Clarence TC Ching

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        Although Hawaii attracts many people each year for its tropical weather and laid-back lifestyle, paradise also has its downside.  Residents in Hawaii are often complaining about the high cost of living in the islands’.  Compared to other parts of the United States, everyday items, such as groceries, cost about 30 percent more in Hawaii than on the Mainland.  You may be thinking that this is due to high shipping costs, however, shipment adds only about five percent more to the retail price, making the need to maintain larger inventories, higher costs for the use of land and buildings, and Hawaii’s four, almost five, percent excise tax, the major reasons why simple everyday items that we use to survive are emptying many consumer’s pockets.

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        The costs of groceries are not the only problem Hawaii residents face.  The main issue that is presently forcing many people out into the streets is the ridiculous price of housing.  Due to hard economic times, there are not many jobs being offered to unemployed residents.  Now that prices for housing are through the roof, many can no longer afford a home, which not only cause homelessness to rise but poverty as well.  One factor that is causing the high price for housing is the restricted amount of land that allows our cities to expand.  This helps create our problem ...

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