> Yes!  Move to one of the larger Hawaiian islands!  They're marvelous.
  > 
  KJ> I'm sure they are!  I wish... But if everyone who liked Hawaii
  KJ> moved there, the islands would sink.  Don't they have some sort
  KJ> of limits on who can move there? And isn't it pretty expensive living
  KJ> there? (I've never been, just read about it).
  
It is slightly more expensive than the Washington, DC area.  Of course, we 
were on Maui, and I assume that Oahu is a lot more expensive.  Other things 
to endear Maui to you include the many endangered "native" bird species.  I 
say "native" because the ecohistory of the islands is really a series of 
invasions, from birds being blown off-course, etc.  Like Ireland, there are 
no snakes.  Because the islands were so isolated, things that evolved once 
they got there are not really the world's best survivors, and the invasions 
over the past few centuries have wreaked havoc on the older species.  For 
instance, wild pigs root up the soil, destroying plants, and the rats which 
probably came with the Polynesians are nocturnal, while the mongooses which 
were imported to keep the rat population down are diurnal, but hungry.  The 
mongooses like to eat the eggs and young of the older bird species.
While we did see pet parrots there, I assume that there is a real concern 
about escapees breeding and proliferating.
--- MacWoof 1.5.3
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