Re: cronyism and nepotism in Hawaii


In article <1138594805-sch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Alvin E. Toda" <aet@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Jan 2006, Lawrence Akutagawa wrote:
>
>> Honolulu has a population of something like 380,000.
>> That - per the US Census folks - is about the size of
>> Oakland, California; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Miami, Florida;
>
> Hate to nitpick but 380,000 seems low. Are you counting
> the homeless?? :)

Much to my surprise, that number is right. The population of Honolulu
county (all of Oahu) is about 900,000; but Honolulu proper is only
380,000.

Honolulu county has several cities of around 30,000, but less than ten;
so a big part of the population difference has to be the military bases.
The ones I remembered the names of (Wheeler, Schofield) had large
populations.

>
> And Oakland is surrounded by Bay Area cities in close
> proximity-- ie a population of four million in that
> area. Oakland is not a small town by any stretch of the
> imagination. OTOH, Honolulu is surrounding by thousands
> of miles of water to the next large city and the
> airfare to an outer island is comparable to the
> mainland. You measure a small town by the communication
> patterns. But that measure, Honolulu is a very big
> small town. Everyone knows everybody here.
>
>> Or maybe cronyism/nepotism in the islands exists
>> absolutely not in Honolulu but only in the other less
>> populous places like Honokaa, Kahuku, Wailua, Honomu,
>> Lahaina, and Wahiawa. Those places would, I think,
>> be considered small towns by most people...including
>> the US Census bureau.
>
> No. I would list the towns by counties and areas-- like
> Maui, Kauai, West Hawaii, East Hawaii. The US Censes
> bureau can give a rough understanding of our towns. But
> that's your choice-- not mine. Why pound a thumb tack
> with a sledge hammer?

Start here:

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/15000.html

> --alvin

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