Posted: 6/6/2009 4:50:46 PM EDT
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Hey guys, The wife and i have been thinking about moving to HIlo from Alaska. Her family has some property there and we were thinking of putting up a little cabin or something.
If there are any local folks, could you answer a few questions? Hows the gun situation down there? Crazy laws, local ranges, etc Hows crime? Job availability? Any other stuff we should know? The wife has been down there several times, just this would be my first. Thanks again North |
| Well i am not living in Hilo but my relatives are from there and i spent summers there growing up. All i really remember was the rain. Hilo is the rainiest US city. Also if you have breathing problems, you might want to reconsider the move since the light variable winds can keep the volcanic gases (vog) from blowing out to sea and irritate your lungs and eyes. i did love all the fishing and hunting and people were nice! |
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Hilo felt alot like Fairbanks to me
In general Hawaii has some pretty messed up gun laws Also they require that you quarentine your pet for an extended length of time Prices were more expensive than Fairbanks Dont know about Jobs It did rain a fari amount while we were there, though you are only a short drive (an hour IIRC) to Kona which gets almost no rain. FWIW, there are some cities in the rain forest of the Alaskan panhandle that get more rain than Hawaii. |
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Hilo felt alot like Fairbanks to me In general Hawaii has some pretty messed up gun laws Also they require that you quarentine your pet for an extended length of time Prices were more expensive than Fairbanks Dont know about Jobs It did rain a fari amount while we were there, though you are only a short drive (an hour IIRC) to Kona which gets almost no rain. FWIW, there are some cities in the rain forest of the Alaskan panhandle that get more rain than Hawaii. Going by topic: 1. That is what my in laws were saying about the area 2. I know about the 3 day gun registration thing, and nothing over .50, no pistol mags over 10 rounds, was wondering if there was anything else 3. I figured as much considering it is an island 4. Worst case the wife will work while i build our cabin on the property. Spend my days boar hunting, fishin and farming. Not a bad life 5. Love da rain mon |
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Hilo felt alot like Fairbanks to me In general Hawaii has some pretty messed up gun laws Also they require that you quarentine your pet for an extended length of time Prices were more expensive than Fairbanks Dont know about Jobs It did rain a fari amount while we were there, though you are only a short drive (an hour IIRC) to Kona which gets almost no rain. FWIW, there are some cities in the rain forest of the Alaskan panhandle that get more rain than Hawaii. Taken from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilo "Hilo's location on the eastern side of the island of Hawaiʻi (windward relative to the trade winds) makes it the wettest city in the United States and one of the wettest cities in the world. An average of 128.53 inches (3,265 mm) of rain fell on Hilo International Airport annually between 1949 and 2008.[5] At some other weather stations in Hilo the annual rainfall is above 200 inches (5,100 mm)." Kauai is supposed to have the rainiest point (Mt Waialeale). |
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My parents have a ranch about 1/2 hour outside of Hilo, up the mountain. It is very cold in the winter (for Hawaii) and wet like hell. In the winter it rains for days on end. Not just a slow steady rain, but a heavy downpour type. Summers can be nice, but it still rains quite a bit. Very green, laid back, but it has grown quite a bit in the last decade. Good fishing, decent hunting, and still enough space to not feel as much like an island.
As far as shooting goes, the Big Island has no public range, but there is the Big Island gun club, a 200m private range, very near my parents place just outside of Hilo. There is also the Big Island trap club in Hilo. When I am up there, it is not uncommon for people to shoot on their own property the further you live outside of Hilo. In the area that my parents live, it is not uncommon for people to shoot on their property. The area is agricultural farm lands, so the farms / ranches have the space to shoot. They are trying to push for a world class type of public / private funded facility, but they are looking on the opposite side of the island, about 2.5 hours from Hilo. http://hipsr.org/ |