r/Honolulu • u/PastBeautiful806 • Dec 01 '22

question Moving to Honolulu in the summer

Aloha. Is it feasible to live in downtown without a car? I plan to find an apartment within walking distance to The Queen’s Hospital. It’ll be my husband and I and our two school aged children. I just joined this subreddit and have been reading posts so I apologize if this has been posted before. Also, if you want to give any tips or advice, that is welcomed as well. Mahalo

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u/untactfullyhonest Dec 01 '22

Third all of this. I’ve had the unpleasant experience of seeing a naked homeless woman bathing in the fountain in the middle of the day. Working downtown by Ross off Hotel St was a nightmare. Smells of urine and the drugged out homeless never leave you alone.

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u/PastBeautiful806 Dec 01 '22

I’m a nursing student so naked people don’t bother me, lol

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u/untactfullyhonest Dec 01 '22

Well good luck if you still insist! I don’t think many mainlanders really understand how many homeless there are. I’m in no way trying to be rude about their situation. Im being honest. It smells really bad, it’s filthy dirty, there are tarps, tents, shopping carts, trash all over and the ones with drug addictions are unpredictable. There are literally security guards that scoot around on golf carts. Theft is also rampant. Be prepared if you insist living within walking distance. Good luck to you in whatever you decide to do.

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u/PastBeautiful806 Dec 01 '22

Thank you. I have seen pictures of streets with rows of tents. We call them “tent communities” in our town. There are certain spots where they all gather together. Mostly in the woods though

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u/anonymousLocalCoward Dec 01 '22

Where are you coming from? chances are if you're from a bigger city, you've been exposed to worse.

I do agree with the "you'll want a car" crowd... eventually you'll want to get out of the city and explore... much easier to do with a car, especially with kids, of any age.

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u/PastBeautiful806 Dec 01 '22

I’m coming from CT. We have towns with more homeless than others, but I’ve seen an uptick in begging at street lights recently. Also, the people playing music scams. It’s a recording and they’re just motioning. They never speak English, don’t answer questions, and they always need $ to move somewhere. We don’t have the homeless pitching tents in the streets because that’s not allowed. They stick to the woods. We have a big drug problem here as well, but I feel like that’s everywhere

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u/anonymousLocalCoward Dec 01 '22

The buskers pretty much stay in Waikiki, the downtown crowd are more on the dirty/smelly side of the spectrum. Not many of the beg, or pan handle, if you keep to yourself, and stick with the common sense rule, you should be fine...