Pretty much all locals that was born here is used to living on the brink of poverty. But strive on to make a living and live the best life they can. It ain’t easy.

I went to Hawaii when I was 15. I remember how beautiful all the places we stayed and visited were. Then I thought to myself, where all all the actual Hawaiians? I eventually found our when we took a ride to the rural areas and saw all the shacks. I remember feeling so awful and thinking something wasn't right with that. That was about 14 years ago. 😳

Hawaii needs a huge change. Nothing will ever change with the same politicians we have in office.

😔God bless the people of Hawaii. May we all be delivered from this inflation and our crazy government

article said eggs in Utah were $4 and in Hawaii $7, and that was a 54% increase. That is actually a 75% increase.

After 23 years on Oahu, my family and I moved to the east coast. Everyone here says “ can’t believe you would leave Hawaii”. Wish I could just show this video. I’m a teacher and my wife is a nurse and we still could never afford to buy a home or save money for our child’s college education. Purchased a 3 bedroom home on 2 acres for 300k only 10 minutes from the beach. Not an easy decision, but I do feel our daughter has a better chance at A good education and financial independence in the future. The public schools are #1 in the nation in this state. Life is about trade offs, not solutions it seems. Best of luck to all struggling to make it in da HI

We have the largest beef producing farm in the country on the Big Island, Parker Ranch. Why do we pay the most? Meat shipped from the Big Island to the mainland is sold there for less than we pay here. Why are we being gouged? Look it up.

Another example how the school system is failing. Multiple people at KITV had to have been involved in putting this report together, and not one of them was capable enough at basic math to realize a $3 difference from $4 to $7 is not a 54% increase. The average price of eggs in Utah ($4) is approximately 54% of the price of eggs in Hawaii. (4/7=0.57) The average price of eggs in Hawaii is approximately 75% more than the price of eggs in Utah. (7/4=1.75) The milk comparison was bogus too. You should compare basic grocery store brand gallon milk in Utah to similar grocery store brand gallon milk in Hawaii. Comparing the cheapest milk in Utah to an expensive organic brand in Hawaii is not the same. A gallon of milk at Walmart in Utah is $3.38. At Walmart in Hawaii it's $5.67. That's approximately 68% more than in Utah for the same kind of milk.

If anyone can connect the dots... it is only gonna get worse. I smh at my friends telling me 14 years they are waiting for the housing "bubble" to pop in Hawaii til they buy. Avg home has more than doubled since then. Now they stuck living at home with mommy for life.

My dream is semi-retire in Hawaii and help the small business owners in Hawaii grow their sales to hire more Hawaiians. I hope to provide training classes to local chambers of commerce.

Pretty sure we people of Hawaii are going to have to live Amish growing our own food and living without electricity and gas a tent sounds good to me

Hmmmmm Depends in where you buy groceries and what coupons you cut at the Sunday Newspapers, what did you expect of course Hawaii Taxpayers and Consumer guarantee HIGHER PRICE AND HIGHER TAX MARGINE. News flash something tells me someone forget to mention The JONES Act laws of shipping Goods to Hawaii. Be prepared to pay more in the near Future, Hawaii Will Never be affordable because we're commercialize on everything we buy.

We’ll probably see people resorting to crime as we see Hawaii become more and more unaffordable to live in. With minimum wage increased, chances of products will increase so business owners can afford to pay their workers and stay is business. It’s gonna become more unaffordable unfortunately.

You will own nothing and you will be happy. Klaus Schwab and his world leaders

Defund State legislature.

The cheapest 1 dozen eggs is only $3.13 here in Southern CA. 1 gallon milk - $3.62.

I drive a 15 year old car. I was too proud to visit a food bank, but now I have no choice.

SPAM and RICE is the only option~ LOL Aloha~~ from Hawaii~~ 🤙🤙

I tell people that I'm head of the largest non-profit in Hawaii. Heading off the times now to get some more peanut butter and jelly and maybe some spaghetti. God bless you and your family holds your children Aloha from palolo

I spent 170 and came out with 2 small bags lol. I ain’t even joking bruh. Imma start hunting wild pigs and deer again.

7 dollars for eggs? Fricken crazy. 15 dollars per pound??? This is why i moved to the mainland. Not even as a nurse could i afford it.

It’s a good thing we got Mazie Hirono handling the more important things like the January 6 insurrection.

Kamala Haris just said in the South Pacific Islands Forum that the USA will be committed to send US$600 million to develop the islands in the South Pacific. I have yet to learn the details on what exactly this money will be spent on. But I guess the native islanders in Haiwaii aren't among the recipients of this generous aids.

Wow we are even worse than Alaska?

I lived on Oahu from 1983-2004. My monthly power bill when I left was $49 per month. Here on Guam.....about $400 per month ( we run Air Conditioners more than Hawaii folks). PRICED OUT OF PARADISE IS A REAL THING.

We visited Oahu in 2021 and it was amazing. We went to eat at IHOP for breakfast and the price was understandably higher than what we would have paid on the mainland (about an $8 increase). My biggest worry is that the prices of things will continue to skyrocket and make it to where not many people will be able to visit Hawaii and all those businesses will suffer even more.

The more beautiful the state the more it costs to live there. I call that the "beauty privilege tax." I live in Florida so I know. We were doing ok on my husband's pension payout for 34 years of work but he wanted more SS points and went back to work to help pay off our new retirement house early. Inflation has now et up almost all of the margin we wanted and we are still pinching and not doing travel or many fun things. With covid some of that is shut down anyway so I guess a house pay down for now is all we can manage.

We just paid $25.00 in beef to make lasagna-

New Mexico has a lot of cattle ranches Hawaii does not New Mexico doesn't have to ship their stuff they get Farmers market quality beef New Mexico also has the highest concentration of native Americans in America

Prices not the real problem. Availability is gonna hit Hawaii hard.

That’s why I’m leaving after living here since 2007. ✌🏽

Now is a good time to intermitten fast!!

I’m born and raised here all my life . And what we forgetting to mention is the ability to manage your financial situation. What should be considered is financial Management. I’ve been over 80% of people on financial support no understanding how to manage their own finances. Maybe we could offer the food stamps but a course on how to manage your money correctly. It it would be an asset to a welfare population as well. Think about it.

You guys took off the prior video when you were showing the reporter Erin talking swaying back and forth. Is she having a stroke or something? Is everything okay with her?

We’ll then they didn’t go to Disney for a meal 🤷‍♂️

This is what happens when politicians don’t think about sustainability for Hawaii, greedy pockets

But...at least we have a useless canoe that just returned with useless information and a beautiful rail that belongs in a museum.

Slowly human’s salary and spending can’t catch up with no ending inflation thus we will all depends on the government hand out on every thing from housing to foods etc

I guess it's time to go to the mainland or not take a vacation to the island for a while.

Take a look at the United States Virgin Islands average home price on 2 islands $400K price on STJ $2 million. Milk $7.99 bread $4.29 look forward to hearing from you’ll hopefully.

Hawaii shoulda been more self sustain in many things mainland importing like mild and beef. Way more farm but no gotta sale land build hotel and mansion. Mostly focus on pleasing tourist now we all paying for it. So sad to see choke local move off island cus no can afford even with job. Now plenty kooks moving here.

Byron bay is very expensive in Australia

Don't raise the minimum wage, lower the cost of living. Don't penalize those who hire us, their overhead is high enough without labor prices hurting their bottom line. Their profit margin is so small already they are better off closing their doors and investing their money elsewhere.

The most crazy cost is inflation n tax on products n produce that r made or grown in Hawaii. Y do we pay such high costs for these items?

I will forever be indebted to you 😇you’ve changed my whole life I’ll continue to preach about your name for the world to hear you’ve saved me from a huge financial debt with just little investment thanks so much Mrs valerie w scot

Wow man 😢🎉

Now you can see why us local hunter so pissed off that the state always trying to kill off our wild animals !

WUUUUUUUU HUUUUUUUU‼️ We DA BESSS😄 …at being da least affordable state in da Union.😫

I’ve seen a gallon of milk be $10 in Papaikou

Rich people want the poor's to leave their paradise Hawaii.

Get these politicians out of here.

Get rid of out corrupt officials and slap matson and Yb for their ridiculous shipping prices

you gotta know people to survive, get store discounts from friends, cheap rent, underground shadow economy discount cheap goods (usually stolen stuff), people to give you rides (carpool) etc...

If you like the beach and the weather, and have family who have lived here a long time already, can't beat Hawaii. If you want a big house on a huge lot, inexpensive fresh produce and dairy, competitive public schools, lower electric bills, you have to go mainland but you have to pick the right location. The bad thing about the mainland is that the property tax is so much higher like $6,000 a year which is used to run the schools.

Cant they grow there own gardens ?

Ya think???

Husband was born there. He couldn’t wait to graduate and join the military so he could leave.

Ouch

Stop JONES ACT!!!

It's the most unafforable state if you calculate everything, it doesn't mean there's no cheap selections from rent, gas, food, etc. Plus farmer's market options.

shame on THEM

I predict more locals leaving the islands. Enough already. 😞

This is not paradise anymore. Its pack UP!

Well...they voted for it so...🤷🏽‍♂️

Still blows my mind that Hawaii is a "united state"

Oh really 😂no kidding

End Jones Act. #FreeHawaii #deoccupyhawaii #endJonesAct

Y’all start fishing This just goes to show that mass production is our worst enemy

Also don’t forget people on ssdi cannot afford food

the locals run the politics in Hawaii, way to go!

Any YET people KEEP moving to Hawaii

What do you expect?? You live on an island thousands of miles out in the ocean.

100,000 locals moved to vegas go figure

The US shld. just give it all back to the natives if Americans are having a hard time? 😨😲

Instead of Developing manufacturing businesses for food you chose to improve on hotel motels, tourist business you had 90 years to improve but chose not too could had make couple of island into cattle beef chicken s pigs All animals for consumption and you would not be where you are today

Why are they comparing the average prices of milk to the highest prices? Why are they comparing Utah to Hawaii? If you compared Utah to NY or California there would be a big difference as well. They should have shown the average cost for each state, not just the cheapest state. Journalism at its best.

Duh!!!

There's places you live in and places you visit. Move.

I'd rather eat less food than live in Utah or N. Mexico

"F" the mainland homeless. Take care of Hawaii Locals first. (FINE THE AIRLINES, that bring in the one way homeless)

I don’t believe this report.

I vote woke, why am I broke!!!!!

Uk and hawaii is expensive

Don’t forget California 😂 We ain’t cheap either

Biden's prices for all his loving democrats. Biden thanks you for all your support and blesses you with his new prices.

Gas

It's the cost of living in paradise. They can always move to the mainland. Curious to know why food is so low in Utah. Large families live there.

The more l watch about Hawaii the more it appears like a giant Volcano full of 💩 ready to erupt 🌋

My wallet was fatter when Trump was in office.

It's true don't come

This is what you voted for enjoy

grow your own food and eat local food only lol .

You can’t eat tattoos;)

duh ,dummehs

Next time you see a politician hand waving, Tell Them WE NEED A STIMULUS A MONTHLY STIMULUS !!!! Mahalo nui loa

Keep voting Democrat and this will only get worse.

All the more reason To go vegan.

When you elect Democrat Socialist you get socialist economy🤷‍♂️

Stop voting blue, start voting red.

It’s an island. Y’all depend on shipping everything. Poor people aren’t meant to live there anymore. Y’all sold the farm land to rich