re: 65% of Hawaiians don't want people from out of state to visit

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I empathize with them. I don't want a bunch of Yankees clogging up 65 for 7 months out of the year, either. Other Deep South baws are slightly more welcome.

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That's about the size of it.

Other than this year my wife and I spend 3 weeks on Kauai every year, going on 15 years now. Through my wife's unfathomable charm we have become good friends with two families. They invite us to family luaus and get us local discounts with the dive companies and other tourist activities. But they make no bones about it, we are their token haole friends. They also understand they monetized their culture and paradise and it was primarily their own choice but they also feel it has been a net negative for many of the natives.