Kauai
I've been on Kauai for a few weeks, and decided that though it's not undiscovered, it could use some work, and has lots of natural resources, I think...
Get this: in 1778, when Capt Cook arrived, there were between 250k and 800k people, without metal, who were able to feed themselves. Now, there are something like 1.3m people in the state, and they import 90% of the food they eat. So the islands are feeding 130k people, despite the introduction of such technological advances as metal.
Despite the fact that most of the residents here are very poor, lots of food stamps, welfare, etc, they keep shutting down the sugar plantations here on Kauai (I believe they shut down the last one on the island in the last year or two) because they can't afford to farm it. Now it seems that most of the land is lying fallow, but at least the Spam is still arriving by the containerload.
I have lots and lots of thoughts about this, and hopefully will write some of it up when I arrive back home. Basically, though, I feel like maybe I should come conquer Hawaii. This time with good ideas and best practices, and not loading a load of people in canoes and going to club some people on a distant island on the head.
It still blows my mind that there was warfare in ancient Polynesia.
Get this: in 1778, when Capt Cook arrived, there were between 250k and 800k people, without metal, who were able to feed themselves. Now, there are something like 1.3m people in the state, and they import 90% of the food they eat. So the islands are feeding 130k people, despite the introduction of such technological advances as metal.
Despite the fact that most of the residents here are very poor, lots of food stamps, welfare, etc, they keep shutting down the sugar plantations here on Kauai (I believe they shut down the last one on the island in the last year or two) because they can't afford to farm it. Now it seems that most of the land is lying fallow, but at least the Spam is still arriving by the containerload.
I have lots and lots of thoughts about this, and hopefully will write some of it up when I arrive back home. Basically, though, I feel like maybe I should come conquer Hawaii. This time with good ideas and best practices, and not loading a load of people in canoes and going to club some people on a distant island on the head.
It still blows my mind that there was warfare in ancient Polynesia.