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Hawaii has always been pretty weird. You get special discounts on everything if you have a HI zip code on your ID.

I recall an anecdote about when Hawaii Five-O first started shooting. They wanted to pay to use HPD police cars in the filming, but there was no such thing. All HPD cars were privately purchased by their officers. The production company had to buy cars and paint them up.

Also, much of the property is owned by the pineapple companies. While you can own your house, you cannot own the land on which it sits. This was several years ago, don't know if things have changed since.