It's wild how greed destroys cities and towns, and then the greedy folks complain about how trashed everything is and how many homeless folks are roaming around. Imagine if this whole "rich area" was developed into normal middle class (well, what used to be middle class, since the middle class has been obliterated) homes and neighborhoods. The overall situation on the island would probably be way better off with more people living comfortably (not excessively) and working class folks could maybe afford family homes. I'm a class of 93 high school grad and I'm still trying to wrap my head around how badly American society has failed. And before anyone vomits up a political party to blame, you should realize that it isn't a party issue, it's a Rich vs Poor issue, as it has always been.
Not exactly. If the rich people left then it would just become slums and then people like you would complain about "white flight". The reason why homes are unaffordable is because of artificial scarcity. The majority of land in Hawaii is owned by the state and can't be used for housing. Then what housing can be built is too expensive because of regulations and building codes.
@@danielroque8504 I don't see how that's not a problem. They still don't have beach access. And are crowded by neighbors. That doesn't change no matter how much money they have. $18 mil is still a lot even if you're rich.
@@danielroque8504 If I was loaded, I'd still not even consider hawaii, its warm year round which would be boring and depressing, and don't even get me started on the BUGS, the bed bugs/flying roaches etc. terrible and not worth it
Everyone knows that Oahu is the sacrificial island you go to shop and leave. Kauai is unaffordable, Maui is expensive now too, Molokai and Lanai are closed, which leaves Puna on the Big Island the only affordable option for many, and now it’s blowing up. Puna is the fastest growing district in the state but the infrastructure is lacking severely. Traffic, postal, food, very behind. The growth potential is huge and it’s happening. We’re over here cashing in on the building boom because you can’t stop it. It’s nice that you can have space though. One lot in Puna would hold eight houses in Oahu for a small fraction of the price. People from all the other islands and California are pouring in because it’s cheap compared to there.
If you buy Puna, you're literally sleeping in the line of fire on an active volcano and some of the people are scary. Some locals won't even go there. 😊
10 years ago I looked at renting an off-grid cabin on 10 acres for $400/mo but today it's $5-600/mo on 5 acres. Stayed in Washington state. Glad I did and now know Hawaii is off the "retire here" list.
@@DD-gy9xt HA ha, where do you live on the planet that’s NOT susceptible to a natural disaster? The answer is nowhere. The only place on the big island not susceptible is maybe north Hawi. Meanwhile HPP in lower Puna is expanding rapidly because it’s cheap and a higher grade lava zone, but even that’s an illusion. Kona isn’t safe because of Hualalai and Mauna Loa. Everyone we both know including ourselves is one step away from being homeless. But hey, stay away and we’ll enjoy some of the most beautiful land and climate on planet Earth.
When you live in Hawaii you quickly realize that it is so great, but there is really nowhere else to go once you get there. How many times can you drive around the whole island. 🏝️ 😮
True that they call an island fever and people who are born on the continent and raised on the continent don't fancy to be trapped like that one way to not be trapped and have enough money to fly off the island anytime you want and how many people have that
@@Iambriangregory I lived there for 2 years which was not long enough for me to catch island fever, but I was worried I would not find adequate work when I left the military 😅 (so I left). We live in California and my wife thinks she wants to move to Hawaii. I ask her if she has a million dollars? And where do you think you are going to work? 🦗🦗🦗😮
@@trevorthetherapist4200 those are good questions and she is going to get Island fever also and again people who are born on the island from infancy they have a propensity to have an island life seem normal and they do not have a longing to be on a continent
@@Iambriangregory I make a good living in California. It was easier to make my money and then wonder about moving back to Hawaii than to move their and wonder how you will make it 🤣🤣🤣
@@annjames1837 being a "resident" means you live there over 9 months of the year, you pay your state taxes there, your children go to school there, you have a state ID and you must live in Hawaii for at least 3 years before being able to purchase a home. No exceptions except if you were born there and were forced to move somewhere else because of the disastrous governance of the past 130 years.
I was a musician on Oahu for many years. I worked all over the island, from Waianae, Waikiki, everywhere, and I also worked in Kahala for a long time. The musicians in Waianae were my favorite down to earth good people. The musicians who worked Kahala lived in Hawaii Kai and they were incredible snobs - and no, they weren't haole.
The scariest part is that if one link in the supply or infrastructure chain breaks, everything you see here is done. You can’t sustain life in these jammed neighborhoods. Scary.
it's so true i have a luxury life, don't have to work and it's so boring and if you don't find something to do for 4 or 5 hours a day your screwed mentally
@@sascha-s7v your day will not be as mentally screwed as the day you walk down a dark alley with somebody like me who has an appetite for tender morsels such as yourself.
Nick my mother was going homeless for 50 years. One thing she always taught me is if a fish is dying and you blow bubbles into it’s tank it might save it 🐟
@@lucianaromulus1408 okay cool I can go for that people sometimes people use illustration that people can't understand or relate to just like a joke if you have to explain it it's not a joke
My parents live in Hawaii Loa Ridge. Over 25 years. We know most of the neighbors on our street. My dad was doctor, neighbor was a US Attorney, other neighbors were doctors, dentists, research scientists, bank controller, etc. all high paying professionals.
As someone who grew up here, I realized I will never ever get to own a house. The “ok” houses here are considered a dumpster dive in the mainland, and the “nice” houses here are a “normal” house on the mainland.
I grew up in burien Washington near Seahurst Beach and they can easily build a bridge or tunnel to the Olympic peninsula now via vashon Island, that would give Seattle enough room for another million easy commuters. 200 super wealthy will keep it from happening forever😢
I'm always surprised that the rich are willing to live on top of each other with no yards, just for a view. If I had that kind of money I'd want 50 acres to put my mansion.
@@Iambriangregory There is some weird conspiracy theory that blue roof houses were protected against the directed energy weapons that were supposed to have caused the Maui wildfires.
@@IambriangregoryI believe the blue color reflects the energy of the satellite space lasers and that’s why the blue cars and blue roof houses didn’t burn in Maui. 😂
The ultra-wealthy live/own on The Big Island at Hualalai, Kukio, Mauna Kea Beach, etc... All gated. They are insanely expensive. Often you have to sign nondisclosure agreements to work at most. Knowing many of these properties I know where to go if there's ever an apocalypse. With little or no new development and people having multiple kids, many will need to relocate. It happens all over the country.
Cool video! I love the drone shots and the interview with the real estate agents was very insightful and entertaining. I hope you continue and go to the other islands.
@@johnl5316The blue roof. The going conspiracy is that it's just a bit odd that homes on Maui with blue roofs were not affected in the Lahaina fires. Oprah may or may not have a blue roof, not sure.
Puerto Rico is much lovelier and here in Hawaii green vegetation is not much as is in My Island born of PR.. you keep your overrated Hawaii I will keep my beautiful island...🇵🇷💁🏽♀️😌
In California, if you have a beachfront property, you try to prevent people being able to park near the beach. By making public access inconvenient, you raise the value of your property because the nearby beach is then mostly accessed by you and your neighbors.
No mention of MakikiRoundTop ? Our neighbors dressed for dinner ,had maids and uniformed drivers, our house had a maid and gardeners' cottage plus a 30 by 40-foot front porch, bordered by a pink cement 12by60 foot side porch bordered by mother-in-law Tongues ,48 French windows, an orchid house with carport for 3 cars overlooking Waikiki and ala moana. I could coast from the top of tantalus down to the pumping station on my soap box racer. I felt sorry for most of the people in east Honolulu in cookie cutter houses except Kahala and Portlock, my God Mother lived in Black Point. I spent a week at the Lurline pool on the way back from San Francisco with Duke Kahanamoku learning speed swimming .Always a sight to watch th fire boats saluting the big passenger liners as they sounded their horns and the tug boats brought the hula girls .I was close to a Hawaiian Reservation and by 8 identified with the kids I played and walked to school with I was accepted by them by learning perfect Pidgeon. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TOUR Aloha
Oahu is my favorite Hawaiian island. I have spent a lot of time there and have often wished I could afford to live there. Unfortunately, that will most likely never happen. ☹️
I lived in Hawaii on the Island of Oahu (The Gathering Place) for 37 years. My family and I moved to Northern California 17 years ago and the difference in the cost of living is incredible with food, gas and home prices in California much, much better.
Honolulu resident here..born and raised. Can confirm that to afford living here you need your regular job, your second job, and a side hustle. Also 3:10 that's not Diamond Head, that's Koko Head. Diamond Head is the one right outside of Waikiki.
I have visited Hawaii once back in the 70's. It is beautiful but I don't have a desire to go back or live there. I think we should help the true native Hawaiians afford to live there.
There is only one gated community and that’s on a hill in the Aina Haina area. Obamas house is located in Kailua not East Honolulu. There is a Whole Foods right nearby Diamond Head aka Kahala. Hawaii Kai is not the Beverly Hills of Hawaii, that would be the Diamond Head area known as Kahala. East Honolulu has a Costco and a Safeway. In Hawaii Kai there is Koko Head. In Kahala east of Waikiki you will find Diamond Head.
I was just thinking the same thing as someone from the Caribbean I’m not impressed one bit looks like a regular neighborhood in some Caribbean islands .
This is some kind of a dystopian episode from the future - where do they get those numbers from?! We are just casually discussing a 65k/month mortgage payment on a bloody island a thousand miles away from mainland US, no jobs available locally, crammed infrastructure and no private beach access? unless they have some sort of a different currency to the USD (Hawaiian dollar?) and the exchange rate is 10/1, this is truly mind boggling. If the US managed to colonize other parts of the Pacific, a wooden hut somewhere in the Philippines would cost you a million dollars by now. Makes you wonder!
Notice the cars when driving through the ghettos vs in the mid-upper class neighborhoods. Financial education is the #1 key to getting wealthier. If you’re poor, you shouldn’t be paying car monthly payments that are more than your housing rent.
The two ladies were very informative. IMHO, most of the so-called celebraities are on Maui qand Maui to me reminded me of southern Cali. I'm glad tht they explained the empyt lots. There's a lot more to Oahu than Honolulu. Good reporting, Nick.
In a few short years, those rich homeowners will be investing in a security wall to keep undesirables from their community, complete with a militia courtesy of "Grand Chairman Trump."
The wealthiest neighborhoods in the state of Hawaii are on the Kona coast of the big island. Just the lots with no house go for 15-25 million and are pretty small. Its sunny 360+ days a year there. I fly in between all the islands frequently and Kona airport has the most private jets by far, Oahu is not even close. I know the owners of Salesforce, Goodyear and Samsung all have houses there along with many athletes and celebrities. East Honolulu has a high population of millionaires but not ultra wealthy.
@@NickJohnson a quick check on Zillow shows many listings for 20, 25, 30, 32 and 40 million respectively within a couple miles of each other, as you showed the most expensive house on Oahu at 18 that will probably sell for 15 tops I believe the numbers just don't add up. There may be clouds passing by from the mountains but it does not rain. Amazed at your expertise with a couple weeks of vacation experience 😃
One of filming location of Magnum P.I on Waimanalo beach.House in the show was called Robin's nest. Sadly, the original house was torn down in 2017 :-(
Love your Hawaiian Series! Thanks for showing all sides of it. Looks like yall had a blast too 👍So when are you coming to see us in the Caymans? Please let me know if you decide to!! 🇰🇾🇺🇸👏❤️
As someone who's renting a place across the street from the beach in East Honolulu, I agree. I drive up the ridges fairly often for deliveries and the view along with the cooler temperatures and cleaner air are much more livable.
I was going to ask if you had a chance to visit Shangri-La... and the gals mentioned it. Home of Doris Duke - "World's richest girl". One of my nieces worked there as security. They are also right about the Hawaii Kai Costco - best I've ever seen.
In these top-shelf communities, what struck me most are the cars parked in the drive and street...typical middle to upper-middle class family cars. Nothing wrong with that of course (we have a Dodge and a Jeep), but not the Benzes, Porches and Maybachs I would have expected for houses worth well into seven figures.
😊😮❤ Nick, as a realtor I think it's so cool you let us know how ridiculously high all the land is in Hawaii. It just came as a shocker that 15 people live in a house to pay that $3,000 a month rent.
A sad fact about “East O’ahu”, prior to being developed, it was one of the last (or maybe even THE last) places that had a Hawaiian village (on O’ahu). All of the people were evicted from an area that some peoples families have lived for hundreds of years… so they could develop mansions for the rich people, mostly Americans. Those Hawaiians became homeless, like so many other Hawaiians kicked off of our ancestral lands, for outsiders to bulldoze our sacred sites and burial grounds… so outsiders can live here. Side note: are you sure Paul Mitchel lives in East O’ahu? He used to live in Lanikai in Kailua, I thought he still did… well not “live” there, but own a house there.
Obama has or is building a new home on the spot of the "Robin Masters" estate from Magnum P.I. Right next to the water, where the oceans are rising. Guess Barry forgot about it when he made the purchase.
Thank you, Dani’i! I remember the hazy Saharan dust from my years living on St Croix. At least it suppressed hurricane development…but it was dusty indeed! Blessings on you🙏
Capitalism is a marvel. In capitalism, citizens can choose whether they want to work hard to get an extravagant house like this or whether they prefer to be a lazy homeless person and live under a bridge.😅😅😅
Where's all the people splashing around in pools, on the sidewalls, driving on streets? I imagnie, either, most are vacation homes, or, to busy working to pay for their over-priced home to enjoy them.
firt time watching hawai and your chanel 17 minutes 800 views,wow so amazing chanel and great view hawai,i feel travelling,i really enjoy watching while laying on bed
They have the same thing in Malibu. David Geffen owns this massive compound and he's been suing for years to cut off the public beach access trail right next to his compound. He even tried shenanigans to block it and got in trouble 😂 I kinda know what it's like, I moved to a townhouse complex where the community dumpster was right next door, people throwing their trash in there all hours of the day and night. It definitely sucks.
The elite live on Kauai. Where my Aunt and Uncle live. Mark Zuckerberg lives there also. My Aunt's house is $17 million. She lives outside of Kapua. Here house is well known. She was the CEO for world finance for a major company back in the day and my Uncle was a contractor for NASA. He was programmer for the computers on the space shuttles and more. I love your channel Nick!! Been subscribed for 2 years at least.
"Rich people" are proof that the American Dream is still possible! If others can, so could we. Would you rather have EVERYONE POOR?! Your glass is either half EMPTY or half FULL, depending on your ATTITUDE. Find out how others SUCCEED, and do thou likewise.
last walk around in Waikiki/Honolulu reminded me of Hong Kong where people living on top of each other. Maybe not yet for Honolulu, but probably in 10 years, Oahu would be more populated and with more concrete buildings, apartments and houses along with twice as much vehicles on the pavement than we have now. Imagine what the air quality, water and traffic would be like? Yes, HI would be just like Hong Kong with densely packed skyscrapers/buildings from the beach front all the way up the hills. Oahu currently has a population of 1.1 million vs. 7.5 million in Hong Kong. Finally, Hong Kong also has the best public transport and subway network system in the world and Hawaii has none. So traffic will only get worst along with pollution.
The prices of homes have actually gone down, it’s median $900,000 now but a few years ago it was median $1.4 million. I think the crackdown on Airbnb investors helped.
The (Original Magnum PI) Tom Selleck use to own a beautiful home on Black Point and Kahala on Diamond Head. It was gated so you can't get down into see the homes from Kahala, but I did eventually see his home. Honestly, many of those homes are just stacked onto each other. For me, I would lose the love of Hawaii If I lived there, I'd rather vacation there a couple times a year in the winter for a month or two.
I live on Oahu, on the north shore near waialua and it’s crazy how many mansions there are everywhere these days. I’d rather have more land than a huge house honestly. I lease some land and manage a small ranch, it’s a lot of work but I’m able to live in a spot where most houses are over a million which I wouldn’t be able to do otherwise. It sucks because so many of us who were born and raised here are having to leave because of how expensive everything is. My mom has a house in aina haina, which is now considered a ‘fancy’ neighborhood that she’s had for decades and worked really hard for, and she’s now considering selling because of how expensive property taxes and cost of living is. I feel like they should limit the amount of people who are not from here who can buy property here.
x 0:34 Great view! x 2:56 I once went on a three-day-long date that started on Bainbridge Island! x 4:13 Haolewood! lol x 5:35 Beyoncé and Jay-Z are two of my favorite music artists! x 8:38 Looks like a cool hang-out area! x 9:13 The rich folks probaby hate that they can't own those paths! x 9:54 A blue stop sign, that's just silly! x 13:09 Great question, very interesting hearing what types of people own those houses! x 16:20 Private beaches are the worst! o I am surprised that is legal in most areas. Very eye-opening and thought-provoking interview!
Hawaii Loa Ridge on the east side is a gated community up the mountain. EVERY home has stunning ocean views. There is 24/7 security , average home price 2.8 m.
huh....for some reason, I was expecting more 'estates' like from the classic show Magnum PI back in the 80's. This just seems like cammed upper class neighborhoods.
Nice Production Nick, thought Santa Barbara/Montecito was more $$$$$$$$$$$, this area does remind me of Santa Barbara. Ohhhhhhhhhh, I see an empty lot. Paul Mitchell, you should see his house in Malibu.
There is no inequality in the US. Says so in the Constitution. Everyone has the right to "life, liberty, and the PURSUIT of happiness". Nobody's in anybody's way except themselves. You have the right to pursue homes like these through hard work - maybe you'll get one, maybe you won't. That's up to the individual how hard they want to work for it. All that said, Hawaii is a different story in a lot of ways. Given that it was once a sovereign kingdom, I would like to see it go to an autonomous territory of the US, with our constitutional rights, and US military defense, but like with the Faroe Islands, there should be a law to stop outsiders from buying up Hawaiian land and building these tacky homes unless they meet a majority Polynesian DNA threshold. I think that would create more opportunities for native Hawaiians to be able to live in their own land again. But, pipe dreams, because that will never happen. Makes too much sense. As it stands now, as part of the US, every US citizen - and foreigners - have the right to buy land and homes anywhere across the country, including Hawaii, unfortunately, and that, I believe, is wrong. That's the only form of inequality I see here.
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@@NickJohnson where’s the Big Island at? Half that list says “private video”
majority Hawaii is democrat so suck it please with the political commentary.
noooo im halfway done and 8 videos are hidden im heart is sad. Great videos Nick
You're awesome, 😍😻Nick, as usual, keep up the marvelous work.👏🤙
It's wild how greed destroys cities and towns, and then the greedy folks complain about how trashed everything is and how many homeless folks are roaming around. Imagine if this whole "rich area" was developed into normal middle class (well, what used to be middle class, since the middle class has been obliterated) homes and neighborhoods. The overall situation on the island would probably be way better off with more people living comfortably (not excessively) and working class folks could maybe afford family homes. I'm a class of 93 high school grad and I'm still trying to wrap my head around how badly American society has failed. And before anyone vomits up a political party to blame, you should realize that it isn't a party issue, it's a Rich vs Poor issue, as it has always been.
So if it was a middle class neighborhood the homeless would by them and be off the streets?
@@michaelvonfeldt9629 Homeless people can't buy homes, that's why they are homeless. They camp out by the beach for the free food and money.
Not exactly. If the rich people left then it would just become slums and then people like you would complain about "white flight". The reason why homes are unaffordable is because of artificial scarcity. The majority of land in Hawaii is owned by the state and can't be used for housing. Then what housing can be built is too expensive because of regulations and building codes.
Hawaii is a sacred space, those valleys look like three-dimensional space, it is more than a miracle!
Not miracle, the rain created water run off creating divits,grooves in rocks
$18 mil but there's no beach. Nice view of the water and mountains. Other houses all around. No space in between. Not worth it.
When you have money, its not a problem. In some cases these are winter homes for the mainland snowbirds.
@@danielroque8504 I don't see how that's not a problem. They still don't have beach access. And are crowded by neighbors. That doesn't change no matter how much money they have. $18 mil is still a lot even if you're rich.
@@danielroque8504 If I was loaded, I'd still not even consider hawaii, its warm year round which would be boring and depressing, and don't even get me started on the BUGS, the bed bugs/flying roaches etc. terrible and not worth it
was anybody else looking for BLUE ROOFS ?
Yep! 😂
@@PerrincinaSprecaci Luke 21;36 KJV
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@@3dandyrandy3 Do you know what the purpose of having a blue roof is?
@@3dandyrandy3 I don't live in Hawaii at all, just asking questions.
They all say the climate is in crisis yet want to live right on the coast-u know,the coasts that are suppose to be underwater by now.
Everyone knows that Oahu is the sacrificial island you go to shop and leave. Kauai is unaffordable, Maui is expensive now too, Molokai and Lanai are closed, which leaves Puna on the Big Island the only affordable option for many, and now it’s blowing up. Puna is the fastest growing district in the state but the infrastructure is lacking severely. Traffic, postal, food, very behind. The growth potential is huge and it’s happening. We’re over here cashing in on the building boom because you can’t stop it. It’s nice that you can have space though. One lot in Puna would hold eight houses in Oahu for a small fraction of the price. People from all the other islands and California are pouring in because it’s cheap compared to there.
Molokai is closed???? They got like 50+ homes for sale.
If you buy Puna, you're literally sleeping in the line of fire on an active volcano and some of the people are scary.
Some locals won't even go there. 😊
10 years ago I looked at renting an off-grid cabin on 10 acres for $400/mo but today it's $5-600/mo on 5 acres. Stayed in Washington state. Glad I did and now know Hawaii is off the "retire here" list.
@@LadyAdakStillStands you’d have paid off land and a cabin by now….
@@DD-gy9xt HA ha, where do you live on the planet that’s NOT susceptible to a natural disaster? The answer is nowhere. The only place on the big island not susceptible is maybe north Hawi. Meanwhile HPP in lower Puna is expanding rapidly because it’s cheap and a higher grade lava zone, but even that’s an illusion. Kona isn’t safe because of Hualalai and Mauna Loa. Everyone we both know including ourselves is one step away from being homeless. But hey, stay away and we’ll enjoy some of the most beautiful land and climate on planet Earth.
$300 billion to ukrain and $700 each person in Maui. Yet Hawaii keeps voting blue 😂 clowns
When you live in Hawaii you quickly realize that it is so great, but there is really nowhere else to go once you get there. How many times can you drive around the whole island. 🏝️ 😮
True that they call an island fever and people who are born on the continent and raised on the continent don't fancy to be trapped like that one way to not be trapped and have enough money to fly off the island anytime you want and how many people have that
@@Iambriangregory I lived there for 2 years which was not long enough for me to catch island fever, but I was worried I would not find adequate work when I left the military 😅 (so I left). We live in California and my wife thinks she wants to move to Hawaii. I ask her if she has a million dollars? And where do you think you are going to work? 🦗🦗🦗😮
@@trevorthetherapist4200 those are good questions and she is going to get Island fever also and again people who are born on the island from infancy they have a propensity to have an island life seem normal and they do not have a longing to be on a continent
@@Iambriangregory I make a good living in California. It was easier to make my money and then wonder about moving back to Hawaii than to move their and wonder how you will make it 🤣🤣🤣
international airport is 15 minutes away
I'd rather have a modest home with lots of land than big house crammed on a postage stamp lot.
I have a modest home on a postage stamp lot. Welcome to Hawaii! (And I feel blessed!) 🤗
Hawaii homes should be for residents only. It's so messed up to see the locals forced out by these rich people that don't even live there. Disgusting.
I do agree with this it sounds like Native Hawaiians have been forced to move to Las Vegas ( priced out of Hawaii
I agree 💯
I agree 💯
But if someone buys a home, aren't they a resident? How far back do you go to be considered a local?
@@annjames1837 being a "resident" means you live there over 9 months of the year, you pay your state taxes there, your children go to school there, you have a state ID and you must live in Hawaii for at least 3 years before being able to purchase a home. No exceptions except if you were born there and were forced to move somewhere else because of the disastrous governance of the past 130 years.
I was a musician on Oahu for many years. I worked all over the island, from Waianae, Waikiki, everywhere, and I also worked in Kahala for a long time. The musicians in Waianae were my favorite down to earth good people. The musicians who worked Kahala lived in Hawaii Kai and they were incredible snobs - and no, they weren't haole.
Humility is a virtue
Hi. What do you find as a distraction while on vacation?
The scariest part is that if one link in the supply or infrastructure chain breaks, everything you see here is done. You can’t sustain life in these jammed neighborhoods. Scary.
...but that can be said for many locations around the world.
@@MrMustangManyeah but dont choose to live there
Thats not smart
It’s almost like half of American is like this 😂
That’s literally everywhere though 90% of the stuff at Walmart isn’t made in Cleveland Ohio or where ever…..
@@mr.oldsoul1definitely felt it during covid. How quickly some forget i guess
Your drone footage is off the hook!
Yay I know thanks hon!
luxury does not equal happiness
@@SVKrillemall But it's. Better than living in tent or being homeless 🇺🇸🇺🇸🤣🤣💲💲💲
True
it's so true i have a luxury life, don't have to work and it's so boring and if you don't find something to do for 4 or 5 hours a day your screwed mentally
@@sascha-s7v you can always find a job Not for the Money but to be occupied with something. What about if you were homeless 😢 don't complain
@@sascha-s7v your day will not be as mentally screwed as the day you walk down a dark alley with somebody like me who has an appetite for tender morsels such as yourself.
Having those two realestate pros really added to the video. Very kind and sincere even though working with the ultra rich which you would not expect.
They were actually knowledgeable and pronounced the names correctly. Very respectful ladies.
I appreciate you showing us this side of Hawaii..Sometimes the homeless makes me sad and mad..i sure enjoy your videos.
Nick my mother was going homeless for 50 years. One thing she always taught me is if a fish is dying and you blow bubbles into it’s tank it might save it 🐟
I'm sorry it's over my head and maybe a lot of other people still don't know what you're talking about😊
@@Iambriangregory i think they mean, keep trying, dont give up....baby steps to the right direction
@@lucianaromulus1408 okay cool I can go for that people sometimes people use illustration that people can't understand or relate to just like a joke if you have to explain it it's not a joke
Look at the blue roofs!
What is the significance of the blue roofs
@@Iambriangregory were the houses that survived Lahaina fire. Laser can't penetrate blue.
@dianegarcia6562 oh I understand now not subscribing in these credibility of the theory but it's still good to know
My parents live in Hawaii Loa Ridge. Over 25 years. We know most of the neighbors on our street. My dad was doctor, neighbor was a US Attorney, other neighbors were doctors, dentists, research scientists, bank controller, etc. all high paying professionals.
None of those professions would be able to afford to buy a house in Hawai’i Loa now. Crazy.
As someone who grew up here, I realized I will never ever get to own a house. The “ok” houses here are considered a dumpster dive in the mainland, and the “nice” houses here are a “normal” house on the mainland.
I grew up in burien Washington near Seahurst Beach and they can easily build a bridge or tunnel to the Olympic peninsula now via vashon Island, that would give Seattle enough room for another million easy commuters.
200 super wealthy will keep it from happening forever😢
For 2 million I better have 100 acres and not a neighbor in sight. Thats for the insane NPC's
I'm always surprised that the rich are willing to live on top of each other with no yards, just for a view. If I had that kind of money I'd want 50 acres to put my mansion.
Exactly
The one house at 5:12 has a BLUE ROOF….wise.
Except in a one famous photo of the aftermath of the Lahaina wildfires, it was a red roofed house that was the only one left standing.
What is a Blue Roof do to help
@@Iambriangregory There is some weird conspiracy theory that blue roof houses were protected against the directed energy weapons that were supposed to have caused the Maui wildfires.
@@IambriangregoryI believe the blue color reflects the energy of the satellite space lasers and that’s why the blue cars and blue roof houses didn’t burn in Maui. 😂
@michaelvonfeldt9629 hmmm uh huh.. thank you Chuckles
The ultra-wealthy live/own on The Big Island at Hualalai, Kukio, Mauna Kea Beach, etc... All gated. They are insanely expensive. Often you have to sign nondisclosure agreements to work at most. Knowing many of these properties I know where to go if there's ever an apocalypse. With little or no new development and people having multiple kids, many will need to relocate. It happens all over the country.
Cool video! I love the drone shots and the interview with the real estate agents was very insightful and entertaining. I hope you continue and go to the other islands.
Why does Oprah come to mind when viewing this?
why?
She's on Maui, has a lot of land. These houses are ghetto to her.
And Oprah is a Democrat
@@johnl5316The blue roof. The going conspiracy is that it's just a bit odd that homes on Maui with blue roofs were not affected in the Lahaina fires. Oprah may or may not have a blue roof, not sure.
Puerto Rico is much lovelier and here in Hawaii green vegetation is not much as is in My Island born of PR.. you keep your overrated Hawaii I will keep my beautiful island...🇵🇷💁🏽♀️😌
Stop signs around the world. Blue and green stop signs are sometimes used on private property in Hawaii.
In California, if you have a beachfront property, you try to prevent people being able to park near the beach. By making public access inconvenient, you raise the value of your property because the nearby beach is then mostly accessed by you and your neighbors.
I am sure it's well policed and migrant and homeless bum free!
Who says money can't buy happiness! Happiness is living junkie-bum free 👍
You just described the politicians of DC
Poor people blame everyone else for their downfalls and failure to adapt.
No mention of MakikiRoundTop ? Our neighbors dressed for dinner ,had maids and uniformed drivers, our house had a maid and gardeners' cottage plus a 30 by 40-foot front porch, bordered by a pink cement 12by60 foot side porch bordered by mother-in-law Tongues ,48 French windows, an orchid house with carport for 3 cars overlooking Waikiki and ala moana. I could coast from the top of tantalus down to the pumping station on my soap box racer. I felt sorry for most of the people in east Honolulu in cookie cutter houses except Kahala and Portlock, my God Mother lived in Black Point. I spent a week at the Lurline pool on the way back from San Francisco with Duke Kahanamoku learning speed swimming .Always a sight to watch th fire boats saluting the big passenger liners as they sounded their horns and the tug boats brought the hula girls .I was close to a Hawaiian Reservation and by 8 identified with the kids I played and walked to school with I was accepted by them by learning perfect Pidgeon. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TOUR Aloha
Round Top!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh it's beautiful up there! We used to go every Sunday to the top. Wow, thanks! I'd forgotten about Round Top!!!!!
sounds like a beautiful childhood
Oahu is my favorite Hawaiian island.
I have spent a lot of time there and have often wished I could afford to live there.
Unfortunately, that will most likely never happen. ☹️
Blue roof, good idea
Love Hawaii, visited 4 different islands back in 1989 🌅🏖👋
I lived in Hawaii on the Island of Oahu (The Gathering Place) for 37 years. My family and I moved to Northern California 17 years ago and the difference in the cost of living is incredible with food, gas and home prices in California much, much better.
Honolulu resident here..born and raised. Can confirm that to afford living here you need your regular job, your second job, and a side hustle. Also 3:10 that's not Diamond Head, that's Koko Head. Diamond Head is the one right outside of Waikiki.
I have visited Hawaii once back in the 70's. It is beautiful but I don't have a desire to go back or live there. I think we should help the true native Hawaiians afford to live there.
Very Nice Video Nick!!!👍 I’m very happy to see you in a Good Place filming!!!♥️ 🏝
There is only one gated community and that’s on a hill in the Aina Haina area. Obamas house is located in Kailua not East Honolulu. There is a Whole Foods right nearby Diamond Head aka Kahala. Hawaii Kai is not the Beverly Hills of Hawaii, that would be the Diamond Head area known as Kahala. East Honolulu has a Costco and a Safeway. In Hawaii Kai there is Koko Head. In Kahala east of Waikiki you will find Diamond Head.
Love you and your channel!👏
I’ve been to Hawaii twice and wasn’t impressed. Much rather go to the Caribbean again. And it’s a closer flight.
Really, everyone always seems to say Hawaii is paradise?
I was just thinking the same thing as someone from the Caribbean I’m not impressed one bit looks like a regular neighborhood in some Caribbean islands .
Mahalo!!! 😂😂😂Keep out haoles!!!🤙🤙🤙
Lol Caribbean over Hawaii? Hawaii is 100X better than Caribbean
This is some kind of a dystopian episode from the future - where do they get those numbers from?! We are just casually discussing a 65k/month mortgage payment on a bloody island a thousand miles away from mainland US, no jobs available locally, crammed infrastructure and no private beach access? unless they have some sort of a different currency to the USD (Hawaiian dollar?) and the exchange rate is 10/1, this is truly mind boggling. If the US managed to colonize other parts of the Pacific, a wooden hut somewhere in the Philippines would cost you a million dollars by now. Makes you wonder!
Notice the cars when driving through the ghettos vs in the mid-upper class neighborhoods. Financial education is the #1 key to getting wealthier. If you’re poor, you shouldn’t be paying car monthly payments that are more than your housing rent.
I worked for a real estate company whose owner had a house in Hawaii. Probably one of those. He actually lived in Colorado.
Excellent Video Of Hawaii Properties Nick, The Women You Talked To Was Very Interesting!
The two ladies were very informative. IMHO, most of the so-called celebraities are on Maui qand Maui to me reminded me of southern Cali. I'm glad tht they explained the empyt lots. There's a lot more to Oahu than Honolulu. Good reporting, Nick.
I worked at the Costco in Hawaii Kai. Eat at Scratch Kitchen. The fish n chips are good. 😊
In a few short years, those rich homeowners will be investing in a security wall to keep undesirables from their community, complete with a militia courtesy of "Grand Chairman Trump."
When I lived in Haleiwa, I was near Elvis and Sonny and Chers house in 1976
The wealthiest neighborhoods in the state of Hawaii are on the Kona coast of the big island. Just the lots with no house go for 15-25 million and are pretty small. Its sunny 360+ days a year there. I fly in between all the islands frequently and Kona airport has the most private jets by far, Oahu is not even close. I know the owners of Salesforce, Goodyear and Samsung all have houses there along with many athletes and celebrities. East Honolulu has a high population of millionaires but not ultra wealthy.
You're wrong on the price. And it's not sunny every day I was just there and it was cloudy 2/3 days
@@NickJohnson a quick check on Zillow shows many listings for 20, 25, 30, 32 and 40 million respectively within a couple miles of each other, as you showed the most expensive house on Oahu at 18 that will probably sell for 15 tops I believe the numbers just don't add up. There may be clouds passing by from the mountains but it does not rain. Amazed at your expertise with a couple weeks of vacation experience 😃
One of filming location of Magnum P.I on Waimanalo beach.House in the show was called Robin's nest. Sadly, the original house was torn down in 2017 :-(
Love your Hawaiian Series! Thanks for showing all sides of it. Looks like yall had a blast too 👍So when are you coming to see us in the Caymans? Please let me know if you decide to!! 🇰🇾🇺🇸👏❤️
What's there to see there Mallory?
I think a high 'cliff home' in this area with great views of mountain and water would be preferable to me over a beachside warer view..
As someone who's renting a place across the street from the beach in East Honolulu, I agree. I drive up the ridges fairly often for deliveries and the view along with the cooler temperatures and cleaner air are much more livable.
At 3:16 it’s not Diamond Head, it’s Koko head.
Tuned in "Havaii"much love from Kenya 🇰🇪🇺🇲
I was going to ask if you had a chance to visit Shangri-La... and the gals mentioned it. Home of Doris Duke - "World's richest girl". One of my nieces worked there as security. They are also right about the Hawaii Kai Costco - best I've ever seen.
The pool in the ocean? Where locals are welcome.
In these top-shelf communities, what struck me most are the cars parked in the drive and street...typical middle to upper-middle class family cars. Nothing wrong with that of course (we have a Dodge and a Jeep), but not the Benzes, Porches and Maybachs I would have expected for houses worth well into seven figures.
When I win the Powerball I’ll get a third home there…maybe.
lol maybe
😊😮❤ Nick, as a realtor I think it's so cool you let us know how ridiculously high all the land is in Hawaii. It just came as a shocker that 15 people live in a house to pay that $3,000 a month rent.
All of these areas are less than an hour from the Airport in Honolulu which gives people quick access from all over the world.
A sad fact about “East O’ahu”, prior to being developed, it was one of the last (or maybe even THE last) places that had a Hawaiian village (on O’ahu). All of the people were evicted from an area that some peoples families have lived for hundreds of years… so they could develop mansions for the rich people, mostly Americans. Those Hawaiians became homeless, like so many other Hawaiians kicked off of our ancestral lands, for outsiders to bulldoze our sacred sites and burial grounds… so outsiders can live here.
Side note: are you sure Paul Mitchel lives in East O’ahu? He used to live in Lanikai in Kailua, I thought he still did… well not “live” there, but own a house there.
A+ video!
Awesome overview of the area and interview!
I always think you'd have to be rich, just to live in Hawaii. I've heard it's very expensive there.
Most ppl are poor
Definitely Native Hawaiians
Its sad
@@cheesecakefan4880 must be why I remain in a small Midwestern town. I'm poor as well.
Obama has or is building a new home on the spot of the "Robin Masters" estate from Magnum P.I. Right next to the water, where the oceans are rising. Guess Barry forgot about it when he made the purchase.
Thank you, Dani’i! I remember the hazy Saharan dust from my years living on St Croix. At least it suppressed hurricane development…but it was dusty indeed! Blessings on you🙏
Capitalism is a marvel. In capitalism, citizens can choose whether they want to work hard to get an extravagant house like this or whether they prefer to be a lazy homeless person and live under a bridge.😅😅😅
That simple I guess 😅😅 hear you tell it
freedom is options.
It’s not a choice it’s luck. You can be the hardest working person and still get laid off.
Work hard??
More like, CONNECTIONS!
Without them, most in the U.S. go no where. Starts with the blue collar workers, right, to the top!
Work hard LOL
You mean born rich HAHA
Where's all the people splashing around in pools, on the sidewalls, driving on streets? I imagnie, either, most are vacation homes, or, to busy working to pay for their over-priced home to enjoy them.
These homes are relatively vacant.
firt time watching hawai and your chanel 17 minutes 800 views,wow so amazing chanel and great view hawai,i feel travelling,i really enjoy watching while laying on bed
9:00 that is awful, people constantly walking in between your backyards and taking up all the parking on the block
They have the same thing in Malibu. David Geffen owns this massive compound and he's been suing for years to cut off the public beach access trail right next to his compound. He even tried shenanigans to block it and got in trouble 😂 I kinda know what it's like, I moved to a townhouse complex where the community dumpster was right next door, people throwing their trash in there all hours of the day and night. It definitely sucks.
Nick Johnson good luck to you, greetings from the north of Tajikistan!
I hope you go visit again and do different parts of the islands. There's many
The elite live on Kauai. Where my Aunt and Uncle live. Mark Zuckerberg lives there also. My Aunt's house is $17 million. She lives outside of Kapua. Here house is well known. She was the CEO for world finance for a major company back in the day and my Uncle was a contractor for NASA. He was programmer for the computers on the space shuttles and more. I love your channel Nick!! Been subscribed for 2 years at least.
Al Bundy lives there now I read. Ed O Neil. Married with Children. Modern Family.
Yup. People say Al retired there
"Rich people" are proof that the American Dream is still possible! If others can, so could we. Would you rather have EVERYONE POOR?! Your glass is either half EMPTY or half FULL, depending on your ATTITUDE. Find out how others SUCCEED, and do thou likewise.
last walk around in Waikiki/Honolulu reminded me of Hong Kong where people living on top of each other. Maybe not yet for Honolulu, but probably in 10 years, Oahu would be more populated and with more concrete buildings, apartments and houses along with twice as much vehicles on the pavement than we have now. Imagine what the air quality, water and traffic would be like? Yes, HI would be just like Hong Kong with densely packed skyscrapers/buildings from the beach front all the way up the hills. Oahu currently has a population of 1.1 million vs. 7.5 million in Hong Kong. Finally, Hong Kong also has the best public transport and subway network system in the world and Hawaii has none. So traffic will only get worst along with pollution.
I got the shirts and mug but where can we get the mappy plush you got on your office shelf? My daughter wants one so bad!
Aww. I'm glad you have the other merch. Working on the plushie! ❤️❤️ stay tuned!
I don't see the appeal of these richy neighborhoods.
Their neighbors are 2 feet away.
People pay a lot of money for a view of H2O.
Nice to change up the genre to rich areas instead of poor. Nice video.
The ladies were wonderful and very knowledgeable. I misjudged them.
3:10 not diamond head. Don’t remember what it was called but this is near a place called hanauma bay. Best place to snorkel on vacation.
The prices of homes have actually gone down, it’s median $900,000 now but a few years ago it was median $1.4 million. I think the crackdown on Airbnb investors helped.
The (Original Magnum PI) Tom Selleck use to own a beautiful home on Black Point and Kahala on Diamond Head. It was gated so you can't get down into see the homes from Kahala, but I did eventually see his home. Honestly, many of those homes are just stacked onto each other. For me, I would lose the love of Hawaii If I lived there, I'd rather vacation there a couple times a year in the winter for a month or two.
We went to Maui for two weeks in 1990 and had to spend a night on Oahu coming and going, Oahu gave me the creeps.
Can't wait for you to film Maui
Wow. 1.2 in east honolulu! Thats less than a house next to a shit covered beach in San Diego
I know! I've got a neighbor who's house is for sale at 1.25 in a suburb of Columbus Ohio!
Breath of fresh air
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I live on Oahu, on the north shore near waialua and it’s crazy how many mansions there are everywhere these days. I’d rather have more land than a huge house honestly. I lease some land and manage a small ranch, it’s a lot of work but I’m able to live in a spot where most houses are over a million which I wouldn’t be able to do otherwise. It sucks because so many of us who were born and raised here are having to leave because of how expensive everything is. My mom has a house in aina haina, which is now considered a ‘fancy’ neighborhood that she’s had for decades and worked really hard for, and she’s now considering selling because of how expensive property taxes and cost of living is. I feel like they should limit the amount of people who are not from here who can buy property here.
Well I Have To Say Is Good Luck With Your House On The Water And The Houses Near The Volcano!
Great series. I remember justine from way back. Love seeing the dumps and fancy stuff. 🤙🏽😁
x 0:34 Great view!
x 2:56 I once went on a three-day-long date that started on Bainbridge Island!
x 4:13 Haolewood! lol
x 5:35 Beyoncé and Jay-Z are two of my favorite music artists!
x 8:38 Looks like a cool hang-out area!
x 9:13 The rich folks probaby hate that they can't own those paths!
x 9:54 A blue stop sign, that's just silly!
x 13:09 Great question, very interesting hearing what types of people own those houses!
x 16:20 Private beaches are the worst!
o I am surprised that is legal in most areas.
Very eye-opening and thought-provoking interview!
Yay!
F.Y.I. Hawaii has the cheapest property taxes in the U.S.
Hawaii Loa Ridge on the east side is a gated community up the mountain. EVERY home has stunning ocean views. There is 24/7 security , average home price 2.8 m.
Try pricing homes on Hawaii Loa Ridge which is on the ridge ABOVE Hawaii Kai.
huh....for some reason, I was expecting more 'estates' like from the classic show Magnum PI back in the 80's. This just seems like cammed upper class neighborhoods.
Mufti-generational homes with all working and contributing often. Not the easiest way to live but required where costs are so high.
Nice Production Nick, thought Santa Barbara/Montecito was more $$$$$$$$$$$, this area does remind me of Santa Barbara. Ohhhhhhhhhh, I see an empty lot. Paul Mitchell, you should see his house in Malibu.
Inequality in US is insane.
Also, in India, also in China, also in Rio also…
@@patriciaperry2028 the world in general but has difference in China and Brazil you can get a home easily than US.
There is no inequality in the US. Says so in the Constitution. Everyone has the right to "life, liberty, and the PURSUIT of happiness". Nobody's in anybody's way except themselves. You have the right to pursue homes like these through hard work - maybe you'll get one, maybe you won't. That's up to the individual how hard they want to work for it.
All that said, Hawaii is a different story in a lot of ways. Given that it was once a sovereign kingdom, I would like to see it go to an autonomous territory of the US, with our constitutional rights, and US military defense, but like with the Faroe Islands, there should be a law to stop outsiders from buying up Hawaiian land and building these tacky homes unless they meet a majority Polynesian DNA threshold. I think that would create more opportunities for native Hawaiians to be able to live in their own land again. But, pipe dreams, because that will never happen. Makes too much sense. As it stands now, as part of the US, every US citizen - and foreigners - have the right to buy land and homes anywhere across the country, including Hawaii, unfortunately, and that, I believe, is wrong. That's the only form of inequality I see here.
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