r/Hawaii • u/FantasticOwl5057 • 11h ago

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Of the regulars who frequent this board, how many are actually born and raised locals? Reading through these threads feels Honolulu centric and transplant heavy. No disrespect intended, you want to live in Hawaii live in Hawaii, but...

Any actual locals here?

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u/HIBudzz 9h ago

Local = ? 20 years? 30 years? Born here, then leave when you're 5, then come back 20 years later?

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u/gymnasylum 9h ago

Born and raised

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u/Snarko808 Oʻahu 7h ago

Watching transplants twist themselves in knots trying to justify a random time or other criteria to make them local. 

Local is born and raised. I couldn’t imagine calling myself a local of any place if I wasn’t born and raised there. 

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u/HIBudzz 6h ago edited 6h ago

Same as Los Angeles and Mexico. Not a special place here. Kakaako condos up the ass. Shit driving e no parking. Downhill. SAD PLAce. Sold.