This isn’t politically correct, but nonetheless quite accurate. The real revolution in Hawaii is not political, not racial, and has nothing to do with Hawaiian sovereignty. Sorry. That’s just the way it is.
The real revolution in Hawaii is financial.
First, the rich are getting richer. The rest of us rent. Who do you know who recently bought a home with an average selling price? The median price of a house on Oahu is nearing $650,000.
Second, there are more ways to give your money to someone else than ever before. If you haven’t shopped at Wal-Mart, or the new Safeway super market on Kapahulu then you don’t understand. For the rest of us, the trend is unmistakable. More places to spend more money.
Whole Foods is due to arrive on Oahu this year in Kahala Mall, with another location planned for next year. If you have not shopped Whole Foods but are impressed with the new Safeway, you’re in for a shopping treat– and another way to see your money leave.
Honolulu already has two Apple Stores with a third due to open in Waikiki at the newly refurbished Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center (or whatever the new name may be). Apple Stores are wonderful meeting places for gadgeteers, Mac or PC owners. But three in once city with less than one-million people? We’re privileged to have such a trendy place to see our credit card balances increase.
What of Nordstrom’s, the great white hope chest of the Northwest? The Ala Moana Nordstrom behemoth is set to open this spring, yet another example of Retailing Gone Wild, another place to park my car and open my wallet in air conditioned comfort.
Hawaii’s real revolution is not political, it’s business as usual.
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