Your questions are very different from each other. 1) The crime rate in Honolulu is much lower than it is in many North American cities, but like those cities, there are times and places you can be that make it much more likely that you will be the victim of a crime, including outside a Waikiki nightclub at 4 AM. That being said, I was once on a Waikiki beach hanging out at 4 AM, dropped by wallet, and got it back from a scuba diver a couple days later.2) There are several hazards you should be aware of in Hawaii. In my 9 years on 3 islands, I ve felt a strong earthquake, coughed through some volcanic haze, paid attention to earthquakes around the Pacific that might generate a tsunami, driven through floodwaters, known people to get stuck on the wrong side of a brushfire, been rained on by some tropical storms, battened down for some high wind advisories, etc. But I ve not been actually inconvenienced any more than by ice storms, tornado warnings, and so forth in North America. And I told my family I m not visiting them in the summer or winter until they get some better weather.3) In some ways Honolulu is a gay friendly city. In other ways, you will find that it is really different from the place you come from. For example, one seems to meet a lot more drag queens and transsexuals, and maybe not as many straight-acting, openly gay folks.4) What life is like in Honolulu for just about everybody I know is working all the time trying to afford rent, gasoline, and milk (though I gave up drinking milk years ago). We all know that we could have such a higher standard of living if we moved someplace else, but we stay, and we pay the price.
SOme of your questions I can answer well. I was born and raised, educated up to graduate school in Hawaii, once I got my career established I left home to get ahead. That I did get once I left, I do not regret it and love living here oppose to an island.During my life time I have lived through Hurricane Iwa and Hurricane Iniki, two in 38 years before I left. That s not so bad. The big island has had earthquakes as has Oahu but those are rare. so are tsunamis, never encountered more than a tsunami warning.It is a gay friendly city, it rains almost daily and the sun comes out daily mostly as well. A lot of green plants you ll see, lots of flowers and such.It is extremely expensive to live there, very costly and you ll find people wither rent or own a home, but it s hard to get ahead when you are paying 1200.-1900 rent for a house. Keep in mind homes are smaller in hawaii, very small quarters. The big homes are for people and there are many who live in multiple families. Extended families in order to survive.Purchasing a home is costly, over 600.000 is the average for a house and over 300.00 for a 2 bedroom small condo. If you live directly in Honolulu it is more expensive since you won t have much traffic to deal with. Everything is shipped in to Hawaii so you ll find even Home Depot a lot of items needs to be special ordered. A lot of homes are made form Redwood or wood and people spend so much money to survive and pay the mortgage that they don t spend as much on decor and the fancy household stuff.The homes have a different look and style to them. Houses and condos are very small compared to the mainland and the groceries cost a fortune, if you cannot afford the life there you won t want to move there, you should visit for a month or two and see the life and not tourist life to get an idea if this is what you want to do. There is also travel expenses, when visiting the mainland the fligts cost a lot and you can only go by plane. So another thing to think of.Wearing shoes in the home is a big no no, Don t ever wear shoes in someones home they will think you have bad manners an when going to someones home make sure you bring a gift, pie, food or something. Thats called The Aloha Spirit. There is a lot of racism in Hawaii against White people so just to give a heads up. Even if they call themselves the melting pot and there are a lot of ethnicities, they do not care much for white folks. I grea up in Hawaii half White and life was a living nightmare growing up because I was too light.Look into what life is like in Hawaii do some reserch and you ll find out more information. Best Wishes.
the crime rate is almost 0%! I say almost zero percent, because sometimes people go over the speed limit by accident. but besides that, the prisons are empty because we don t have any criminals! Everybody are law abiding and happy people! And if you got white skin, you will be treated like royalty here! Please come here and enjoy paradise, you will have the time of your life!!