Hawaii & US reality checks

Kakaako Hawaii corridor between downtown Honolulu and Waikiki waterfront, new condominiums are popping up like spring bamboos selling at 2-6 millions each. It is the only bright spot for Hawaii economy besides military spending. 75% of buyers are from outside of Hawaii. Local residents with minimum wage of less than $11/hour could never afford it. If anyone think HK bad, Hawaii worst! In HK you could live in China Greater Bay areas to rent a 3/2 bath for less than US$400/month 90 minutes from HK Central, in Hawaii your choice is to become homeless street people with 20,000 strong and growing. After 7:00pm I would not dare to walk out my Bishop street office without risking being stabbed or killed! Tomorrow I am returning to SF, equally bad. Those homeless removed during APEC last week are back in full force to make SF & America great again! It is such a sharp contrast from my recent trip to HK, Guangzhou and Toisan. 檀香山市中心和威基基海濱之間的卡卡科夏威夷走廊,新公寓如春筍般湧現,每套售價 2 至 6 百萬美元。 這是夏威夷經濟除了軍事開支之外的唯一亮點。 75% 的買家來自夏威夷以外的地區。 當地最低工資低於11美元/小時的居民根本負擔不起。 如果有人認為香港不好,那麼夏威夷最糟糕! 在香港,你可以住在中國大灣區, 以低於400美元/月的價格租一個3/2浴室,距離香港中環90分鐘路程,在夏威夷,你的選擇是成為擁有20,000強且不斷增長的無家可歸的街頭流浪者。 晚上 7:00 以後,如果不冒著被刺傷或殺害的風險,我就不敢走出我的Bishop 街道辦公室了! 明天我將返回舊金山,同樣糟糕。 上週在 APEC 期間被驅逐的無家可歸者已經全力回歸,讓舊金山和美國再次偉大! 這與我最近去香港、廣州和台山的旅行形成了鮮明的對比, 美國已經玩完, 美國夢已經成為美國惡夢!


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