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100 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 17 May \ parent \ on: International Housing Affordability, eleven markets "impossibly unaffordable" charts_and_numbers
Manufacturing just wouldn't make logistical sense. I know Hawaii appears to be right in-between America and Asia on a flat map, but it's actually super far out of the way when you look at the great circle paths. They also have to import almost all of their energy.
Tourism and wealthy retirees are the natural market, plus some specialty crop agriculture.
Hawaii is actually used for a lot of ag research. Because of the long growing year, they can do several harvests per year rather than just one, which speeds up field trial work.
A friend of mine grew up on the big island, and explained how things like furniture is twice as expensive so many homes are sold furnished.
Maybe when we get autonomous ships and planes, I can have my Shenzhen-like Hawaiian island.
Hawaii is actually used for a lot of ag research. Because of the long growing year, they can do several harvests per year rather than just one, which speeds up field trial work.
I didn't know that. It makes me think of @ov1_kenobi who had a community farm there.
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Also worth noting is that politically, they might be even more anti development than the Californians you’re used to.
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There are a bunch of uninhabited Alaskan islands that are right along global shipping lanes.
If you like a Pacific Northwest climate, that’s a better place to look.
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