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Racially divided Communities need to cooperate more Good, but diverse to the point of antagonism. We close knit. Let nobody in yeah I would love to see more integration & mixing between the locals & the ha'ole. I'm not sure how to do this but I'd love to see it. (the Natch vs Cash and Carry, etc) church is offensive in this context I find many of the people who have moved here from the US continent to be rude. Dangerous hippies without a job always looking for a fix instead of a job. CDP Alienated All Run down looking neighborhood attracting people with lower values, but there is a sense of love and acceptance. There are some good groups and people out there, however the bad seeds spoil the bunch. There are violent and dangerous people who may or may not use drugs and alcohol who can make it difficult to trust anyone. When there is something that a group is proud of I seems like the entire community is ready to wear that pride and brings the community together. People are polite, tho hesitant to be open to new folks. Cultural? Fear factor? Prejudices? With no local radio, hard to know about mtgs, etc. MANY people, young and old, feel alienated, disenfranchised, hopeless. Too many loners /leave me alone types. I know the history of Puna (all should read Land and Power in Hawaii by Cooper and Daws, but then most of Puna peoples are pretty damn illiterate - if it was up to me reading that book would be required before voting) and having been educated, I find it surprising that there is much of any sense of community in this mess. And the one area that had community, Kalapana, was pretty well wiped out. Need more community — locations and services provided we have great churhes more group activies for family, singles, and eledely all