Hawaii Gone Wild: Exposing The Insanity You Don't See On TV
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- Wow! The things you see when you get off the main roads in Hawaii!
In this dispatch, I report back on all the crazy things I saw while spending a week on Oahu in Hawaii.
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Thank you for your free flow of information. @37:09 83K pounds of raw sewage seeping into the Pacific.
These videos show us that no matter how nice a place may be on the surface, scratch that surface and you’ll see it’s just like anywhere else. Drugs, crime, homelessness ….
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. ?!
I attended grad school at the Univ. Of Hawaii during the late 1960s and lived in an apartment on Waikiki-Honolulu was like a neighborhood then! I have been back 20 times since then and , while a natural Paradise, the economy is ruined! I’m so glad I got to live there when it truly was Paradise that was affordable and small- town friendly!
You boomers had it made
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?
@@bdmenne😂 they won't stop VOTING BLUE
Great travel vlog. You didn't know this, but the residents who don't necessarily have a lot of money harvest the eggs and roosters, catch fish catch crabs, shrimp, and bamboo shoots. Bamboo is an invasive species that is OK to cut down. The feral chickens are part of the circle of life.
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!
The second falls is where you take the tourist girls to get naked and have fun 😊😂
He is 'dense'. Are u allowed to do that? He would be a 'Karen'! Embarassing
I lived a couple years on the Big Island and always said Oahu is not the real Hawaii. They destroyed it for tourism. The Kona side of the Big Island is Oahu Jr. The real Hawaii is mile after mile of deteriorating houses with rusted roofs full of the poor. You are right nothing comes easy anywhere in Hawaii. There is a saying that goddess Pele will strip you of everything when you come. It's true.
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
As a former Hawaii resident, I think Nick summed it up perfectly when he said that the locals don't make you feel welcomed. Of course, that's just part of the aloha spirit, whereas the over crowding, heavy traffic and high price of absolutely everything doesn't help either. I think one of the pickup trucks owned by a local said it best when it had written across the tailgate... "Aloha, Now Go Home!"🌴
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.
I prices are the reason why my whole native Hawaiian family left. They were tired of barely living, tired of relying on the government, all of it. But we're here in San Diego and a little up towards LA but we do miss the islands and they are always in our hearts.
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...
Nick, this is the best, most real, most balanced, least politicized, documentary series of Hawaii I've ever seen. I spent the first 32 years of my life there.
Do you miss it? We just left. I was raised there. Love the mainland. No sneakiness. . Good education. Can afford to eat. Nice people !
@@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
@@Lopezflies888 i moved from maui to portland oregon.. after years of that liberal shit hole i fled to a clean, American state. F communists up in the PNW.. they ruined the place
Hawaii is a rich person’s paradise. For everyone else, it’s hell.
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
People ruin everything, this proves it. Overtourism and sustainability are problems at may popular attractions worldwide. I've been here twice; I'll pass on a third trip.
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
Thank You so Much for doing the video on what really goes on here in Hawaii. Our government is hiding the truth here to profit from tourists and their own local residents. My uncle finally left Oahu and moved to Las Vegas due to rising costs here. He moved at the age of 70, when he should be enjoying his retirement. He got tired by our government, ELECTRIC COMPANY (HECO), and Landlords nickel and diming him. Our government charges us more and more to cover their financial losses and that is not right and fair. Wake everyone up and don’t give into the greed because they will keep on doing this until they put us all on the streets and they don’t care as long as they get their money.
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.
Hawaii is my home 🏝️ island. No matter what or how expensive it is.. it's still my HOME..🌺🏝️💝🏡😘 peace out Oahu..🤙 Thanks for sharing..kamaina from LAIE north shore..😢
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?
Hawaii where "progress" killed "paradise".
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.
Hope you hit 1 million soon Nick, you deserve it, you have shown me more of the US than I would have ever dreamed of seeing, thank you for that, You also saved me a ton of money because I could scratch out a bunch of places that now really hold no interest for me, but then again, there are some places that I do plan on going that I wouldnt have without your videos, so keep up the good work, we appreciate it
Ok!
Mappy is right!
You have been duped .
@@NickJohnsonTiiitMilk 🤢
Shame on the mess with the lost 🍍 to the native people😢. Tourists have never made things for locals any better. The people of Hawaii have good reason to dislike tourism.
Tourists only reason this island can feed itself
😂If not for tourism the locals would starve
@@terrylinthicum587 You survived because of the United States government is there that’s why.
Wow! Shame on da mess? Who says that? Anyways... right around c-town looking good. With 4 fingers and a thumb, I saw you!
Yes we need tourism. It has become a dependency and you can reply to this comment with your typically arrogant united states of American pride and I don't dispute the merit of it, but shut the faak up And try having some compassion through understanding of Hawaiis history, but more than that the history of colonialism and imperialism of the United States of America AROUND THE WORLD!
Not everybody thinks that's a good thing or likes it either.
High prices and too many people. No thanks.
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.
We don't care about attracting negative people in Hawaii. Hawaii naturally repels unhappy people like magnets repels each other's north-to-north poles. The island attracts positive and happy people from all over the world because of its natural beauty, cultural diversity, lifestyle and the aloha spirit that Nick couldn't find right under his nose unless you're blind to it. I'm glad he is not the standard for beauty of anything. If you're in the very tiny minority of his circle, I'm glad you're not coming here anytime soon. Stay where you're at, PLEASE. Aloha! 😄
I know a young couple that just used up all their saving to have a wedding of a life time in Hawaii while still living in one of their parents' basement! Different people prioritize their lifestyle according to their long or short term views.
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-k4d-e59mo28ocsounds very .much like my brother. Spent 20k on wedding and honeymoon in HAWAII. No divorce yet his first her second marriage.
There's a dish called, generally, "Salt and pepper shrimp" they cook it so hot that the shell becomes really crispy and indeed, you eat it shell and all. It's really good!
People always think roosters crow in the morning, which is true, but when I lived on the islands, there were so many chickens roosters would be crowing in the evenings and in the morning, it was insanity
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.
Lived in Hawaii (Big Island) for 2 years. Never stopped going to the beach till the day I left. I am from OC California and the beaches don't even compare. I don't waste my time here! Hawaii nature is on another level of magic and beauty. About the only annoying thing was insane rainstorms that lasted 2 full weeks (day and night, yes really) and lack of food options, night life, and job opportunities.
Yea, similar day time is wonderful
@@ThuyPham-lr5dc not me , no way lol
I was in Kauai, and after a big Hurricane, the chickens 🐓 were all over, and my son was little and loved to chase the chickens.
did he catch one
Ive been on Oahu since 94, and witnessed its changes. Its really what you make of it, if your a humble/simple person this is paradise. If you want stress you can find that too, but just put on the brakes, breathe the fresh air, and chill.
Great comment!!
Queen. It was a Queen (Liliuokalani) that the Americans overthrew. I lived on Oahu most of my life. Your assessment was pretty right-on. things have changed so much in the decade I've been gone -- couldn't afford to retire there, obviously. But my family is all there, so I can visit any time. I usually go back every 2 or 3 years. So much CHANGE!!
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.
Too many corporate executives, with no souls, turned paradise, into hotels and parking lots! All the beauty of the ocean and the sky, the sun rises and sunsets! That part, no one on earth can ruin! 🙏🦋🙏🦋🙏
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?..
Hawaii is home for me. Born and bred. Although it will always be my home, I'd never move back because of how overpopulated and expensive it is to live there. Tourism is the main source of economy there, so when there's no visitors, it suffers, that's while I'll never move back because when covid hit, it was a nightmare.
There is no way a gallon of milk, a loaf of orrowheat, a pinapple and coconut cost $72...
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.
Even if I had the money I’d rather spend the money somewhere else
In 1949 I moved (as a 5-year-old) to Honolulu, and left there in 1961 when I enlisted in the military. Attended Waikiki Elementary School, Punahou, and Kaimuki. I've gotten sentimental enough in recent years to consider returning for a visit; these videos sorta put a real damper on that enthusiasm... what's the old saying, "You can't go back home!". This may be the classic reality of that adage.
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...
Yes 👍🏼 we don’t have the room, roads & other resources to support more tourists so stop coming 🛑✋ and tell everyone how terrible it is in Hawaii 💯
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
I've watched a few videos from different people talking about people being rude on Oahu, and I don't k now how they find these experiences. I came here multiple times as a tourist and now live here and am hard pressed to think of the last rude person I encountered. Maybe I have a different standard for what constitutes rude?
And I absolutely think people drive with aloha. People almost always let people merge in traffic instead of seeing a turn signal as a challenge like they did on the mainland. People stop to let other cars in, or to let pedestrians cross. Rarely do I see anyone being aggressive or cutting other people off. People wave or throw shakas to show appreciation... Most people are pretty decent to each other on the roads.
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It's a sad state of affairs, when the people who are born in Hawaii, no longer can afford to live there and want to move. Hawaii is one of the places where cars should be banned and people only provided golf carts and bicycles to get around on.
We sell China millions of tons of our food, that could easily be sent to Hawaii to greatly reduce prices there.
We are being betrayed every way possible.
Thanks Nick for these updates and I hope you can find some enjoyment through the many disappointing things you've discovered during your trip.
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. 😂
Thank you for filming in Hawaii. Always thought I'd like to go there but after seri g this, no thanks! You saved me a bunch of money 💰
I dont have any desire to go there.
Thanks for sharing the mess.
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
Thank you, Nick. I had a neighbor in the 90s that lived in Hawaii for several years. He said even then it’s insanely expensive and locals do not like Americans at all, they are rude and not shy about it.
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
Uh, locals ARE Americans.
@@paulbrewbaker5158
“Local” is a broad term, most of the people living in our unlawfully occupied Kingdom are Americans residing here as a violation of international law of occupation (article 49 of Geneva Convention IV), but Hawaiians are not American.
I spent 30 days in Waikiki in feb/mar of 2023.. day one just getting a basket full of groceries for the hotel was $1000 dollars 😂. Disclaimer….my job paid for me and my wife, and rental car and hotel…..so honesty rhe trip wasn’t really expensive with zero major expenses to worry about. We actually learned the ins and out by week 2. Eat off the main strip, found lots of $10 dollar joints off the beaten path, especially Korean joints
Nick you saved me thousands of dollars on a Hawaiian vacation. Now that Ive watched your videos I feel like I’ve been there!
Oh I'm just getting started!
Forget that I'm still going 😅
PARADISE has become unaffordable. Thanks for reminding us.
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.
I’ve been all over America and nothing compares to Hawaii. It’s truly a tropical paradise. If you don’t want to be around people there’s plenty of other islands to choose from. Anyone that has anything bad to say about the Hawaiian islands, simply can’t afford to live here. If you’re not a local or born and raised here your opinion doesn’t matter at all.
Bamboo is very invasive, its a good thing they use it in foods and not just letting it take over those areas.
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.
I swear the drivers here got worse after the pandemic. We were locked down for so long, once everything opened up again, everyone went nuts. Nobody driving with Aloha anymore. I sometimes post vids of driving without aloha. 🤦🏻♀️ Also, I swearrrrr the chicken population exploded during the pandemic. I’m shooing roosters from my garden and backyard and now they try to fight back! 😂😳
The scamdemic, used to bring in the Great Reset.
I am glad you're doing it and not me, I am exhausted after watching, haha. Looks beautiful, thanks!
I would say cost of living and rudeness correlate.
As someone who has been to the big island and Kauai, purposely to avoid what Nick went through, I would highly recommend Kauai to visit first.
I've been to 48 states. Hawaii isn't one of them. After seeing your videos I have no desire to to.
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!!
Yea, there are poor areas but you have to enjoy the natural beauty of the island. Poor places are everywhere but as a visitor you are not going to live there.
You should go. You never know if your experience will be much more pleasant. Of course, America is in a decline so maybe not.
Most realistic evaluation of Hawaii I've seen.
Me too
It reminds me of St Thomas when we lived there, we lived on the North side where it's more jungle and rained every morning. It would rain in one spot, drive down the road and sunny. That happened a lot on the island.
I went to Oahu and Maui a couple of years ago. Never again. It was so crowded you couldn’t do anything. It was overcrowded, overpriced and overrated. Maybe the big island or one of the smaller islands but Maui and Oahu are off my bucket list permanently.
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.
Unless there are things in that buggy that we CAN'T see, it was not $72/dollars. I looked online at that grocer and the best/worst I could come up with is about 32 bucks.
He was joking.
I've spent a lot of time on several islands in HI. One of the most informative things I was told by a local, born and raised, was "See that over there?" He pointed to a shopping container with the name Matson & Young on it. He said "It's the shipping companies (for those who are thinking FedEx or UPS, no, he was talking literal ships that bring boat loads, BOAT LOADS, of supplies to the islands and Matson & Young certainly isn't the only one.) "They control the prices." Supply and demand. Billionaires chase out the millionaires and drive up the prices on all fronts. I feel for indigenous Hawaiians. I LOVE those islands and am so grateful for the hospitality and love, and, yes, also the reality checks I've received as a visitor. Beautiful land. Beautiful culture. Beautiful people. What a fucking predicament, to say the least.
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...
Yup...I was there for my 60th B-day. So disappointing. Homeless, druggies in the park. Beaches with POO from the homeless car dwellers. North Shore was Awful...so disappointing
I did some quick checking at the Foodland grocery store website and their prices on a number of items are only about 25% more than what we pay at Walmart in the SE USA mainland.
A gallon of milk is @ $7.00 (I pay @ $5.50 at Walmart).
That whole fresh pineapple is listed currently at $5.17 (member pricing)
NFW did those 4 items shown in cart cost $72
Note…Hawaii sales tax on food was a bit hard to figure out but not over 4% from my research
Let’s see the receipt!
@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.
There's a traditional German dish partly translated as "Chicken Auf Strassen" that means "chicken off the street," so it's common everywhere.
Also, the woman at 9: 40 was just eating the flesh in the shell, not the shell :)
And Mappy had some amazing disappearing skills!
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
I was suprised to see that Costco had the hot dog and a soda for $1.50. I thought it would have cost $20...
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.
Now Hawaii is where the rich movie stars and game show hosts live
and jesus christ/ satan his brother the devil.
And barack
and its full of youtuber zombies walking around filming documentaries like this...
@@Zoomer-te9us 🧐
I lived on the Big Island 55 years ago, Kona had less than 2000 people in the area, 2 hotels on the whole west coast. The King Kam and Mauna Loa up by Hapuna,, and 1 gas station in Kona. I went for a 2 week visit and ended up staying over 4 years there. Really enjoyed my stay and the local people were so kind and welcoming. Never had the urge to return to that particular piece of paradise though, as it has turned out to be just another sad story about thoughtless over- development unscrupulous landlords & unchecked greed. Happy i got to enjoy the people & their aloha spirit when it was an authentic part of life there.
Thanks for showing us Nick. Those big colorful fish with the beaks are parrotfish. They chew on the coral, and pass the limestone which over the millennia, is a major contributor of white sand beaches. The rain on the eastern side of the island is due to what's called orographic lift, where the air is pushed up by the terrain and thus cools with altitude, wringing the moisture out. That was pretty wild where you went through that tunnel and it wasn't raining. All in all, I probably wouldn't go to Hawai'i unless it was where most humans aren't.
I've never been to Hawaii and after seeing your series of videos about it, I honestly don't think it's worth the trip. The whole place seems like a tourist trap, and that really sucks for the natives who lost their land and much of their identity behind it. Thank you so much for making this video. I feel like I've been to Hawaii and don't really need to physically go there. I'm sure the locals would be happy about that 😂
. 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.
I've had some time to contemplate after my trip there, and I have to agree that HI is overrated. It's crowded, dirty in places, expensive, etc. I had limited interactions with the locals and all of those were satisfactory to me. To me, HI is something everyone should experience once as there is so much to see. Tourism is both the savior and the curse of HI.
@@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 TH-cam 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.
One thing most people never even realize when snorkeling is how bad it is. Yes, compared to your river back home it's got lots of interesting fish to see. But a few decades ago it was so vibrant and colorful. Now all the coral is brown and dead. Sadly, the same is true in USVI. The cesspools are everywhere, figuratively and literally. This kind of unfiltered reality style review is fantastic though. Appreciate you detailing it. Last time I was in Hawaii the negative vibe is the one thing that stayed with me for years. Literally 90% of the people you interact with are pissed off and want you to just piss off.
My wife and I go grocery shopping together every week here on Oahu. Currently I consider myself lucky to get out of the store paying less then $200 which I did this week. Last week though it cost me just under $400. Still, I consider myself lucky to live Hawaii.
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!
I love your sarcasm 😂 and that you refuse to baby the locals that they expect... I saw the stink eye at 20:08...Haole 😂😂😂
Hawaii sure isn't what I thought it is, but there still is beauty. I especially liked the snorkeling. That would be something to see! I enjoyed this video. Thank you for sharing. 😊❤
Ok Joan!
@@NickJohnson Apparently the sunscreen tourists wear is destroying the coral reefs. Did they allow you to wear it while snorkeling Nick?
And basically overrated and overpriced BS 🤷
Those waterfalls are breathtaking!! That's gotta be the aloha spirit right there.
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.
When you were at Waimanalo Beach, you could have seen the old Magnum P.I film site and the location where Robin's Nest was, just 1 mile down the beach toward town from where you were. It's my kids and my favorite beach, getting us to make the trip all the way from our home in Ewa on the other side of the island, and is usually unoccupied. Before the old Robin's Nest house was town down I hopped the fence and took a bunch of pictures. Now it's gone and in it's place, three brand new homes. Allegedly, they are for Obama when he comes to town. Change is always changing, for better and for worse.
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.
I actually worked for Foodland, at the old King St. store. I was asked in the interview if I *really* wanted to work there as I'd be the only "haole". I did, but it was rough. I'm not a big, strong person and I got all the heavy/dirty work the others didn't want to do. When I found myself at something like 11 at night mopping the floor while some Japanese (the ruling class in Hawaii is Japanese) guy in a blue suit yelling at me, I knew I had to find another job.
I went to Zippy's once. *Once.* I went there with my mother and since as a kid my hair was blonde due to the sun bleaching it, we sat at a table and were ignored, and ignored, and ignored some more. We eventually got the message and left and ate somewhere else.
In Hawaii, no matter the island, we do not call the homeless bumbs. They are good people for the most part who can not afford the insane rents. They also will never be able to buy a home. Yes, even paradise has lots of problems.
Hi I've been watching your videos. I've lived on Oahu for 12 years. I was a military wife but I mingled with the locals. I really listen to you and you are correct but you make your own life here. I have some of the greatest memories of my life. I wasn't rich and I moved to Colorado. I think every place now is suffering because of our government. Prayer sounds weak to some. But the servant prayer of a righteous one is going to availed much. We need God to help us so much. Keep up your good work and I'll pray good success comes your way.
I was stationed at KMCAS from `72 to `75 and lived in Kailua for a year after that. There were a lot of good times but you could see it was getting crowded. Semper Fi
You talk about real problems in America l respect you for that 😮
Idea: You should try going to other American places in the middle of the Pacific like American Samoa and Guam. That would be really interesting.
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.
Another great video Nick. I lived in Oahu for 4 years while I was in the Navy. It was 4 of the best years of my life, but I have no desire to go back. It was crowded then and it looks even more crowded now.
I was stationed on Oahu at NAS Barbers Point from 1989-1992. On my next to the last day, I was treated to a Matsumoto’s shaved ice cone. Purchased a couple of t-shirts. The cone was delicious, but nowhere near as expensive as they are now.
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.
To learn about Dole Plantation you need to do the train ride. They explain it and show you up close fields.
It has been 40 years since I have been to the Hawaiian islands. So many changes.
Same I was born there in 84 lol
Chickens eat scraps (garbage)
And make eggs. What a nuisance.😂
You should look into all the expat channels showing their life in the Philippines. Guys going to live and find a wife. $1,000 per month living expenses is common. And the people speak English good. Well mostly well enough for you to have no problems getting around. Cheap living and interesting.. Maybe one day you can do a couple weeks checking out the possibility of retirement in the Philippines. You and a companion can easily do a month in the Philippines for $3,000 minus the airfare and visa fees. Transportation and hotels are cheap. $2 for trike rides 5 miles. Hotels $35 are easy to find. Meals for $5 are normal average..
There are TH-cams 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.
That mama bird ate as much as she could because she was going to barf it back out to her babies later. She did that so no other birds would swoop in and take it.
Thank you for sharing 🥰 I used to go to Hawaii regularly when I was a Flight Attendant. Spent many years there near the “Pink Hotel” but I would travel around like you did. It’s gotten alot more crowded and dirty (my last trip was’10) I don’t blame the locals for being rude and pissed off. Look at what the Haoili has done. I truly hope they regain their sovereignty 🙏
I have those same plants right here on Clearwater Beach FL. My family decided to take a trip to Hawaii. It was about 10 grand per couple. Hell, I didn't go. I'd rather take my boat out here and hit the islands out in the gulf. Swim on some pretty beaches, fish and sleep on the boat.
It didn’t use to be this way. Thankfully I was there in the 70’s and 80’s. Pretty much no homelessness. You had to have a permit to camp. Safe, beautiful, and lawful. The political system helped make it this way, plus the drug culture.
I visited Oahu, Honolulu, Turtle Hilton Bay, Hanauma and Kahala Beach in 1998. There were no crowded areas anywhere and the people some kind of friendly. Oh man, how have times changed 😮❤.
Craziest realization for me was visiting Oahu earlier this year and thinking “wow, prices are largely the same as back in Portland”. Gas, (most) groceries, shelter, etc. In many cases, Hawaii was actually a smidge cheaper
True. I lived in Waikiki, just moved to the mainland. It costs me way more to live in LA than beautiful Waikiki.
Yep. NorCal here and it looks cheaper to live in HI than NorCal.
Great video Nick! You just save me 10k+! My hubby lived there 35 years ago and has always told me the same things- now I’m convinced. Visiting Hawaii is no longer on my bucket list!
So far from all these videos of the Hawaii road trip I haven’t seen anything that has intrigued me to visit Hawaii. Florida is more affordable and my kind of place for vacation. Clearwater is my favorite beach, no homeless tents, it’s affordable, slightly less traffic than Hawaii, and there’s a Pollo Tropical! FL > HI
First time viewer of your channel. I got a decidedly "Endless Summer" vibe from much of this video - you have to be really old like me (71) - to know what that means. And other times I got the feeling that I'm not missing anything by never having gone to Hawaii. I was hoping to see Robin's Nest but I'm guessing if such a place physically existed, it's probably unrecognizable now. Anyway, thanks for the tour, subscribed.
Yay! Welcome! And the Robins Nest is closed now 😢
One of the saddest videos of ever watched. As I used to live in Hawaii in Oahu in the mid 80s and haven’t been back since and to see what it has become from what it was, I must say it dropped my jaw. I never waited in line the whole time I went there for anything I used to shop at Safeway. I had a bus pass. It took me almost everywhere and used friends cars when I needed to go somewhere on a date. I guess they had no zoning restrictions and no concept of preserving paradise they were entrusted with.
It was supposed to be a good video?
I remember visiting Maui, and Hawaii in the early 2000's. Beautiful women waited for people to exit the airplane and placed a floral lei around their necks while welcoming them to the island. The fragrant smell of flowers consumed all my senses as the warm wind blew. There were small fruit stands along the roads filled with starfruit, papaya, pineapple, and kiwi. It was beautiful.
If you're not a native of the islands, you don't actually own the land. The land was given back to native families who maintain the land. When you buy a house and land, you buy permission to live on that land. The only thing you can say you actually own, is the house because when you bought it you paid for the materials and labor. But the land itself is still owned by some Hawaiian family.
As I understand it, there is something like a 99 year type of land-lease and after the 99 years it reverts to the actual Hawaiian Native land owner.
Crock of B.S., can't buy property ! I don't even want to visit that place, I love South Florida.
F*** Hawaii !
As it should be.
@@macD723 bullshit…research FEE SIMPLE TITLE 😒
When you were at Sunset beach all that brown water was sewage runoff from the flooding. The whole island had brown water advisories. And there’s no places to go to the bathroom. Zippys is gross
Good to know that if your poor in Oahu, you can always eat chicken.
Plenty of seafood and avocados too.
And bamboo! Unless you are questioned by tourists.
Mama chickens grab the food at first, but then they tear them into bites and give it to their babies
Nick ain't afraid of no flash floods. 😂😂😂😂🌧🌧🌧🌧🌊
No desire to go back. Went there in 2008 and on the Big Island and Oahu and it was depressing seeing how the locals live. Literally worst conditions than in 3rd world countries on the coast of the big island with shacks and metals roofs..or what was suppose to be a roof. The locals hated us mainlanders as they call us and boy did they let us know it to. So be pissed at us who never took your land as my ancestors were still in Germany and France in the 1800s but hey if it makes you feel better then go right ahead. Hawaii is just one big over expensive shanty town...except the nice resorts but do you go to Hawaii just to sit around a pool at the hotel
Thank you for not coming back. With that attitude, I can see why you didn't like it in Hawaii...
I love the way you don't sugar coat Nick---especially the Dole crap....CMU
Damn it, LOL
You’re giving me life with the commentary. Love it. I’m watching all these Hawaii videos. Just want I need before we visit lol 😅
Honolulu is LA on an island!
At least there are things to do in LA.
Why did I think it would be way less people? There is much that I don't know, thank you and Kim for showing us this.
Tourism is slowly taking a nose dive. Due to ultra high inflation issues unfortunately-!!!😭.
Looks really boring unless you are in to beach culture. A mllion dollars for that?
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.
yeah if you don't love the ocean and beach, you may be bored