Hawaï est célèbre pour ses plages magnifiques et sa beauté tropicale, mais y vivre est devenu presque impossible pour les gens ordinaires. Le coût des maisons a grimpé en flèche, avec des prix à un million de dollars même pour de petites maisons ! Le loyer, les courses et les dépenses quotidiennes sont exorbitants, rendant difficile la situation des habitants pour rester. De nombreux résidents de longue date sont expulsés alors que des étrangers fortunés achètent des terrains et font monter les prix. Désormais, Hawaï devient un terrain de jeu pour les ultra-riches, tandis que les familles ordinaires luttent pour joindre les deux bouts. C’est une réalité difficile—Hawaï reste un paradis, mais seulement si vous pouvez en payer le prix. 🌺 Animation créée par Sympa.
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00:00Hawaii's population must earn at least twice the average salary in the rest of the United States to live comfortably.
00:13Those who are not ready to spend five dollars for a gallon of milk have to look for happiness elsewhere,
00:19and year after year, the state finds itself at the head of the ranking of population losses.
00:25While the local middle class is leaving, Hawaii becomes a paradise for billionaires.
00:3337 of them already own 11% of all private land in the state of Aloha.
00:38Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle, bought 98% of the island of Lanai, including the grocery store, the only gas station and the community newspaper.
00:48All for the coquettish sum of 300 million dollars.
00:51It makes him the boss and owner of everyone on the island.
00:56Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Meta, built a huge complex in Kauai with more than a dozen buildings,
01:04at least 30 rooms and a bathroom, a tunnel leading to an underground bunker of 464 square meters,
01:11and 11 houses in the trees connected by complex rope bridges.
01:15The local residents, who have ancestral rights on this land, lost it in court and had to put it up for auction.
01:22Malaysian magnate Kek Leng Chan owns a third of the island of Molokai thanks to his commercial empire.
01:28Of course, he and some of the other billionaires in the world create new jobs and invest in development projects on the islands.
01:36However, nearly two-thirds of the inhabitants believe that their state is run for tourists, at the expense of the residents.
01:46Many famous people like to live in Wailea and Makena in Maui because it is peaceful and offers them the intimacy they desire.
01:53Oprah Winfrey has a big house in the local hills.
01:56Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, would have bought a huge house near the Peruvian Bay for 78 million dollars.
02:05Among the other famous personalities who live in Maui, there are Clint Eastwood, Mick Fleetwood, Jim Carrey and Alice Cooper.
02:13When you visit Maui, you can see a special All of Fame exhibition at the airport showing these celebrities.
02:20It is supposed to celebrate their link with the island.
02:23But the inhabitants feel as if they were only emphasizing the huge gap between the new super-rich residents and the local residents, who have barely the means to live there.
02:34As the rich and famous continue to buy properties through Hawaii, house prices continue to rise.
02:40Is it more expensive to buy a house here than in Washington, D.C. or California?
02:46Part of the reason for these high prices lies in the very formation of the land.
02:50Hawaii is larger than most people think, but it is made up of many separate islands that are far apart from each other.
02:58Although the islands are large, all the land cannot be used to build houses or neighborhoods.
03:05Unlike most of the United States, which has a lot of flat land and soft hills, a large part of Hawaii is made up of steep mountains and rugged terrain.
03:16This type of terrain is very difficult to build or inhabit.
03:20As a result, most of the inhabitants of Hawaii, about a million of them, live on an island called Oahu.
03:28The other islands, like the big island, have far fewer people.
03:32There is not enough land for everyone, and this makes it difficult for people who have lived in Hawaii all their lives to afford a place to live.
03:41Tourism represents 21% of the state's economy.
03:45Most visitors come from the United States and Japan.
03:48Tourists bring a lot of money, but there is a problem.
03:52Depending too much on tourism can be risky for Hawaii.
03:56In recent years, due to what we all know, a sanitary rule called the Order of Conditional Navigation has stopped cruise ships from docking in Hawaii for health reasons.
04:08Many other tourist activities, such as beach visits or events, have also been closed.
04:15With fewer visitors, Hawaii has made a lot less money, which has harmed the economy.
04:20To avoid this problem in the future, Hawaii has tried to generate income through other means than tourism.
04:26One of the ideas is to invest more in fishing, but it was not easy.
04:32At one point, fishing was excessive here.
04:34And now, Hawaii must import 63% of its seafood from other regions, instead of fishing nearby.
04:41There are farms here that grow pineapples, macadamia nuts, coffee, and produce milk.
04:47But today, agriculture is no longer as important as it was 100 years ago.
04:52One of the reasons is probably that it is more profitable to sell the land for houses or hotels than to use it for agriculture.
04:59This change has made Hawaii even more dependent on tourism and has made life in the state of Aloha very expensive.
05:11It is reported that Honolulu is the 7th most expensive city in the United States in terms of cost of living.
05:16A family of four spends about $8,000 a month here, and an adult alone will have to pay an average of $2,500.
05:24Food alone costs about $500 per person for a month.
05:29Most of the food in Hawaii, about 85 to 90%, comes from remote places.
05:35Since they have to travel more than 4,000 km to get there, about a third of all food is wasted on the road, especially because Hawaii is hot and humid.
05:46This waste makes things more expensive, because stores know that they will lose part of their products and increase their prices to compensate for their losses.
05:54There are not as many stores competing with each other.
05:57If the stores do not compete, they have no reason to lower their prices.
06:02In addition, they have to pay a lot for things like rent and electricity, so they increase their prices to compensate for these costs.
06:10Speaking of electricity, an average bill is close to $200, which is almost 90% higher than the national average.
06:18Yes, the state of Aloha has the highest energy costs in the country.
06:23And this may be why the people of Hawaii consume less electricity than other states, but their bills are still much higher.
06:32The main reason is the price per unit of electricity, called kilowatt hours.
06:37A unit of electricity costs almost 40 cents.
06:40For comparison, Utah offers the lowest price at only 10.91 cents.
06:46It is so expensive in Hawaii because most of the electricity comes from oil.
06:50And this oil must be shipped by boat to the islands.
06:54Since Hawaii depends a lot on oil, energy costs fluctuate with oil prices.
07:00In addition to all this, income tax is among the highest in the country.
07:08A quarter of all households in Hawaii spent more than their income in 2024.
07:13To survive, people used their savings and credit cards and reduced their expenses.
07:18They also had to work more hours or find an additional job.
07:22They were forced to sell their property and borrow money from their relatives, banks or other lenders.
07:28Almost half of the residents are in the category called Alice.
07:33And this has nothing to do with Alice in Wonderland.
07:36This means limited assets, constrained budgets, employees.
07:41More than one resident out of three lives below the annual income threshold Alice.
07:45And then there is also the legislation, the law on the merchant navy, which complicates things for Hawaii.
07:52It stipulates that all goods shipped between places in the United States must be transported on ships
07:58which are held, built and operated by Americans.
08:02This makes the expedition much more expensive because ships and American crews cost much more than ships from other countries.
08:09Most ships in the world do not follow these rules because they are registered in countries like Panama.
08:16Because of this, Hawaii can still receive regional goods such as East Asia, using cheaper ships.
08:23But if they come from the United States, it costs much more.
08:28In fact, this law costs Hawaii more than a billion dollars each year.
08:32This law also makes it very difficult for companies to develop in Hawaii because everything is very expensive.
08:38The cost of insurance also increases.
08:40This is due to the fact that the islands are affected by natural disasters such as hurricanes and storms more frequently.
08:47All this contributes to making life in Hawaii even more expensive.
08:51But despite all this, the state regularly occupies a high place in studies on well-being.
08:56Even people who can barely meet their needs are for the most part happier or at least less unhappy in Hawaii than in other states.
09:05I suppose that strong community support, a clean and wonderfully beautiful environment
09:10as well as the possibility of organizing parties on the beach all year round compensate for many difficulties.