One year

So it's been one year since I moved to Hawaii. Here is a list of some observations that I have seen since.

1. If you are going into town in the morning leave before 0545 or after 0800, otherwise you will be in traffic for a while. When you are leaving work for the day, leave before 1500 or after 1900. 
2. From the above statement, traffic sucks
3. People don't know how to drive here
1. Can't merge correctly (why does all the lanes have to slow down?)
2. When there is a hill, yes let's all just slow down for the fun of it
3. When it rains, oh we don't know how to handle this "wet" weather, let's just go 10 miles an hour slower
4. Always carry cash on you, some smaller places only take cash or local checks, yes checks
5. I can actually use the checks that I have!
6. Shipping for free from Amazon, get out of here.
7. Shipping costs more than the actual item, wow didn't see that one coming
8. Biggest sports craze is UH Women's Volleyball and UH Football. We have no professional sports to root on. 
9. Tourists everywhere that make driving down in Waikiki a pain. What does the flashing hand mean again? 
10. Construction, add on a few years to a small project and you might be on through the planning stages. 
11. Finishing a road, naw, let's just leave it coned off so that we can still say that we are providing people jobs. How hard is it to pour 24" of concrete and asphalt, obviously it takes longer than a year to do that
12. Rail system? forget that, we like our traffic instead
13. Internet? what is that? Oh being connected with the rest of the world, I guess that would be a good thing. 
14. Hawaii Five-0 is does wonders for more publication for the State than what I have seen from other methods
15. "Keep the Country, Country" Yes, let's just keep the state back in the "dark ages" 
16. Unions control everything here
17. We love the money the military brings into the state, we hate all the people that the military brings here to the state
18. "Affordable housing" starts at high $300s
19. Homeless people everywhere, it's a roving city of homeless people. I know this is bad to say, but they are an eyesore in town and everywhere. 
20. All the speed limits could be raised on average 10 mph on the island
21. You can even visit Disney out here now, they have an amazing new hotel on the westside of the island
22. Everyone seems to have a 1) a Sams club membership; 2) a Costco club membership; and/or 3) can shop at the NEX
23. There are amazing hikes here, just don't go hiking by yourself
24. The rainy season is amazing, it cools everything down and makes the entire island green
25. Perpetual summer, if you love warm weather, this is tropical paradise