You should choose Oahu

Why should you buy a house in Oahu rather than Maui, Kauai, or the Big Island? (Don't even think about living on Lanai or Niihau).

1 Oahu has the best health care. If you live on the outer islands and have a serious health problem or emergency, they will fly you to Oahu, during which time you may die. Serious.
2 The outer islands are slooooooow. Everything is slow. Cars are slow, people are slow. Change is slow. It will drive you nuts. Unless of course, you are slow.
3 The traffic in Kauai is crazy. Yes, it's worse than Oahu. If you want to get from Liue to Kapaa or even worse, to Princeville or Hanalei, you better be prepared for the slowest drive of your life. There is a one lane road the whole way.
4 The outer islands shut down at about 8pm, while Oahu is up all night. If you want a late night snack, you better be on Oahu.
5 Real Estate in Oahu is going up, the outer islands have been going down for 2 years. Why? Because their market is too dependant on tourism. They have no local industry. We have all the businesses in Hawaii.
6 If you lose your job on the outer islands, you'll be moving or on welfare. On Oahu, you can apply for a new job at one of our thousands of employers. Oahu's market is far deeper.
7 Oahu has symphonies, rock concerts, trade shows, outlet malls, every kind of car dealer, and soon, Whole Foods and Target. We have it all. The outer islands are just now enjoying Walmart. Yuck.
8 If you buy real estate in Oahu, you'll never have to go to the outer islands except to vacation. About once a year I take my family to the Big Island or Kauai just for fun. If I lived on Oahu, I would have to come over here for a lot of things. Things that the outer islands will never have.
9 It costs about $50 to fly inter-island. I can get to the outer islands anytime I want.
10 Schools. This should actually be much higher ranked in this list. The schools on the outer islands are for the most part, terrible. In fact, much of the reason that Hawaii as a state gets a bad rap for schools is that the outer island schools are lumped together with the Oahu schools. If you look at the school reviews, almost all the top 50 are on Oahu.