The theme here on Kauai is "work to surf (or fish, dive, etc.)". Thanks to escalating housing costs, no one can afford to move to Hawaii to work.
With such a low unemployment rate, it is impossible to find qualified workers, or so I hear from local building contractors. Out the last 2 guys one contractor hired, one was on drugs and living in his truck and the other was mentally unbalanced, thinking he was descended from Hawaiian royalty and owned thousands of acres of land.
Thats pretty much the theme on every island :o)
Back later. I have to step out...
Hawaii has only a million people or so. Most of the islands are uninhabited, so what's the deal with expensive housing?