and diverse species and ecosystems that cannot be replicated once they are gone, and tourists rarely appreciate that.

THIS is how Louisiana 'Cajuns' feel too.

This is a good point and I appreciate your perspective. There can never be a truly free Hawai'i. Colonial and moneyed interests will always continue doing what they have always done. Hawai'i could never defend herself, repel an invasion, or even afford to stop tourism or stop importing food. It would be a powerless tiny tropical puppet of whichever country or corporation decides it belongs to them. Compared to the other options, being the 50th state of the most powerful nation on earth is not so bad. I say this as a haole who is learning Olelo Hawai'i and is deeply interested and invested in Hawai’ian culture.

​@@wiredforstereoI think that is a natural progression many go thru after moving here. I moved here in college and sovereignty movements were huge and I learned about all the shady stuff that happened, it seemed only fair and right to give them back their land. But the longer I've been here, I've realized that the wise elders here don't have all the answers either and many times are operating with a limited understanding of the world outside of Hawaii. I've now realized it is very messy and unfair but also a necessary arrangement.

@@tamie341 I want to move there and live on Kilauea and I have struggled with doing so in light of Hawai'i history and the sovereignty movement. And I support their work, and at the same time, I think they're pushing the wrong direction. If Hawai'i was simply given back to what remains of its original people, it would immediately devolve into a third world dictatorship like Haiti or many of the rest of them. People talk of returning to the monarchy, but I've read up on the monarchy and it had all the same horrible characteristics of every monarchy. Monarchies are not good. What they really need is simply more affordable housing, and regulations on land speculation and whatnot. At any rate, I want to go to live there and give to the island, to learn the language, to build a new house so that I am not displacing someone who already lives there. I will be maintaining my business and job on the mainland and not competing with someone for a job on the Island. It will be my retirement. I made all my money on the mainland, and I'll be spending it on the island. If I could do better, someone please tell me.

@@wiredforstereoNothing wrong with that idea imo. I'd recommend visiting for a month or two before fully committing tho just due to the drastic change in lifestyle it is from the mainland. You'd be surprised how many ppl move here thinking it will be permanent only to move back after a few years.

​@@tamie341 I have visited several times and scouted locations, but yes, it has been recommended. Each time I visit, my plans don't exactly change, but they are refined. Like, what am I here for, what do I want to do here, what kind of people do I want to be around. And maybe it doesn't work out. Such is life. But since the first time I visited, it has been my dream and goal to live there. I suffer such horrible seasonal depression living in a place that is cold and wet all winter. Always have. I fight every year, and every year, I lose. I just want a very small place to come and get away from it during my off season, the winter. I was thinking next winter, buying some sort of vehicle I could live in and shipping it to Hawaii and spending a month or so living out of the vehicle, then put it into long term storage and come back. I'm building my business and saving up, having a purpose in a way I never have before.

Kudos to you for having some consideration for Natives

Same! I almost did actually move but I decided to really dig in to the culture and people and get to know them before I made a move. Now I can’t even think about taking another home or space from the families there who have a right to it before I do. I have never been happier than I was on Kauai but I would rather be in California and not as happy as I could be if that means I’m not taking someone’s home 😢

As do so many previously exotic destinations that have all priced their original people out of paradise in order t9 allow in vapid, mean spirited tourists from everywhere else who simply take, take, take. 😶

As a Hawaiian, we’ve been saying this for years and no one cares and no one listens. As long as there’s a place to vacay they don’t care bc it’s not their home so they don’t have to worry or care about the housing of the locals. This is why I came to cali, bc I can’t make a single person not living with their family as an adult.

that's the history of the us

I gave you the answer in the comments but youtube removed it. Sorry, best of luck.

The miracle is REGULATION

WE NEED THIS EVERYWHERE!! It’s so bad here in pensacola Florida. The smallest city in Florida.

Who's out there counting the days making sure you actually live there over 6 months per year?

Our small Colorado Town p s has been hijacked thru greedy lawless bocc Texas ca realtors we the people of Colorado can no longer afford to live here 😢!

They are simply lying on their taxes...nobody actually does it.

This should be everywhere

Also hawaiians are native and have their own culture Californians arent a culture

You'd think Americans wouldn't make the same mistake twice. They never cared about indigenous anything. It's a good day when they don't take it and then give you a small fraction of it and that's where you have to stay for generations. They outlawed potlaches and kidnapped children and put them in residential schools. This wasn't hundreds of years ago. This was in my older cousins times. They're in their 50s today.

It is, in part due to the state officials like Cali. Everything is overpriced and unaffordable even in rural MO. Comparatively it is much cheaper but investors are taking over everything and need to be stopped, period. Home buyers everywhere are struggling because of that nonsense. It's disgusting that people take advantage like that with no regard for anything but their bank account.

@@missourigirl8447 yes, it's investors, it's not your every day American doing this.

Californians ruin their home because they ruined it so bad they have to leave but they don’t learn their lesson, then they go to other places and ruin those places...

They should only allow locals to buy homes. They have local wages. What is unfair is letting someone come from outside with much higher wages and buy properties from locals for prices they could never afford. I am sure Hawaii is living from tourism, so airbnb should be limited to locals being able to offer it to tourists.

And in every city and suburb. Thank you@PrimRoseD for that truth and having the courage to make it a statement on You Tube

Unfortunately, it would be seen as “unconstitutional” in the eyes of the US government and those are rules that can’t be overstepped on the local level.

The interesting thing is that vacation rentals are actually illegal in Hawaii. They’re supposed to only be regulated to certain specific areas

@@user-rf6gq8vz5v That wouldn't work. There are a lot of rich Hawaii residents too. It's got the biggest "wealth gap" of any of the states. If all the mainlanders are forced to sell their Airbnb properties, those rich locals would be more than willing to snap them all up.

It's worse for native Americans.

Would it be better if there was no tourism in Hawaii?

​@@PhobziNo, balance in all things.

Legislating for a Hawaiian land Trust that purchases large real estate plots purpose chosen in different areas next to cultivated agriculture, marine, animal estuary or tourist activity areas. If the government buys them from existing landowners and then sets up a long-term low interest rate mortgage with the trusts that they could repay and own after the profits of each individual land parcels native community economic ventures. You can have lots of smaller houses, a couple of dorm-apt-style buildings and then several large community buildings for childcare, gatherings, different age group activites, etc. People in the homes can rent to own, people in the dorms can pay small rents subsidized by their extra work in the community profit businesses and aging or childcare projects. Native Hawaiian's are geared towards much more involved famiky and community than most mainlanders. Native Tribes used to be much the same. And while it certainly isnt lazy as govenrment has tried to paste it as, it isnt a lifestyle that provides enough individual income to support the single family dual-income homes unfortunately popular today. I think their way is a much healthier, better way long-term. And to prove that and optimistically shift some of our perceptions about a partial return to it, we have to 'build it so they will come'.

​@@Phobzi Probably. They got along fine without us, when they had their Queen.

*chills* 💔💕💕💕

Yes!

@@stickersonafryingpan thank you! 🥰❤️🥰❤️🥰❤️

Lol nah, that land belongs to rich white people like this woman now. The world is ending.

I'm a millionaire that plays pro basketball in the United States, but I heard about the way y'all treat my people there,...so I will leave y'all to figure it out!

She is commenting ethnic cleansing by having children with a native a diluting the bloodline. But you are cool with it because she sounds like she cares

IMHO, Aftereffects of 2008 banksters/underworld takeover of the world...Printing up money out of thin air on computers when 90% of humanity is making a basically honest living, and then buying houses the world over

Yesss

Florida is one state the developers have ruined. they build up against rivers because it land and they can. its become the escape from new england. its a toilet.

" who would have thought living on an island would be expensive" lol read a book girl, they're full us knowledge. Oh wait sorry your "konackawhogivesafuck"

Bc the tribe that owns the banks also owns the politicians 👃

It’s the Hawaiian people that make Hawaii, Hawaii! My partner (Maori) and I (Fijian) want to visit Hawaii for the Hawaiians not the resorts and the houses. The culture , the land and the ocean. We feel for our brothers and Sisters in Hawaii and looking at any support we can offer from the other side of the pacific.

You're right about that because people are coming to Texas from California Oregon Utah New York everywhere expensive so they're paying a lot more for housing all the taxes are going up everything's going up so now people can't afford to live in Texas unless they're wealthy. It's starting to be that way.

FYI. Didn't the *Rock* superstar say that if you behave* bad the government literally kicks* you out of the islands?

It will not be Hawaii anymore if the native people are pushed out

I’ve never visited your beautiful island. Are there ways we can give to the locals? I’m talking any co-ops for food, chillin somewhere local for a few nights? Giving back to the land areas that are needed? That kind of thing Instead of airbnb or resorts. I’d imagine that is a key point for anyone who would like to visit to invest locally. #travel-responsibly ❤ no pressure to answer. It’s me brainstorming ❤

This isnt anyones problem but yours. We can move. People with extra income would like to make more. They arent to blame

Same here in the Flathead Valley in Montana. Rent for a 2 bedroom apartment is anywhere from $1600-$2500 yet full time workers are lucky to make $1700 a month. Enraging.

Kudos to you for being a teacher. I wouldn’t be able to do it.

It's a big problem in more than just tourist areas. In Massachusetts housing costs are so expensive now the average person is only able to rent.

@Acidic and that's the entitled attitude that's gonna get everyone pushed out of their homes. It's not just their problem, it's gonna be everyone's problem.

She literally mentioned that business couldn't keep the doors open (and also that business aren't open 7 days a week). Lilly white girls invade Hawaii, breed w locals and dilute the native bloodline. Isn't that ethnic cleansing!

Aussies are being forced out of the cities and are unable to get on the housing ladder, because foreigners are buying up the property…mostly the Chinese. It’s time the government implemented the same laws New Zealand has and you must be resident in Australia or be a citizen to purchase a single family homes. Commercial property is its own beast but needs to be addressed in the form of a certain percentage of their employees need to be Australian citizens, but the government doesn’t want to address these issues.

I think this should apply to the entire country. I think they’re called visas.

Who tf wants to go to Australia thou

that really still wouldn’t help since a majority of the people going to Hawaii are higher class and have the money to be able to buy homes and such so they would just be continuing the issue , yes they would bring more money into the economy but it wouldn’t be benefiting the locals that are being pushed out of the community

So there are no state or hospitality taxes collected on the VRBO and AirBandB rentals?

This sounds like it would be a great solution!

I agree! Even my smaller town in Oregon is being destroyed by Air BnB and local healthcare workers can’t find housing so we have a major shortage.

Hawaii Legislation is part of the problem. They don’t mind taking from it’s people and don’t mind giving away land to celebrities, big Corporations, etc just to make a buck. And I say this as a local who’s born and raised on Oahu. Many bills that are funneled through are put on a back burner.

Ah yes, less rentals for an island that survives on tourism, good idea

@VNIMAL You're trolling, right? Did you not listen at all? The island is inundated with them already. Lmfao. When the locals can't even buy a home, to the point of leaving their homeland altogether, they have ENOUGH already. We're talking about responsible regulation, not abolition. Get with the program.

Honestly it wouldn’t matter because many are very wealthy. I grew up in Hawaii

The state can do something about it. They choose not to, the state enjoys the revenue higher property values provide. Natives should make every effort to vote in representatives who will take appropriate action.

Ok and then what, those same people just raise their rates to adjust for the taxes, and that means less tourism, which is hawaiis main source of income, and you're in the same exact boat with the cost of living being even higher than before

We investor keep your local shops and even your own damn business a float; happy life making $90k a year I’ll triple that every month with airbnbs while you cry about the gas prices

Absolutely

I'm so sorry to hear that as a Midwestener 🙁

Whats upsetting to me is what is affordable is being bought by those who can afford more. Please understand that what seems affordable for a islander or coastal dwellers is over priced for the average person who has live in middle America. Case and point, in 1969 a house five blocks from Lake Michigan with three bedrooms sold for $35,000. In 2021 it sold for $250,000. The kitchen was remodeled before 2010 as well as a new roof, and AC was put in. A house in the middle of no where WI, fixer upper cabin type with 8 acres: sold 1999 for $60,000; today valued at $218,000! Employment in the area: almost 0, average yearly income: 30-45,000. Housing is insane no matter where you live. Regulators need to crack down and affordable housing has to be prioritized!

So that basically makes you full Hawaiian right?…cause your husband is Hawaiian? I love how you girls throw your husbands ethnicity around like it’s your own 😂😂😂😂

@@aaronaaron8604 I’m supporting not representing his culture as my own

@@shinigami4242 ok boomer

Nobody to blame but Hawaiians themselves

​@@dragons0220032002ify no true. Rich come in and snap up all the land driving the price through the roof. It's happening all over this country. I've walked on this earth for a long time and trust and believe it's the rich that's staying rich forcing the poor to live in their house's and pay rent to them. Middle class has but been wiped out by capitalism in it's ruthlessness that goes with it. Blame goes far and wide. It's a dangerous game with no real winners but those born with money. How many really rich family's are new??? You total up that number then see how long the incredible rich have really been here and stayed the same. They loss nothing when the shit hits the fan.

@@dragons0220032002ify how so? Because from what I gather it’s the people outside Hawaii that come there and buy up properties so they can have the tourist money come to them instead of the natives. And that money doesn’t get used on the islands at all but instead sent back to the mainland taking money away from Hawaii. I’m fairly certain that would make it rich assholes faults for not thinking about the economic impact their business would have on everyone else. Eventually this stupid way of business will burn them down because when the natives can’t afford to stay there they aren’t there to run the tourist attractions meaning there won’t be tourists anymore which will kill the business that started it all

​@@dragons0220032002ify how is it the Hawaiians fault?

Yeah unfortunately the Hawaiians and the lawmakers of the state decided the prophets to keep things like addiction treatment centers and homeless shelters and food pantries open because let's be honest if you're a native Hawaiian you are probably living in poverty this glamorize lifestyle that her and her family enjoy is an extreme police small percentage of what life is like for native Hawaiians. Hawaiians moved away from their Island because their island has no resources to help those in need. We all know that drugs and violence run ramp it on the islands that's what has caused the depletion of your state not the fact that people are buying airbnb's. What should have happened his thing should be put in place for your citizens to be able to prosper and maybe purchase some of them homes theirselves instead their rely on a shoestring government and shoestring law enforcement every part of the island don't blame this on people buying airbnb's please

People can start by not voting DEMOCRAT!!!! Try voting for Republicans because you've all been voting democrat in everything since FOREVER!!! Just try something else for a change. Until you do that I can't feel sorry for you guys.

It’s not just your government that has sold out your country Hawaii, my government has sold out my country Australia 🇦🇺 to China as well, we won’t purchase anything made in China, we’ve travelled to Hawaii many times for our vacation and the last time we went in 2019 we noticed a big difference in environment, it’s not the same as it once was and unfortunately we won’t be coming back, they’ve put so many high rise buildings down the main street of Waikiki and many businesses have closed that we used to often visit and got to know the locals, it’s very Sad that this has happened to such a Beautiful place. Aloha from Queensland Australia 🇦🇺🌺🌺🌺🏄‍♀️🏄‍♂️🏖️🏖️😎😎

Yep it's happening in the continental US as well and Canada with the Chinese investors. Canada actually did something about it recently unlike the US

​@TheBody what did Canada do??? I live in Montreal and I haven't heard of anything being done

It’s starts with the lawmakers. You guys need to do a NATIONAL protest. Make everyone see what is happening. Get federal to pass laws that protect your land and people

I don't live in PR. Is there anything that others can do to help?

Again

In Canary Islands 🇮🇨 is the same

Yeah sorry you and the majority of the whites and blacks in Puerto Rico are not native to the island. your people killed them off along time ago. don't claim something that isn't yours

i’m from Lisbon, Portugal and the exact same thing is happening! people come here to work their remote jobs with their american salary (which is much higher compared to ours) to live in paradise but it’s making everything a lot more expensive for everyone else. rents are crazy stupid and it’s almost borderline impossible to live in Lisbon with our salary

It's been happening across the country recently. Houses around me doubled in price in the last few years.

Non-natives can't buy a home on Oahu

@@rrteppo yes ik but 800,000 for a very small home not in the city or on beachfront property is ridiculous

@@kamieck4451 we are at 300,000 for houses two bedroom 900 square foot houses. Which is the size of an apartment.

@@kamieck4451 so not as bad as Hawaii, but not good.

This is so loving. To share the home so relatives can come back. We have done something like that in my family.

Natives need to push your lawmakers to restrict and regulate businesses there. Prevent nonnative home buyers who rent out property. Decrease taxes on locals. Also you have to put a ceiling on how high rent or real estate can cost, or there will be a monopoly when housing supply dips. Needs come from the lawmakers or nothing will fix it.

@@palee8928 Problem is, Hawaii lawmakers are profiting hugely off of the high housing prices. They are well-paid and nearly all own multiple houses. So they have no incentive to pass laws that go against their own interests.

She made good points tho not sure why youre hating.

While I feel your sentiment, I think she’s just doing it because she has a platform to do it and her family is Hawaiian. 🌺 I don’t think she’s trying to be a liberal white savior But that’s just my opinion

I live in a little town in NW Montana, close to Glacier Natl Park and thankfully my husband and I bought our home right before the pandemic. People have moved here by the thousands because they can work from home and priced out so many people from an average rental. It makes me sick to see my beautiful little community being ruined by out of stater's that can afford much higher home prices 😢

From SLV, so speaking the truth.

Same here in the South Bay. From Hermosa Beach and the transplants have made the housing costs absolutely impossible.

Same story in our small tourist town near Austin.

​@@stephanielong7997 My husband and his parents used to live near Hermosa. They all had to move out of state because housing costs are absolutely nuts.

Haha yeah ban people selling and buying property lol What about all the “natives” that have made a killing by selling their property to some investor? You people are whining about rich people buying property but forgetting the part where its the locals that are selling it.

What did the home do to deserve to be banned?

Community leaders on Maui-Less than 10% are native Hawaiians, the rest are white people from other states. The change needs to begin within! We, Hawaiians, need to put ourselves in the positions to make these decisions!

Who do you think owns the million dollar homes lol

We don’t make up enough of the population to vote in who would actually help us. We make up 10% of the population & over half of the homeless population.

Omg! Visited Vieques (PR) as a kid and thought "one day I'll have a house in Vieques". Went to Vieques in 2022 and I could barely afford a 1 bedroom Air BNB, and they were not ran by locals... hoped 3 times and made it to Culebra... same story. 4 out of 4 was a cold statistic in my personal experience lol funny but not funny 😐

Puerto Rico is not a State. Big difference. America needs to cut loose all of the territorial lands. It's colonialism.

Your husband is guacamole?

So sad 😢

Of course you feel that way, you are not buying homes for investment. If you were, you would say that you have a right to buy a home, or several. Do you buy steak? Demand is pricing me out of it. I think you should stop buying steak so it will get cheaper and I can afford some. In fact, I think it should be illegal for you to buy more steak than I do.

@@tribalismblindsthembutnoty124 Thank you!!!

​@@tribalismblindsthembutnoty124yes

@@Panncakes444so according to you, laws of supply demand should only apply when you can afford it which is pretty much his point😂

@@Panncakes444 It's not just Hawaii though, its everywhere. It's just Americans talk about it in Hawaii like it isnt already a privilege to say you've lived there at any point of your life. Ofcourse theres a demand to have a holiday in a literal paradise.

How did you get to Hawaii!

Yeah Hawaiians just get more attention because anything bad that happens to them is “racist”

You mean the average person can’t live in the most expensive cities?! Stop the press!

​@@jonathanandrew2909 In not just the cities, it's the surrounding areas of those cities too. Even semi rural areas on the outskirts of the suburbs.

@@jonathanandrew2909not just cities, it’s nationwide

Just who is going to " fix " this? Oh, wait. I know. Government is going to fix this, just like they fixed retirement [ Social Security ], poverty [ the welfare state ], education [ America spends more per student yet gets diminishing returns ]. What could possibly go wrong?

Do you feel like this is something that similarly happening in Puerto Rico?

That’s beautiful ❤

​@@Thelady30Yes it's happening there to

I saw it in P.R. too. I love your Island.

​@@Thelady30 indeed..check Real estate prices in Rincon PR... you'll see.

Ok then compete with foreigners in everything business education smartness innovation if you’re not able to compete don’t complain shut your mouth and live in cave like homeless I am pure Hawaiin but mostly lazy people are always complain they don’t know they are developed, get job because of successful people so go compete with them

Like America right ?

, versus ????? The locals don't 😅 come on now remember when yall last tried to be cute & the military mostly up & left & yall were even more more broke.

Wouldn’t make it much of a state if every American couldn’t come and go freely.

Stop going. They don’t want you there, that’s the truth

You played a role in this “destroying of culture” then gentrifier

@@Kevin-vf6px At least this woman has some respect and understanding but you’re going at her. Makes no sense.

Welcome to every Century since the beginning

It’s utmost

I'm thinking of moving to a small town rents so expensive where I live and I've lived here for like 7 years (not Hawaii) but a summer tourist city

It’s not explicitly tourism. It’s unregulated apps like Airbnb and VEBO that is turning places zoned for residential and making them essential commercial through short term rentals.

I live in a small town or somewhat small town and the rent is outrageous here too. You don't pay over $1,200 a month for a one-bedroom flat, any amount less than that you're living in a slump dump. SAD!!

Blk people are not the problem watch your mouth

Why shouldnt she have that type of luxury with all the wealth shes worked for?

That’s aggressive. Only divides further. We all need to come together to create new ways and take back power from the criminals and realize each and every one of us has wealth to offer. Oprah’s is different but not better in my mind and not worse.

That road connects the higher area to the beaches with the resorts. Because she won’t open it up to be used even by public buses, the workers have to commute over an hour. So much for clean air. I understand why people hate her now.

@@LilyGazou if that road opened the real estate investors would decimate the higher elevation small town because of its new quick access to the beaches

Hawaii has open borders

Yeah and certain peoples have 2-3 jobs kinda greedy

True, but many of those Hawaiians are true Hawaiians. They have 200 ,300 year residency. California, most people their came from somewhere else inside America.

lol stop voting democrat! I swear you guys never get it. These cities have all been ran by democrats for the last 60 years and not only have things not got better but they are worse than ever before. There’s too many vote blue no matter who people.

​@@williamanderson4999 indigenous Californians object

Oh shutup Californian isnt a race

@@williamanderson4999 can you provide a link to support that most people living in Ca were not a neon and raised in Ca?

Safe bet it’s the way they vote in Hawaii and THAT political party will take FULL advantage.

​@@pat5882 democrats?

@@yurichtube1162 Who else?

They also have the lowest property tax rate of all the US states. See how easy it is to cherry pick statistics.

@@skeezix8156 That would still be included in the "tax" burden, so you're the only one cherry picking