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Several questions about Hawaii and the possibility of living there, can anyone help?

My girlfriend and I are looking into moving to Hawaii. We've grown tired of New England and have considered moving out of the country but thought we'd check out Hawaii first. We both work at Target and are looking into the option of being transferred to one of the three new Targets being opened in Hawaii (open in March I believe). So there's a possibility we may have a job right off the bat. So these are the questions I have for those of you who may have knowledge about the subject. If Target doesn't allow the transfer, are there enough jobs in hawaii to find one without much of an issue? What island would be best to move to? We've seen many studio apartments (which seem comfortable enough for us two) ranging from $500-$800 a month which appear affordable to us. We want to steer away from areas that may have high theft, violence,... pretty much anything hugely negative (if any at all). Say if we did a 6 month lease on a studio apartment and ended up really liking it there and wanted to stay for good or at least a few more years, is there some kind of very important citizenship process we have to go through to be considered a real citizen of hawaii or better yet even before coming to Hawaii? For example do we need health records and documentation of our existence and so on and so forth? I'm aware of the high cost of food and everything in Hawaii but I would think two people working full time and living in a Studio apartment would be able to make a comfortable living, would you agree? We're not very needy people. About the only thing we really want is internet access and a roof over our heads. I'll stop here, these are pretty much our biggest concerns. We've searched the internet for a while now and have been having trouble finding concrete answers. If anyone can help that would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

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1. i've been living in honolulu since last year, and have yet to find a job. My husbands in the military so i'm not broke, but i could use a job. Oahu has the most opportunities. But there are a lot of people looking, and there are job openings but i've had some trouble. But i'm sure it will get better when tourism picks up in summer. I am not sure about becoming a real citizen, i know you have to register your car (if you bring it) in HI and that's fairly easy. I had to have a physical and get my medical records...but that was just because my husbands military. I'm pretty sure citizenship would just be getting a id card or drivers lisence, because i haven't heard of anything since HI still in the US. I'm like 95% sure there isn't a process. ( But u should probably bring your birth certificate and medical records regardless of where you move, just in case something were to medically happen to you) I think you could do it. It is expensive though, the food is the biggest part, it's like $8 for milk, and the cost of the apartments. we only make about 4500 a month and it's streched pretty thin...but we have credit cards to pay and a car payment, and our rent is 1500. so if your apt were cheaper it would give you more room. My advice to you, if your moving to oahu that is, do not rent an apartment without looking at it first! there are a lot of crappy places here, and not too many good ones that are not about $2000. but your probably more flexible than me. Honestly, i don't like it here. the weather is nice and parts of it are beautiful, but it's mostly beautiful in the tourist areas, after you get into the real hawaii it's quite different. but i'm picky and from southern ca and i didn't choose to come here. so don't let me detour you. good luck! hopefully something in there helped you.