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As you can see, we can always use a few more DUers around here!
Most bookstores here have "So You Want to Live in Hawaii" by Toni Polancy; if you're not planning to come out here before actually taking the plunge, there's always Amazon.
Where are you headed? O'ahu or a Neighbor Island? O'ahu is much more "livable" in the mainland sense, with decent (though increasingly crowded) transportation, quality healthcare (our Prepaid Health Care Act mandates employers to cover employees working 20+ hrs/wk., so even Wal-Mart can't sleaze out of it!) and housing costs, well, about on a par with Boston (my little studio, built as a vacation rental in the '60s, is one of the best bargains around at $850/mo. including utilities :eyes: )
As for the Neighbor Islands, expect even more eye-popping housing prices; kama'aina, or local people (now you know), tend to live away from the touristy areas, often on the wetter "windward" sides of the various islands. The only area one could broadly describe as a "bargain" is East Hawai'i, especially the Puna district south of Hilo, but remember, you're on a fairly recent lava flow, with rainfall amounts reaching the trpile digits (yes, in inches!), and many people living "off the grid" with catchment water, etc. Transportation out there is a relatively new concept. Maui, for instance, just started a public bus two or three years ago; it comes about every two hours whether you need one or not. :eyes: Health care can be spotty; most Neighbor Island hospitals are run by a quasi-state agency that is chronically mired in deficits.
A hui hou! (same as "au revoir") :hi:
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