Pod Squad: He’s Glad He Left Hawaii for New Life in Panama
How’s that move to a different tropical setting working out? Former Hawaii resident Mark Heilbron talks to the Pod Squad.
In A More Affordable Paradise: Hawaii Is Dead, Long Live Hawaii!,听Deputy Editor Eric Pape told the story of Mark Heilbron, who got fed up with Hawaii’s high cost of living and decided to seek out a new tropical home, settling on Panama.
The story is part of Civil Beat’s聽Connections聽section, where in one thread people are writing their own stories about how the cost of living is affecting them.
Back on Oahu on Friday, Heilbron sat down with Pape and Pod Squad host Chad Blair to talk why he decided to make the move late last year and how it’s working out.
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Have a story to tell about your experience with Hawaii’s cost of living?聽 Share your story on Connections: Living Hawaii.
Living in Panama, Mark Heilbron gets his oranges and the rest of his regionally grown food at prices that are unimaginable in Hawaii.
Courtesy of Mark Heilbron
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