Hawaii Sucks!
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p1xelfrog may be right about Maui. Getting an impression of 'Hawaii' by going to Maui is like getting an impression of the whole of California by going to San Bernadino county. Poor and limited information.
He's also right about square footage, obviously in comparison to those other states. I know I just never felt compelled to go to Idaho or Montana, I wouldn't even hike for miles and hours on end anyway, through pine cone forrests with bears and mountain lions. No thanks. That's all cool like Mountain Dew, but, no. I know plenty of CA, and its big. How much elbo room can one need; or feel is there and ever use often enough? Not much, so a description of small is happlessly subjective.(whatever)
New York looks 'big' on TV, but strolling across it in a day, same diff.Food- if one doesn't like asian foods, well, you already have a problem. You know what Sushi is and not Kimchee, that could limit where to go. Hawaii has everything the mainland has, after all its the 50th state. McDonald's and Pizza Hut are here for your safety. There's just more to Hot Dogs and Hamburgers to these people, and the all Sizzler or Appleby's can't do a thing about it. I was happy to find a Mexican Restauraunt at Lahina Town Cannery, on Maui but you're right the waitresses are bitter. If you're the designer that rocks the $40 plates five star then SF, LA, Chicago, NY, Boston is what you want. Oahu does have a couple Mediterranean, Italian places, even a French, but Maui, maybe not. Possibly in Kihei, the haouli boomtown.
Living in SF, to going snowboarding, Yosemite, Redwoods, Marin, Mojave/route66 is fine from where you live. There's a whole bunch of 'elbo room' traveling a huge distance by car. How about LA or SD? Plenty of elbo room on the 405, 91, 110, Santa Monica freeway sitting in traffic. Not to mention the pollution, the mean people. A whole big state full of people who can out-compete the New Jersey folks in crassness. Besides, you go to those places for what? A weekend, week, and then drive all the way back. I'd always stayed in the metropolitan city proper, SF for example is really small. You don't need friendster there. 'One' of Five islands in Hawaii, like Oahu is small, too, but its not all concrete with suburbs surounding it, then expanses of round boring hills or flat land. Its a bit more interesting.
To go surfing in the warm, purer waters here, you'll traverse tropical landscape with enough geographical diversity, and beauty, in less than 30 minutes versus traffic in a concrete jungle with grafiti (I used to hit up the 405 back in the day). You can stop in between and go hiking, not everybody here is an 'Extreme Hiker' you know, willing to cross an expanse of flat, arid, dry desert or forest for a few days anyway. For fuck's sake, I just want to stroll.
Well to each his own. At least you visited. Some people don't even think it was added to the US.
Guy with the bad job, no one will blame you if you throw in the towel. Its more a success; you had the courage to take the chance. You got a mean sucker punch, tho'.