People move back to the mainland for a few key reasons: financial, family, or cultural. This article deals with the cultural change you need to be prepared for if you’re going to live here. Whether these are big issues or little issues is up to you but you need to know what they are regardless.
What are the biggest cultural differences in Hawaii?

Thousand Islands single house by Omegatron is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Image may have been resized or cropped from original.
It's a small town. Thousand Islands single house by Omegatron is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Image may have been resized or cropped from original.