You eat Spam musubi. You call your elders “Auntie” or “Uncle.” You leave your slippers at the door wherever you go.
People in Hawaii talk a lot about what it means to be “local.” Maybe that’s partially because so many of us came from somewhere else.
According to U.S. Census data, only 54.2 percent of people who live in Hawaii — including the military population — were actually born here. In most states, more than 60 percent of the population was born there. More than 75 percent of Louisiana, Michigan and Ohio residents were born in the states where they currently live.
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“I see local … as how invested they are at maintaining Hawaii as a unique place,” Tegan said.
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