Aloha r/maui,

My friend form the west side has the opportunity to rent a 2 bed, 1.5 bath, one parking spot, unfurnished apartment in Harbor Lights, Kahului for $3000 per month plus electricity. He tried negotiating the rent down but wasn't successful. Is this a fair price for that area? Is this a good place to rent based on the location? I know a lot of things are being improved, but it seems to have a bad reputation from before.

Mahalo for your insights!

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/05/maui-county-reveals-plan-to-hire-experts-to-assess-how-it-responded-to-wildfires/

What’s the best place to buy yen on the island? We plan to travel next year but it seems now is a good time to exchange some

I’m looking for the best bars to hang out on a patio and socialize this pup to make her more adoptable. I’ve been fostering Lacey (sweetest dog I’ve ever met) from MHS for the past few months, but have to go to mainland for a work project this summer. Since I live alone I don’t have anybody to care for her while I’m gone, it’s looking like I’ll have to bring her back to the humane society which is never fun. I’d love a list of places to go all over the island before I have to leave so I can try and find a potential match 🍻 All recs are greatly appreciated. Mahalo

https://mauinow.com/2024/02/23/draft-environmental-impact-statement-for-wailea-development-published-includes-workforce-housing/

Long time Verizon customer. Service is terrible lately 1-2 bars, lots of dropped calls, upcountry especially. Is there a cell provider that’s better on Maui?

What is the best chiropractor on island? Any one have any personal experience with them?

Costco, WF, etc it's all fake sourdough or processed crap. Ingredients should only be water, salt, flour. Das it. No barley. No added yeast (if it says added yeast then they cheating).

They finally came clean that he did leave for a doctors appointment!

But who really knows when he actually came back and how long he actually stayed??

The fact he lied so much already makes me wonder even more what kind of sick mental case he is.

Used to be really entertained, and informed by their posts. Come back, and see they’re private and not following or followed by many. What happened?

Hi - I had a condo in Lahaina that burned down. I have been looking to hire an attorney to represent me and claim for damages. It seems every attorney I talk to, feels they are the best and I should sign up for them. What is the most objective way to identify an attorney who is going to work in my best interest? And has experience calculating damages ?

Trying to find some chichi dango mochi and no luck. Been to foodlands, times, hele gas stations. Felt like it was everywhere and now that I got a craving it’s gone.

I would think that more hotels might be in the pipeline, maybe? And what about the other islands?

I visit Maui 2x a year from the vilified “mainland.” Since the tragic Lahaina fire, it’s seems that a lot of frustration is being taken out on tourists. And, I can understand that tourists can probably be annoying to people who live on the island full time. Also, I understand that STR are making the housing inventory scarce for displaced residents.

That being said, without tourism, Maui would have no economy. All the hotels, restaurants, tour companies, art galleries, massage parlors, nail salons, tattoo shops, etc. etc. would be closing down resulting in most of the islands jobs (and tax revenue)being lost.

Not sure why tourists, who did not cause the Lahaina fire, have become the target of everyone’s ire. Makes me hesitant to return to the island just to be met with hostility.

Article from HNN late yesterday:

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2024/05/08/expert-raises-new-concerns-about-maui-countys-ability-respond-upcoming-fire-season/

I went ahead and collected all my unused vape batteries and disposable ones. Who disposes of them? I know they don't belong in the landfill as they pose a fire risk.

I don't really see any information on it. Maui 24/7 posted that it was out like 45 mins ago but I saw nothing else. Someone on that post said it's been out since 2am. I woke up at 4am and it was out.

Is anyone else experiencing issues of has heard anything?

Can we talk about how much of a fail the harbor cleanup was by the DLNR? Great they moved cars but really in their press release they literally highlighted many just moved to a nearby private property and that’s their problem. Now homeless are running around cross the road and starting fires?! Such BS when they’ll just move back to create another camp.

https://mauinow.com/2024/05/07/dlnr-dozens-of-vehicles-towed-at-kahului-harbor-during-cleanup/

“DOZENS OF VEHICLES TOWED FROM KAHULUI BOAT HARBOR Second Phase of Clean-up

With a large presence of workers from the DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR), and under the watchful eye of officers with the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE), today the public parking areas at the state’s Kahului Boat Harbor are relatively clean of camps, and more than five dozen vehicles, many of them abandoned.

Local towing operators, under contract to Maui County, put cars and trucks, some without tires or in various states of repair, onto flatbed trucks. Behind them, DOBOR staff and workers from a private contractor finished the work they started a week ago cleaning up encampments.

For months, DOBOR Maui District Manager Paul Sensano received complaints about the conditions of harbor facilities. An initial clean-up in January was followed by last week’s and today’s. “It was quite an effort and as we’re winding down certain tasks did not get accomplished,” Sensano said.

More than a dozen vehicles were moved, by their owners, to a private strip of land next to the harbor, but the responsibility for what happens there is the landowner’s.

Some of the complaints involved illegal activities. Last week one person was stabbed and one man was arrested on an outstanding warrant and two other criminal charges. Today, that man appeared to be preparing at least three of his cars for towing.

Several other vehicles, lacking wheels and tires, were dragged by their drivers across the dirt lot and onto the paved harbor entrance road.

DOBOR will be posting signs around the harbor, notifying people that only boat trailers with state permits and the trucks pulling them are allowed in the harbor between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. All others are subject to ticketing or towing.

Sensano noted that the issue of houseless camps in small boat harbors has changed over the years. “At Haleʻiwa Small Boat Harbor on O‘ahu, ten or fifteen years ago, many of the people camping long-term were older anglers, who just wanted to fish. Now some of the people in these encampments have severe substance abuse and mental health issues,” he said.

Social service providers have made numerous visits to the camps at Kahului, attempting to place people into transitionary or permanent housing. However, most decline.”

One of the 7,000 Minstoya houses. Who wants this studio with the $824 Hoa? Only $4,662 per month.

Bless this Mayor