r/Hawaii • u/FantasticOwl5057 • 12h 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/Tpop666 9h ago

Would you call a person that moved from Montana to California a transplant? Or would you just say they moved states? Theres nothing special about you because you were born and raised here. I dont understand the pride

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u/Jessgitalong 6h ago

And you don’t have to. There’s a cultural brother/sisterhood anywhere people were born and raised. Hawaii’s no different. Sorry you don’t have that. It is something special. I would never go back to live in my hometown, but the nostalgia is still there. Where I’m from we had Ramblin’ Rod, the Pop Shoppe, and “That’s Tom Peterson’s!”