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Good places to look for apartments on Oahu
Haven't been on for a while.......stay glued to the USS Chung-Hoon's FB page! Thought I might ask this question in a discussion so it will be in one place. When my son gets back from his deployment, he will need to find a place to live. I am planning to come help him look. Where are the best areas to look for an apartment that are also safe? For the brief time he was in Hawaii, he seemed to want to get away from all the hustle and bustle of Honolulu. Also, where are the best places to look to find what is for rent on the island? I may be starting a little early considering he will be deployed for a while longer, but wanted to 'have my ducks in a row'
Thanks for your help..
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Permalink Reply by Joy on
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Our son did not want the hustle and bustle in Honolulu either. He lives across the island from Honolulu in Kaneohe. He has a great place and it takes less than 15 minutes to get to Pearl Harbor. He has lots less trafffic than if he lived in Honolulu.
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Hi, All,
Thanks for the info. For some reason, I am not getting notified anymore that people are responding on this site. Can't figure out why??? Maybe I changed something inadvertantly??? -
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I was just reading another discussion on this page and some moms were talking about how the sailors are told to avoid some areas of the island???!!! That locals in those areas dislike military and take bats, etc. to the cars or do other damage. Have you all heard about this? Do you know what areas they are talking about? They also said the crime rate is bad and the police are not helpful. Geez.....I thought we were in part of the U.S. here, but I guess it could happen in any US area.
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Permalink Reply by Pat (MP) on
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My daughter lives in Mililani which is about 20-30 min from Pearl Harbor and it's a beautiful area. She's lived in both Mililani Town and Mililani and has never had a problem there. There are bad areas on the island just like here on the Mainland.
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There are areas on the island that are actually 10x worse than Honolulu and Waikiki.
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Permalink Reply by Rhonda8881 on
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The west side of the island is not an area that your sailor would want to be according to my sailor. That is the poorer part of the island; not a good area.
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On the leeward (west) side of the island : Makaha, Nanakuli, Waianae. Central section of the island: Wahiawa.
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Thanks, Rhonda and Pat. I'll be headed for Oahu in a little while and we will be looking for apartments. It's nice to know where it's better not to look.
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Permalink Reply by Yankee's Mom on
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Our son lives in Waianae in a rental house right on the beach and loves it. He has two roomies, one that's on his ship and one that is a local boy. There are two houses on the property where he rents and the back house was just rented by a single girl. We enjoyed our stay there as it was away from the hustle and we felt safe at all times. The Makaha Beach is beautiful and less crowded.
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