Living in Hawaii is a whole other issue when it comes to money. It is safe to say that housing costs is why most homeless Hawaiians are homeless. With vacationers coming and going some choose to stay and buy homes. While these are no means citizens they buy goes have enough to pay the high prices of housing on the island. “In 2005, the hot real-estate market, coupled with record tourism business, helped Hawaii rank as the ninth strongest state economy, measured by annual GDP growth...” While the housing industry can be doing extremely it depends on who is buying the houses. On the mainland houses are usually being bought to be lived in full time. But for a tourist destination like Hawaii many of the house are being bought or rented as vacation
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Wong is just one of many families that have been unable to pay the high housing cost in Hawaii. This leaves many in terrible conditions and they have one choice and that’s to go homeless. Many have nowhere to go so they head for the beaches. “Some 800 people live on this small section of Oahu's western shoreline alone.” And another statistic shows that there are 487 homeless per 100,000 people. There are so many on the shoreline that they have set up their own community. For a little sleeping out on the beaches was manageable for residents. While they homeless were on the beach it hadn’t deterred anyone from showing up. But lately it has gotten out of and the homeless population has become a hazard. The beach has become a place of filth and crime. The homeless have high hopes to get out of their own debt but it is and has been a daunting task. It is an especially hard task when many homeless have drug problems. Along with drugs there are bed bugs, theft and rape. Through all the bad characteristics the beach has there are benefits. For many the beaches are a place of escape and there is a reason why many homeless are living on the beaches. This reason is that beach parks have life necessities like showers, toilets and water that are available. These parks do close but the beach parks are a must for the homeless. For the homeless these parks are the reason why they are alive and they bring hope to
Wong is just one of many families that have been unable to pay the high housing cost in Hawaii. This leaves many in terrible conditions and they have one choice and that’s to go homeless. Many have nowhere to go so they head for the beaches. “Some 800 people live on this small section of Oahu's western shoreline alone.” And another statistic shows that there are 487 homeless per 100,000 people. There are so many on the shoreline that they have set up their own community. For a little sleeping out on the beaches was manageable for residents. While they homeless were on the beach it hadn’t deterred anyone from showing up. But lately it has gotten out of and the homeless population has become a hazard. The beach has become a place of filth and crime. The homeless have high hopes to get out of their own debt but it is and has been a daunting task. It is an especially hard task when many homeless have drug problems. Along with drugs there are bed bugs, theft and rape. Through all the bad characteristics the beach has there are benefits. For many the beaches are a place of escape and there is a reason why many homeless are living on the beaches. This reason is that beach parks have life necessities like showers, toilets and water that are available. These parks do close but the beach parks are a must for the homeless. For the homeless these parks are the reason why they are alive and they bring hope to