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About So You Want To Live In Hawaii
Product Description Here's the first practical book about day-to-day life in Hawaii. A warts and wonders look at the jolts and joys of Paradise including 105 survival tips; 15 professions in search of workers now; charts,information and resource guides on schools, housing, business, retirement and even romance. Includes overview of life styles of each island. Over 100 photos and 16 pages of color photos. Concise and thorough, it's designed to help decide whether paradise is for you. From Library Journal Hawaii. Paradise. Gentle breezes, sunshine, coconuts and bananas falling into your lap, beautiful scenery, great recreational opportunities. All true (well, almost all), and all there for the tourist. But what about permanent residents? Polancy's guide is essential for anyone seriously contemplating relocation. A Kauai entrepreneur learned only after the fact that her home-operated business would be severely hampered by the limit of only one telephone line in her condo and the absence of home postal delivery, with a year-long wait for a P.O. box. While a military assignment can be considered a transfer to paradise, the financial realities, including higher rent, insurance, utilities, and food, may cause a plunge into personal bankruptcy. Polancy provides useful information on the pluses and minuses of each island, facilities for children, and such delights as tsunamis and hurricanes, rats, head lice, roaches, crime, and DUI penalties. Read this first if you're thinking of moving to paradise. Highly recommended for large public libraries.?Thomas K. Fry, Penrose Lib., Univ. of Denver Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review Awesome! Polancy strips away many stereotypes and provides meaningul information and specific assistance without destroying the romance and opportunity that still is Hawaii. The book is a must for visitors and kama'aina alike. -- State Senator Sam Slom, director,Small Business Hawaii It hs beena blessing to us to read such a resourceful book. The information gave us much insight into our possible move the islands. -- Sandra Schmidt, Malibu, California About the Author As reporter, editor and columnist at newspapers in Pennsylvnaia and Florida, Toni Polancy covered stories that ranged from murder to meatballs, politics to polygamy. After 23 years in journalism, she sacrificed a job as managing editor of daily newspaper to move to Hawaii. The islands had a nasty reputation for luring newcomers only to cast them adrift on a treacherous sea of high prices, low wages and scarce jobs, so Polancy brought her own business. She started successful magazines on Maui and Kauai.
