Hawaii’s High Cost Of Living Just Keeps Getting Higher … Rising gasoline and housing prices are driving up living costs for isle families, offsetting wage gains that had appeared to offer a bright spot in a tepid economic recovery.
When it comes to living in Hawaii, Laura Dunn, a scholar of Eastern religions who recently earned her doctorate from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, embodies the situation many residents face: it is simply hard to find good work with reasonable compensation here, despite the state’s notorious high cost of living.
So even though Dunn has returned home to Hawaii after four years in the Bay Area, she’s continuing to work in California remotely – as an administrator and adjunct professor – while living in Honolulu.
“I need to work in California to be able to stay in Hawaii,” Dunn said.
