Where is the cheapest place to live in Hawaii? -

Or, to go for a vacation.....cheapest place?

If you are vacationing, then booking a hotel a few blocks back from the beach will cut costs. Look for a place that is on Kuhio Ave or on one of the side streets that run between Kalakaua the Ala Wai. As far as living in Hawaii, the Big Island is less expensive than most places. On Oahu the further you get from Honolulu,the less expensive it is. But that would include neighborhoods that would not be very hospitable to transplants form the mainland.

Cheapest place would be the neighborhoods that the resort staff making minimum wage are living in.

nowhere! everywhere is pricey there!

In a dumpster.

Is the Louisville Zoo in a nice area? -

I m moving to Louisville in the spring around the airport/louisville zoo area. I would be walking to work and am wondering if it is a nice neighbourhood around the airport/zoo.thanks!

While the zoo and airport and not far apart, they cannot be considered the same neighborhood, particularly if you re talking about walking. They are about 3 miles apart, but perhaps more importantly separated by two major interstates - I-65 and the Watterson (I-264) - and a third local one, Preston Highway.The area around the zoo, while not the best part of town, is not the worst either. Residential, generally pretty livable.The area immediately around the airport, as the case with many airports, is pretty rough.

the first answer is right- the zoo and airport are not in walking range. the neighborhood around the zoo is pretty decent- there s a few parks in the area, a hospital, schools in the area, not too bad as far as crime goes.

Going on exchange to Minnesota? -

Next year I am going on exchnage to Minnesota, USA. I have been told that they have very different or strange accents, is this true? And also I want to know what they might think of me, I m from australia I do well in school but im deff not a nerd or anything like that and I ll be studying most likely year 12 over there.Seeing as I ll be leaving Australias 35-40 degrees C climate and landing in their winter what clothes do you reccomend i take on the plane with me?Thankyooouu :)

Ooooo Minnesota is really cold in winter. They do have funny accents that are fairly distinctive. You won t find it anywhere else in the US but it s not like you won t understand what they re saying or anything. There are a couple movies that you can watch to see kind of what it s like. Fargo is one a lot of people like but I never cared for it. It really shows the winter weather and the accents tho. Grumpy Old Men is great and it shows the weather but not the accents so much. New in Town is a more recent movie with Renee Zellwiger that isn t bad and it really shows the weather and the accents. Siobhan Fallon plays a character named Blanche that does a perfect Minnesota accent. They are gonna love your accent. We Americans are crazy for Australian accents!!

Answer #1 is sure a good one! You will need warm clothes for winter but since you are arriving for the school year, don t you arrive in August or September? In that case you can arrive with your normal clothes and get some cold weather clothes after you arrive. If you are arriving in January, that s another story. I assume your host family will be picking you up from the airport. If you arrive in the dead of winter your family can meet you at the airport with borrowed cold weather clothes. They can be expensive so since you are not staying maybe your host family can either help you borrow stuff or take you to a thrift shop to find a parka or warm coat and some boots. Then get new hat, scarf, and mittens and you ll have a good outfit. It doesn t get that cold until november or december though so if you arrive at the beginning of the first semester in the Fall, you have time to get your cold weather gear. Minnesotans love Australian accents. You will understand them just fine.

My mom is a native Minnesotan, so I am familiar with the ways of the northerners. You Betcha, those Minnesotans have strange accents, dontcha know. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHvm9AfXP��As for what they will think of you probably will depend on where you ate going to be. If you are going to Minneapolis/St. Paul (Twin Cities or just the Cities), there is a good amount of cultural diversity, so you won t be thought of as too foreign. The rest of the state is rural, so expect to have questions about kangaroos as pets, Vegemite, Paul Hogan and shrimp on the barbie. They will think you talk with a strange accent. Take the warmest clothes you have for the winter. You will probably have to buy more when you get there. Temps reach below -10F (-23C) with wind chills -50 to-100F (-60 to -73C) There are frequent snows and winds making blizzard and white out conditions possible. If you are interested in snowboarding or skiing there are a number of places to go. Summer temps are fairly close to where you are with greater humidity and giant mosquitoes. Good thing for air conditioning and many lakes.