What is your malfunction? Hawaii sucks. Get over it,
Hawaii sucks? That is your profound summation? That's all you got?
Hawaii is a contradiction. My neighborhood consists of hard-working families who are friendly and quiet. I know there is a large contingent of homeless, but nothing like San Francisco.
Part of the problem is the government aid program. It provides enough money to live and eat spam and it provides about as much money as people could make in low-level jobs. Not much incentive to work when you're getting as much from USam. The sugar industry went out of business here because people wouldn't work in the sun for what the sugar people could pay.
The biggest industry here is Government jobs on all levels. The second biggest is tourism. My next-door neighbor told me she was thrilled that she now only has to work two jobs. She worked three for years. Now she works 5 days for gov't and 2 days at a hotel. Her husband works as corrections officer.
Cost of living is way high. It's hard to afford a house here. Most people rent.
Oh, well, never mind, it's easier to just say 'Hawaii sucks.'