Don't Live In These Hawaii Neighborhoods If... 

0:40 Kailua 5:45 Waianae 11:38 Wahiawa 16:32 Ward 20:14 Downtown 25:00 Ewa Beach 30:50 Kihei 35:22 Laie 38:02 Kapolei 40:57 Kaimuki 43:10 Kauai 49:09 Base 50:08 Ridges 51:37 Beaches 54:40 Resorts 57:00 Things we hate

I love the locals, the Hawaiian culture, the many kine grinds, the Aloha, the Aina, ocean, the smell of flowers in the air. Everything Hawaiian.

Great video! 1 piece of constructive criticism aka recommendation. When you speak of a neighborhood whether this video or another, flash it's location on the island via map, so main landers know where you are speaking (without googling it). Thank you for the insight.

You guys are so awesome! It's rare to find people like you that keep it 💯! I love your transparency, all the stories you share, and never shying away from speaking your mind about HI. I have learned more in-depth about Hawaii because of your content. I don't see anyone else doing things how you guys do it, and I hope it stays like that! You guys take the lead in all the content you post up. I want MOREEEEEE about all things Oahu from you guys!!!!

Don't move to Waianae if you're not prepared for a total culture change,and dont have an open mind.

Love the sense of local vibes for each town , thank you

Love the format of this video. Keep up the awesome content!

Your videos are so helpful getting the feel for different neighborhoods real life.

Your sense of local vibe, not just in Hawaii but on the mainland, is seriously impressive. Californians would totally get the references to Mendocino and Phoenix (our neighbors in Arizona).

i almost died when you said "but then like someone who may have a crystal in the house....." 😂

Your transparency is refreshing! Thank you.

I really understood the Kailua vibe from what you both said. I live on the mainland now. I grew up in Nanakuli and you guys did a good job with Waianae. 🤙🏽

Love the con con and some positives included lol cause they can help it. Show caseing all the areas because it would be so hard to decide where to move in HI if they didn't show it. Great video.

As a tourist to Hawaii... This video was priceless. My favourite Hawaii video on RU-vid 🤙🏽

This is great perspective and info coming from some very well spoken people, thanks for this! I think this video in particular could use Time:Stamps or even split in to individual clips. But it's great anyways, 🤙🏽

I wish you would do another one of these including more towns. This was so good.

Kailua is so different now from when I graduated in ‘68. The beach is eroded and everywhere is crowded.

I grew up between Makakilo and town and the negatives you guys had to say about downtown crack me up. I love the place and wouldn’t mind moving back but yeah, anything that falls on the ground is above me now lmao

I lived in Makaha for a few years, up the street from Makaha surf beach on Upena street. Loved it back in the 70's.

I was lucky enough to live in Kaneohe, Kailua, Makiki and Mililani. It really taught me how just a few miles can make a galaxy of difference in lifestyle.

Thanks for your love to Waianae. As a part Hawaiian who grew up mainland and spent summers in Hawaii, Waianae is what Hawaii and being Hawaiian are all about for me. I actually liked it a little when tourist books would talk stink because I never wanted Waianae’s local culture to be overrun. I still get mad too of course and say “good so stay the hell away!”

From So Cal.. I love Waianae.. last year was at an Airbnb there and walked around to local stores, eating places at times.. talking with locals.. had a great experience but I am mixed Asian maybe helped.. anyways, new subscriber here, love your videos! 🤙

As a haole I could not agree more. I live in Kailua (I rent). I’ve lived on Oahu for 8 years. Picked Kailua for schools and multiple highway accesses to town for work. I noticed less then a year living here that when I go to places like Nanakuli, Waianae, etc.. I experience so much Aloha. It genuinely fills your soul.

Fascinating, thanks

Are you guys like realtors though? 😂 you literally talked me out of moving to Hawaii. But the neighborhoods I was thinking of moving to on Oahu, you didn’t mention any of them. Really appreciated how real you are and will definitely reach out if we decide to make the move. 🤙

I love this so much!!

Mahalo 🌺 very entertaining you are both very FUNNY !! 🤣 Awesome video please do more of these !!

Can use maikai at both sack n save and foodland. Same thing that’s why. Just different name. Like how longs is cvs too.

originally from Aotearoa, been in Exit 8 (Wahiawā) for 20yrs....I like the bumper sticker "Welcome to Hawaiʻi - donʻt forget to go bk home" 😄

I loved this video! Noticed the heart of Waikiki and like the canal area weren’t covered, or was that what you consider “ downtown”?

Wow I live in Pensacola now dreaming of moving to Oahu 2023!

I lived in Pahoa on the Big Island I loved it there.

Not me thinking my car’s transmission belt was loose because of the sound your video’s transitions make 😂

I live in kaimuki so n 1923 cottage that termites are holding the place together. I am in the back of an Ohana lot. I surrounded on all 4 sides. The fireworks are nuts here

I went to school on Mookua st up to 13 years old but lived on Waikalua rd in Kaneohe

I am enjoying the local flavor of your folk's videos. Hey Derek, explain "bolo-head", lol (35:05)

I just went to Lani Kai to get away from the crowds… turns out Kailua isn’t the same as it was back in the 90s. Holy crap Kailua is so packed with tourists parking in every inch of public roads near the beach.

Don’t move to Hawaii if you’re not flexible and set in your ways and aren’t willing to make certain compromises. Don’t move to the city of Honolulu (Waikiki) in specific, if you don’t like hearing EV sirens all the time. Don’t move to Hawaii if you don’t like humidity. If you want all four seasons. For other islands besides Oahu. Don’t move to Hawaii if you like a very active night life passed 10pm. Don’t really wanna talk about the dark negatives. Lol oh boy. Thanks guys. Waikiki resident 5 years who’s also lived in kalihi as well. Aloha

The Waianae beach party/ wedding sounds amazing! I know they have some good ass food too!

Originally from Nashville. Live in Makaha,it's a lot like rural TN.

Hawaii is the 3rd most expensive place to live. It soooo congested in Hawaii.

Funny and educational… who knew? McKenna… Big Beach is AWESOME for body surfing. LOVE that beach! (Trying to forget about my memory of European man screaming from a dislocated elbow from trying to WRONGLY bodysurf) Well done guys.

Isn't there an upcoming affordable housing community development planned for Wahiawa? I thought I read that this last summer. The only wetter place I have experienced was living in Volcano Village on Big Island. Give me the Ewa Plaine please. Can hardly wait to move back in December. I really like this video format. It is a fun, informative and I think really helpful for for the uninitiated. Your efforts at respectful discretion is humorously entertaining. Mahalo.

You two are too funny!

Can you guy please talk about quality of internet for remote workers in various places you mentioned? Mayne a vlog about it?

The time difference from East coast or Japan. It is like 6 hours ahead or behind those places which is a pain to talk to those folks.

Ewa Beach & Kapolei do look like a suburb in PHX 😂😂😂

Hahaha I grew up in Ewa Beach and it’s so funny to see that things haven’t changed much 😂 that was in the 90’s early 2000’s

Great damn video.

Aiea's perfect as usual.

Lived both places, and saw most fireworks in 'Ewa beach, Liliha was pretty lit too. ( Was in Rehab Y2K.) Wahiswa has a good hardware store.

Not the shoes in the house 😂

Pretty much only local bands/ standup in concerts, it's too far out and too small to matter for the most part, same with professional sports (though the time zone is PERFECT for televised games!)

Pull out the fax machine and give um 😂😂💯

Why not include Kaneohe?

My wife and I really enjoy your channel. She’s Kamaʻāina and is Hapa and I’m Haole. We live ninth island now but lived on Oahu mostly in Kailua together from 2005-2015 and had a custom cake business there as well. I don’t think Kailua is without problems but I do think you guys were a little more hostel about your view of the people there. You didn’t seem to talk about the other side of the same coin when it came to other neighborhoods. There is small mindedness and disrespect towards others in all of the neighborhoods. We delivered all over the island and was able to meet many different types of people and most were kind and had aloha but there was a lot of hate towards me simply because I was white. There are lot of white people disrespecting the culture and are hostel towards locals (no aloha spirit)in Kailua but there was also a lot of unkindness from other areas of the island towards me. So I think it goes both ways. I love Hawaii and we plan on moving back some day. Anyway we enjoy the channel and love seeing Hawaii from a locals perspective….🌺 🤙🏻

To be integrated into local culture…what location BEST embodies the aloha spirit??!!

Kailua is the place that all my white friends who are visiting complain about having the most unfriendly people. They say if they wanted to be around mad white people they'd stay on the mainland LOL I dont think Kailua is all that unfriendly its just all the other cities have nicer local people for the most part

Thank you so much! We want to be out there and live in a beautiful area like you suggest honoring the land, but not the golf course crowd

Sack-N-Save stores are owned by Foodland. Good break down of the bads without savaging some folks homes.

I know you’re saying really- don’t move to Kailua if you don’t like a bunch of haoles everywhere. 😂😂😂 So sad. Kailua used to be so nice.

The big island has so much land.

Are they talking about Kailua Kona or the one on Oahu?

Don't move to Nu'uanu Valley if you are terrified of toads or have O-Negative blood. (Mosquitoes love O-Neg!)

Growing up my friends from the big island told me stories. My Japanese American friends dont say there Hawaiian we are Japanese American. I never been. One of these Days. Downey Library Downey Ca.. ❤❤❤❤

Were relocating back to Hawaii from Florida. I'm from Wahiawa,but were moving to Ewa. I'm dreading it! I already know my electric bill is gonna be sky high because I NEED ac. I've been spoiled here in Florida. We're selling our house here 4 bd 2 1/2 bath 1900sqft,currently paying $1369 a month. And moving into a 4 bed town house,$3291 a month for rent. It hurts my soul,but family is in Hawaii,so gottah sacrifice, I guess lol. Hopefully we'll be ready to buy in a year, when we're ready I'm calling you guys.

Manawili village looks like a SoCal suburb

As a white couple, we chose to stay out of Hawaiian neighborhoods, as we know full-well that you do not force yourself into others' lives and turfs. We live in a mostly Japanese and White retired area outside of Hilo and we know our place. We have lived overseas and we have learned a lot about where you should put up your tent, so to speak. We have lived on the Big Island for almost 2 decades. (Painted 10 free murals here! yay!)

Your Kauai, Oahu Monterey, Santa Cruz surf analogy was spot on! I’m from SC and I get more harassed in Monterey then anywhere but the Monterey guys surf in SC and no one harrases them cuz there kooks

Don't move to Kailua if you don't like sand Anakin Skywalker: Okay

Don’t move to Waianae….period, please, been gone 20+ years but keep seeing on videos and google maps and see how ruin so bad, in the day no traffic, “Waianae Store” was all there was, no fast food none of that crap, was Beautiful. Breaks my heart, scared to go home, would break my heart beyond repair. Aloha 🤙🏼❤️🇺🇸🤠

You hit it on the head on Ward I'm on Pensacola

Fort Ruger Market- Kaimuki plate lunch

You mentioned something about the land stability of an area in Manoa. What area is that? I'm making sure I avoid buying a place where there's going to be a landslide.

Brah about 35 years my boss’s husband was hit by a car crossing farrington in Maili, the neighbor called her at work she booked it to waianae comp , just beat the ambulance to the emergency doors and stood in front the doors blocking them and told the ambulance staff you not taking my husband in there !, they goin kill em’ inside there! you take him queens right now, she wasn’t fooling around, they jump bk in the ambulance and sped off to queens🤙🏻

hey, thinking about moving to Honolulu next month. How is dating in Hawaii? im 24 and african-american. lol that should be a video topic.

If I were going to move to the Islands, Kailua would be it. I cannot imagine a better windsurf launch than Kailua Beach Park. I live the whole town vibe. Thanks for your videos.

Hawaiian history & world politics were pretty complicated in the late 19th century. I'd encourage folks to listen to Dan Carlin's "Supernova in the East" epic podcast series on the topic. The geopolitics of the time pretty much sealed the fate of Hawaii, it was going to be annexed by Japan (indeed a full 25% of the population at the time was Japanese), or the USA. Even if the coup didn't happen, there was no way the USA was going to let Japan have an island chain that close to the west coast, period. Eventually, some pretext would have been cooked up to annex it, if not in the 1890's then soon after. Hawaii is as much a victim of history as it is anything, and the for what it's worth, Japan at the time was not exactly known for treating it's colonies super great (there is significant mis-trust of Japan to this day in places like Korea & China), so Hawaii probably got the best of two poor choices. I'm not saying it was right, or fair... but history is rarely either of those.

Don't move to Kailua if you don't like swamps and Mosquitos. Don't Move to Kailua if you have to go into town (Honolulu) in the morning because that might be another 2-3hrs in traffic. Meaning if you start work at 7am you might have to leave around 4-5am. Idk I lived their as a kid? Oh lower Kailua. Idk I like ward. But I love the city. If you looking for Hawaii slow then Oahu would be the wrong island I love downtown, downtown has first Friday. The Manapua Man is something I miss in town. If Eva has it that a plus idk why anyone wouldn't like that? Yes we are a landmark culture. Kaimuki I lived there too don't move there if you don't like hot, Don't move there if you like things close to you, Don't move there if you like continual sidewalks. Don't move there if you have to walk a lot and you hate walking up hill, Kaimuki is very hilly.

✌️ Ok, so, I want to attend law school at UH Manoa. I will probably work as a paralegal for a year before I leap into law school. I want to get acclimated to Hawai'i and if I live on the island for a year I can get the in-state tuition rate! My question is how much does it cost to ship your vehicle? Also, my entry-level salary would be $35-40k but there is a chance it can be higher $50k+. I don't want to be in a condo with crazy fees, I'm more than okay with a local neighborhood. I've been lucky to experience island life in the United States Virgin Islands, St. Croix specifically 🇻🇮. So I'm good with island life. Can you please tell me where to look given my need to be sortta close to campus with a lower salary to start? Looking for chill vibes! Nothing commercialized. Aloha! 🤙😎

I have lived in Kailua since 56 and I imagine that is before you were born.

Don't move to Hawaii. Just don't. The sand is itchy,the water is too warm,you can go blind looking at the sunsets,the waterfalls have leptospirosis, there's coral cuts, sunburn,sharks,moray eels,sea snakes, Portuguese man o war,wild pigs and angry locals. It's scary and dangerous. Pineapple, coconut and mango cost more than the mainland. Cars rust. There's poisonous gas coming out of the volcano. There's really no good reason to be here. Trust me. There's nothing to see here folks. Move along. These aren't the droids you're looking for. Mahalo and thanks for flying with us.

All the towns on Oahu have changed not just Ewa Beach

My dad is a medeiros from oniawa st Kailu?

On the mainland don't steal a parking spot from someone. Because your tires or windshield wipers will be Fd up.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Maui may be no ka oi, but Kauai mo' bettah! Everything you said about Kauai is what makes it good. But you're right, don't move to Kauai.

the talking point of not owning the beach applies to those transplants from the mainland living in Lanikai Kailua, you, know the ones thats been putting up gates and blocking public beach access walkways illegally, Or is it legal? because those keyed gates keep popping up and the argument and battle continues on, its been ongoing for years...

Dont move to OAHU if u dont like crime, traffic, haoles, or being in America instead of Hawaii.

Don't move to Kailua if you're the only brown person on that block. Enchanted lakes.

Don't move to Kapolei if you want quick access to the beach/water. There's beach next to the runway of Kalaeloa and there's Barbers Point Beach Park in Campbell, but neither of those areas are conducive to casual water activities or quick to walk to from anywhere in Kapolei. This leaves you with Ko-Olina and Kahe Point/Tracks and all of those will require you to drive. You can ride a bicycle to Ko-Olina through Campbell if you know the route, but if it's not an E-Bike it's going to be a workout coming back. That being said, Kapolei is a nice place to live and Makakilo has nice views and a breeze most days.

Anyone have a suggestion for a mixed black woman, Asian man couple to live ? Thx 💙

Wahiawa is a nice cold area

I'm glad y'all are doing this, but at least put a nice photo or painting of the 'Āina in the background. Better yet do the podcast on the lanai or backyard. The 2 of you are actually better outside, you know. Even better, get another native guest to share knowledge about what it REALLY takes to get there and STAY there (people, ocean, land, kids, karma, etc.). If y'all just gonna sit in that dull room and talk S then might as well return the studio equipment.

Don't move to the Westside if you can't mind your own business

They were a lot of locals.

Lol you mean don’t go kailua cuz get too many mainland haoles 😂. I just visited after moving out in 2004. I know had haoles, but was local haoles, but now it’s totally different. I didn’t recognize that place anymore. I lmfao with the “shoes in da house” 😂😂😂

What about Waikiki?

What are the cons and cons of Maui ?

Don’t move to Kailua if you want a Hawaii experience. Lol. I love Kailua, but it’s the Santa Fe of the island. People who move in.

I know people that chose Kailua just so they can say, “I live in Kailua”.