What Kinda Neighbors To Expect In Hawaii

Hey, how's it neighbor? Hi. I saw you guys had boxes. Are you guys moving? No. We're just organizing our garage. I heard you and your husband fighting. I thought maybe you were moving out. No. We're just playing. That's just how we talk to each other. You're not hitting you, huh? Okay. I'll see you later. Hey, I went and put your guys' trash can in. I notice sometimes you guys get a hard time. You know, me busy. Oh, yeah. I'll take them in for you guys yesterday. Thank you. That's really helpful. I mean, we both work full time. You know, the kids are in school. So we'll put it away when we get home. But I know sometimes you're home all day. So it might be later in the day for you. Yeah. We're pretty busy. I notice you're guttered. I think, you know, maybe kind of falling off. Need to be painted. I don't mind, but the HOA might mind. Nobody's said anything to us so far. I mean, unless you're going to call somebody, it's probably okay. I'll be surprised if you get one letter. So you guys having grad party? Yes, we are. We're going to have it on Saturday. Good. That's good. Maybe I come over. If you want to. I'm going to leave by 830 because we sleep at 830. You could leave 730 if you want to. If you want to or just like don't come at all, I guess. Anyway. I forgot to tell you guys about the newsletter. No, it's okay. The newsletter. No, it's okay. The newsletter. So one thing we've talked about on the channel is the sense of community that you can achieve in Kailua. We're here at the beach. We have a dog library, a bin full of tennis balls. We have a kiki toy library. So all kinds of things for you to borrow and use while you're at the beach and then put back on your way out community. When I think a community of people who actually want to get together and who care about the place they live and who are intentional about creating that feeling of community. This is the sort of thing I think about. These nets you grew up maybe in the tide pools, getting little fish with these. These are actually for beach cleanup here. So they have you pull these out, sift it, put your microplastics or whatever you find into these buckets, then empty it out in the opala, in the trash can on your way out. People who want to keep their community vibrant, to keep it clean, to keep it beautiful. That's the sort of thing that you can find in Kailua. So what kind of neighbors can you expect to have in Kailua? That really depends on where in Kailua are you. People who live in Kailua have a sense of pride for living in Kailua. Leave me a comment if you agree. If you're from Kailua or if you meet somebody who's from Kailua, they rep Kailua. And there's a lot of great reasons why. Now we're in a very nice community, a single family home community where you can just tell everything is perfectly manicured, everything is beautifully landscaped. These homes sometimes, you're like, this is not even a house. This is like an, this is, you know what, they don't have yard sales here. They have estate sales here. The homes in this pocket, they have names for these homes. It's not just your address, it's Hale Blank. Something you may see more in Kailua per capita than you would in other parts of the island are rock walls, custom gates. So that is a, you know, definitely an overarching theme in Kailua is that people are really proud to be here and they, a lot of the times, you know, targeted this community specifically because they have such a deep love for it. It's a beachy community. There's I would say also like a dog lover, animal lover. People have an idealistic view of what it is to live in Kailua. And so, you know, you're going to see that reflected in how the people around you, maybe If you're out on a walk in Kailua, you might actually get a wave back. You might get a shaka thrown at you. People are generally happy to be here. I'm showing houses in Kailua. I walk around the corner. I'm like, why is it so busy? Oh, because they're doing, um, like it was like a yoga retreat in somebody's large house like this. They just had a pop-up event and a yoga retreat. And then like a couple blocks down from there, they had like an Afro dance aerobic class around the corner. There's like lots of things to like step into here. Planned events and groups that you can get into, that you can get into, that you can become a part of. And I think one of the reasons why is that we all kind of know about, or maybe you don't, but Kailua is an area that transplants do come to. There are a lot of transplants who live in Kailua. What do I mean by transplant? Like somebody who maybe didn't grow up here, who moved over to Hawaii and targeted a community. Kailua is one of those target communities that people love to come to and love to set their roots down in. Part of being in a community that has a lot of transplants is a lot of people around you are like you in that they're trying to build connection. They're trying to build community. And so there's a lot more organic opportunities for you to be able to do that because there's a lot of like-minded people like yourself here who are looking for groups to join, who are looking for families to connect with, and who are looking to build relationships. We are now in Kane'ohe, still on the east side of the island. What's the vibe you're going to catch in Kane'ohe? You may hear more dogs outside. I feel like Kane'ohe has more, you know, big yards with chain link fences where the dogs are coming in and out. It's a sister community. It's right next to Kailua, but they're very, very different who would target one community versus the other. Multi-generational. There's here's uncle coming with his walker. Hi! I would say in general Kane'ohe can be a little bit more rooted and even kind of like rootsy feeling. In Kane'ohe, you might see more chain link fence and that'd be common and quaint and cool and cozy. I feel like Kane'ohe, you probably also have a lot more multi-generational families who have lived here for a very long time, maybe less transplants coming in and starting over, and a lot more, you know, families who have been here for a long time and potentially are passing their home down to the next generation. I see a lot of that here, a lot more than, you know, other communities on the island. Oh my god, what a beautiful yard. Look at these parakeet heliconias over there. Beautiful plants. You're also going to see plant lovers because Kane'ohe is lush, Kane'ohe is wet, Kane'ohe is green. Things grow crazy here. You are more likely to see people outside working in their yards because they are people who love planting and look at, I'm going crazy looking, I want to like steal everybody's plants here. In Kailua, you have things that are a little bit more manicured, so maybe you're more likely to see people who have landscapers who are working on their yards. So maybe a couple of differences there in the types of neighbors you might see. I would say that Kane'ohe, the neighborhood feels a little bit more wild. I don't mean like wild and exotic, I mean like things grow wild. A less manicured feel here. How you hang out with your neighbors. Maybe we are in the carport having beers and doing a barbecue rather than, you know, going to a planned event that we are meeting other people at. You might have people or neighbors who value the quietness and the privacy of their neighborhood versus, you know, the people who want to be a little bit closer to the action and who want to be next to Kailua town and who want to be next to the beach. So totally different neighborhoods, totally different vibes, and obviously totally different neighbors. So are you making your hands like you're going to talk? Are you talking or am I talking? Okay, talk then. So we're in Ho'opiri. We can talk about the neighbors to expect in Ewa, Ewa Beach, Kapoleka, but Ho'opiri is its own thing. Yeah. It's this new development that they're building and they will be building for years. What do you expect here? It's new faces because everybody's new here. Unlike other communities where you might have maybe be apprehensive about fitting in and integrating because it's a long standing community where there are families that have been there for forever. In Ho'opiri, you can expect to be okay because everybody, whether it's from Kaneohe or Arizona, everybody is transplanting from someplace else. Some people might complain, ah, not enough character because I know where my neighbor's guest bathroom is because it's the same as mine or my other neighbors or whatever. But on the other hand, when it's a newer community like this, there is this opportunity to integrate. So you have reasons to talk. Oh, what are you guys doing with your solar? You want solar? I can hook you up. What are you guys doing with your rock wall, your fence? Would the HOA approve this? There's just, when you move into neighborhoods like where I live in Merirani, you get the, oh, we're original owners. Over here, you have those people, that opportunity to create that bond right now. You have more transitory people, you have military PCSers that are larger scale than many other neighborhoods. But you have plenty of local people too. You see that lifted Yoda? See this Hawaiian flag? There's local people. There's military. Getting a lot of house for your money is not a one group specific thing. It's not exclusive to one type of person or one buyer profile. Many of us want the most house for our money. So mixed group, some fireworks. Maybe some Karens. Maybe some Pitbulls. It is an HOA community. It's an HOA community. So there's boundaries. Oh, Karens and Garens. Karens and Garens fireworks. That's the Hapa neighborhood. It's the Hapa neighborhood. So what are you going to say about 96 block? I was going to let you. Waipahu can be many things to many people. And obviously wherever you go, there you are. And so I was talking with one of our sellers actually who owns a home that side of Waipahu is like, oh, we used to live in this area. He's like, brah, everyone invited me to their house to eat. So it could be that. I mean, like Aiden was in Waipahu all the time growing up, right? Because his best friend's family is all in Waipahu. His grandma is with Waipahu. That's right. The grandma. Yeah. And their house is like the Paitina house that always has everybody over, right? I don't think Aiden's house. The friend's house. No, no. That's what I mean. Aiden's friend's grandma's house. So Waipahu is a place where you have a great time, neighbors inviting you over, and he lives in Waipahu. It's a place where you could have a really good time, a lot of drinking in the carport, a lot of, oh, you can help me fix my car. Yeah, right. I can help you change your radiator. I happen to live in this bougie suburb, seven homes around me, I'll get dogs. I'm the only one that don't have dogs. Not that I don't like dogs, but it's just, I wouldn't leave my dog out at midnight barking. What I was gonna say is, definitely not a place where if you're like, I hate it if the neighbors do X, or I don't want them to have dogs, I'm not just naturally gonna coach you to live Waipahu. No. Yeah. It's a non-HOA community. There's like outer Waipahu, Waikare, Punia. Yeah, I was like, we could get into that, but we've done a video on this before. Waipahu, Waipahu, no HOA, make your own rules, any kind, park on the street. There is no restriction on how your house, what color your house can be. Blue tile roof. Everybody knows the blue tile roof from the freeway. You can be whatever. You're going to have more columns and pillars. It's a roll of the dice. Yeah. As is anywhere. But what I do know you're going to find in Waipahu is really nice people. People who love to take care of each other. Yeah. You may not know this about Hawaii, but we do have multi-generational, a lot of kupuna, a lot of aging in place. That's the thing. Your neighbors in Waipahu are likely to be neighbors plural. It's the plural of plural. Lots of multi-generational living within Waipahu, as well as people who make it their life's mission to take care of your aging kupuna, your family members. Well, so they've turned homes into care homes. Yep. Things of that nature happen. And also really good food. I was just going to say, you starting to, people who take care of others. No, no, no. People who are often nurses. Jabuwakis. How far do you want to go? I was like, really good food. You're like, what kind? Yeah. How do you fight Olympia? How do I fight Olympia? How do you fight Olympia? You pounce it. That's a food joke. Yeah. Pounce it. So you've been watching this channel and sometimes you'd want to ask a question. What do you think about the market? What interest rates? Do you think I should buy? Do you think I should wait? Do you think I should sell? Do you think I should wait? If you ever want to ask those questions, but you haven't yet gone to coreteamhawaii.com, gone to the bottom of the website, filled out the contact form to schedule a consult with us. You want a little more distance, but you still want to engage a bit. Keep watching. We're going to plug how you can do that, how you can just ask us your questions from this platform later in the video. So one thing about living in Hawaii and what we do on this channel, where are you from? Me? Where are you from? We're from the mainland. Nice freaking guy. So one of the reasons people leave the island is, one of the reasons people leave the island, not common, but sometimes people come here, they catch cracks. Catch cracks can be literal or can be figurative. They figuratively catch cracks, meaning life was just thrown at them. It was more expensive than they thought. The locals weren't hospitable, the traffic was worse than they thought. It was hard. Flying back to the mainland to see people, locals leave because it's just hard to make it in general. Or in this case, as we tried to, you know, joke around, they might've really caught cracks. You know what I mean? The vibe didn't match the tribe and they just, after one of those, you just, I'm out of here. If I moved to New York, I got mugged. I'm gone, right? F these people. Sometimes that happens here, maybe even in Waipahu where we are, but just in general on all the islands could happen. So we are in Merirani, Merirani Mauka. What kind of neighbor experience to expect here? Well, I lived in these Ku'urako townhomes. These are some of the cooler townhomes on the island cause you get these big yards and I still live in this area. You can get all kinds of neighbor experiences. I actually thought about this recently. Mahi, I sent her a picture of the plant sale. Yeah, yeah. Auntie over there and her neighbors, they were all talking and hey, musubi sale, plant sale, take something to the neighbor. It was very cohesive and seemed like they all hang out or participate with each other to some extent. Where I live now, everyone's nice, everyone's cool, great, great neighborhood, but nobody talks to each other. There's a guy across the street, me and him, like we probably, I just got to make a little effort, invite him over to watch the fights or something. It's just, I don't know. It's just not there. Like nobody talks to each other. I can't say whether that's the strong Asian culture of like, I'm going to respect you and you know, your distance and privacy and boundary for harmony. For harmony. For harmony sake. A couple of people talk, not everybody talk, you know, it just depends, but what we don't typically have is fireworks popping, sounds blasting, might have a dogs barking, but it's not like breeding pit bulls. It's not like that. No more dog fights, chicken fights, stuff like that, right? Still, there are certain kind of things. So like we had a neighbor, was partying regularly, talk to him, nothing, talk to him, nothing. And finally talk to him a little more directly, we're not in some of the aforementioned neighborhoods. It's the kind of neighborhood where your neighbors expect some peace around 10 PM. In fact, we're having a party this weekend, pretty big party, three birthdays combined. We started prepping already, cooking and doing all kinds of stuff. It's very clear. We got to shut her down at 10 PM because this is that kind of neighborhood. So I feel like this is a neighborhood where the neighbor experience is fairly predictable. You can always catch some strays. Like that. Like right there. There's always a bit of diversity, you know, but it's a predictable, plain experience. And as you know, if you've been watching the channel, if anything, that's my gripe is it is so predictable. It is so plain, but hey, great place to live. So remember what I was saying, you could jump on and ask your questions. We do live streams every Tuesday on this channel. And that's an opportunity for people to come in, engage, joke around, just say aloha, watching from wherever Vegas, big Island. 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