Big changes are coming to a Hawaii shoreline once known for surf shacks and shrimp trucks.
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Big changes are coming to a Hawaii shoreline once known for surf shacks and shrimp trucks.
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I hope you are wrong. If the Haleiwa Marketplace is redeveloped it will lose the charm, the businesses we frequent on our summer vacation may not be there. The North Shore vibe is unique with real people. A chance to visit famous surf spots and enjoy the beaches will all change. Seems like it’s becoming a commercialized Las Vegas another concrete jungle catering to the Ultra Rich.
Our 30th anniversary is coming and because our honeymoon was spent on Maui, we thought we would go back to one of the islands.
Oceanfront is important and unaffordable.
However its the mess of it all that will likely have us head somewhere else.
Its all of the bad news with vrbo displacing locals and the local officials dealings with the fires the way they did.
Its just too much overall, vacation is supposed to be relaxing.
Ill probably give Hawaii a few more years before going back.
Don’t make it for the rich and famous. Allow people to travel and visit the land it’s ridiculous
It’s sad that greed, and catering to the semi and ultra rich, is messing things up. I surf the north shore when I visit, but after reading this article, I’ll wait and see, but I may go elsewhere for vacationing and surfing