My home town of Kapolei on Oahu, is probably the worst planned city ever. Home to about I'd say over 150,000 people probably more if you count the 'region'. About 20 years ago it was planned to be the 'Second City' with lots of jobs and to relocate gov't services in order to relieve pressure in Honolulu, but that hasn't happened, only suburban sprawl as far as the eye can see , a few mid-rise office buildings, and the rest strip malls and people still have to commute to downtown because of the non-existent jobs which congests the already congested H-1 freeway even more. The main thoroughfare through Kapolei is regularly congested and it gets much much worse during rush hour. Hopefully if the LRT gets built it'll relieve some congestion. I know more people = more traffic, but its ridiculous when traffic is backed up into mall parking lots. OF course there is going to be another Wal-Mart, Target, another Costco, other big-box retailers, another mega-mall 'ala' Ala Moana not to mention more 'master-planned' communities cutting into the hillside putting more pressure on Hawaii's limited resources. So I'd say in about 7-10 years maybe less it'll be one big over-developed mess. heh but at least the sun shines all year long and the trees are green. /rant over
