When you are considering moving to Hawaii you can move to the Main Island or chose from one of the other seven big islands. Before you make your move, you should go online and read about each of the eight main Hawaiian Islands, including Hawaii to see which would fit your needs the best. You should check out the housing prices whether you are buying or renting, what type of jobs are available on the island, whether you want to live on a particular island and commute to Hawaii where there would be a larger selection of jobs and anything else that might affect your decision.
In area Hawaii is the largest with a population of over one hundred seventy six thousand people. The second biggest island in area is Maui with a population of almost one hundred fifty five thousand people. And the third biggest island in area is Oahu with a population of over nine hundred fifty three thousand. The smallest island in area is Kaho'olawe, but there are very few people living there because of the lack of fresh water.
Most people, when they move to Hawaii, will either settle on the main island of Hawaii, Oahu, or Maui. The island of Oahu is the island where the state capital of Hawaii is located.
On all three of these islands you can be assured of finding some type of job in the tourism industry whether it is working in one of the restaurants, bars, shopping areas as a sales clerk, selling time shares or condos, working as a life guard, and any other type of job in this industry.
The one main difference would be the price of what you would pay for a home or apartment per month. Compared to the cost of living in most of the major cities in the United States, the cost of living is quite high. In Honolulu the cost of living is actually almost seven percent lower than in New York and almost four percent lower than in San Francisco.
If you decide to move to Maui you will also have the opportunity to work in agriculture on some of the coffee, tropical flowers, pineapple, sugar, and macadamia nut farms. If at all possible the best way to decide where to move to in Hawaii is to take a vacation and visit the three largest islands and take notes of what is important to you in making a decision as to where you want to live when you make your move there.
