Quote from: RSN172 on February 23, 2016, 03:50:50 PM
I moved to the Big Island 18 months ago from Oahu and my whole family loves it here. We have made several new close friends and love the sparsely populated subdivision I live in. 12.5 Sq miles and 580 people. All of Kailua, where I used to live, including the marsh is only a little over 10 Sq mi with about 45,000 people. Try the Big Island, you will love it here.
That's a great endorsement. Generally, where are you?
We've only spent a couple weeks on the Big Island, and we know it offers the best bang for the real estate buck.
We'd prefer anywhere with less than 80 inches of rain.
I really want to avoid an HOA if I can.
Not saying I will, but I'd like to have the freedom to build an unconventional structure if that's what we choose i.e. earth sheltered house or even something crazy like a container house.
Odds are we'll stick with conventional construction, but the idea of submitting to yet another layer of hyper-local HOA government is not appealing to me.