Our cost of living is high, our wages are low, and our barriers to business are substantial. But smart and creative people? We’ve got those in droves. Honolulu is among the top ten metropolitan areas in the nation when it comes to the density of its “human capital” and “creative class.” This according to University [...]
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Honolulu’s High ‘Creative Class Density’
September 14th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Business, Hawaii, Technology
Tags: creativeclass·honolulu·humancapital·ranking·rankings·statistics
Hawaii Roads Ranked Among Worst in Nation
September 5th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Government, Hawaii, Travel
“State highway conditions are the best they’ve been in 19 years,” proclaims the Reason Foundation in its 19th Annual Highway Report. Unfortunately, the Aloha State was ranked 47th overall, ahead of only California, Alaska, and Rhode Island. In fact, while Hawaii — perhaps unsurprisingly — has the fewest state-controlled highway miles (1,005 miles, versus 80,214 [...]
Hawaii holds at third among ‘Most Popular States’
October 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Hawaii
Hawaii, The Aloha State, is the third most popular state where Americans would choose to live, according to the latest results from The Harris Poll. Meanwhile, California — despite its economic woes — held on to the top spot for the sixth year in a row, a position it’s held since surpassing former frontrunner Florida in [...]
Tags: polls·statistics
By the Numbers
August 17th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Business, Hawaii, Health
Summer, it seems, is the season of statistics. I’ve noticed a number of rankings in the news lately in which Hawaii has distinguished itself… for better or worse: Hawaii tops the country in well-being, according to a Gallup survey. The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index gives Hawaii a score of 69.4 (out of 100), edging ahead of [...]
Tags: numbers·statistics
Study: Hawaii Loves Porn
March 2nd, 2009 · 10 Comments · Hawaii, Politics, Technology, The Web
A nationwide study of online porn consumption has been raising eyebrows, most pundits seizing on the strong correlation between conservative and religious states (a.k.a. “Red States”) and the number of porn subscriptions. But I was amused to discover that Hawaii is the number two consumer of porn, behind only Utah. Seriously. Just read the actual [...]
Tags: economics·edelman·harvard·Hawaii·porn·pornography·statistics·study
