The People of Honolulu

Hawaii is in the middle of the Pacific not too far from LA and about twice that distance from Japan and China. Some refer to Honolulu as LA West and based on the ethnicity of its population it seems an appropriate moniker. The majority of the citizenry in the city is of Asian descent. The next most populous group would be native Hawiians. Caucasians from the mainland make up the third group with no real trends beyond that besides what breed of mongrel the intermarriage of Asians, Hawaiians and Causcasions creates (and I use the term "mongrel" strictly in the denotative sense and without the negative connotation that is usually attached).

I have not been around Asians much but they seem a very proud and private people. Many of the asians here also have either lived in California or have a business there or relatives there or were at least schooled there and travel back and forth between Honolulu and California fairly regularly. Of the causcasians, many have ties to California, but regardless of where they come from we are all referred to as "mainlanders" by the asians and outside the city as "haoles" by the native Hawaiians (which is often a racial slur but not always). Interestingly, the continental U.S. is referred to as "the mainland" not as "the states" but since Hawaii is a state I guess it makes sense.