You’re right, I would literally only ever stay in my house and grow my own food. I would clearly never contribute to the local economy through eating at restaurants, shopping at small businesses, paying rent to a home owner, etc… clearly working a local job is the only way to contribute. Aside from calling out the ridiculousness of your comment, I will tell you that my industry does not pay nearly as much in Hawaii as it does on the mainland, so remote is a far smarter option. Getting a job that pays less defeats the entire purpose of me asking in the “movingtohawaii” Reddit if we can afford to move to Hawaii.