OK, I could live there.
An interesting combination would induce the desire:
1. A desire to enjoy the natural pleasures of life above all else
2. A lack of desire to engage with the rest of the world to any great capacity
Not now. We need money, and I love our life. But the kid will not be in school forever. And maybe we’ll have the money.
Waikiki is crowded, but that didn’t bother me. It is commercial so transparently that it is almost guileless, not a little like the Japanese tourists who populate it.
We spent plenty of time driving around.
Kailua is the natural beach town that Haleiwa may have been at some point.
The surf at Waimea Bay was up the day before and the day after we went there to watch surfers.
We missed the tsunami warning by half a day.