Aia ma Honolulu ke kahakai ʻo Waikiki, aia ka Omaha i ka mōʻaukala paionia (a me ka home o Warren Buffett), a he mau alanui cobblestone ko Charleston me nā kaʻa kau lio. No laila he aha ke ʻano like o kēia mau wahi like ʻole?

ʻO kēia mau kūlanakauhale a pau o US ma lalo o 1 miliona o ka heluna kanaka a manaʻo ʻia ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā ʻoi loa, e hana ana i ka papa inoa Top 10 o nā kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi ma ʻAmelika e Resonance Consultancy, he kākāʻōlelo no ka mākaʻikaʻi, waiwai, a me ka hoʻomohala waiwai.

Inā paha i manaʻo ʻia he huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ʻaʻole paha, ua hoʻomaka kēia mau kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi i kahi. Ma mua o ka lilo ʻana o Orlando, Florida, i home no Walt Disney World, ua kaulana wale ia no kāna ʻalani, a ʻo Las Vegas wale nō ke kū ma kahi ala leka mai ke kahakai komohana o US.

No laila, pehea i hoʻomaka ai ka helu helu 1 o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Honolulu - ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Waikiki?

Ma ke kau waena a hiki i ka hopena o ka makahiki 1800, ua lilo ʻo Waikiki i wahi hoʻomaha no ka mōʻī aliʻi e mālama ana i nā wahi noho ma ia wahi, e leʻaleʻa nei i nā holo lio, nā heihei pīhoihoi, a me nā holoholo hopohopo ʻole i ka moana.

Ua hoʻomaka nā malihini kipa ʻē e kipa aku iā Waikiki i nā makahiki 1830, a kūkulu ʻia ke ala i nā makahiki 1860, a me kahi tramway a me nā kaʻa kaʻaahi i ka hopena o 1880s. I ke kakali ʻana i ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka poʻe kipa ma hope o ka hoʻohui ʻāina, ua wehe ʻia ka Moana Hotel ma 1901 e hoʻokipa ana i nā malihini waiwai o ʻEulopa. ʻO nā malihini kipa e like me Bing Crosby, Shirley Temple, Groucho Marx, Clark Gable, a me Carol Lombard i hoʻonani iā Waikiki a me nā mea e like me Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio, a me Amelia Earhart i noho ma Moana kaulana, e hoʻopaʻa nei i kona kūlana ma ke ʻano he kūlana mua.

I ka makahiki 1907, ma lalo o ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo “Waikiki Reclaim Commission,” ua holomua ka mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi me ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā alanui, ke kūkulu ʻana i nā alahaka, a me ka hoʻokahe ʻana i nā loko wai pālū, nā pā laiki, a me nā loʻi kalo i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka ahumoana o Waikiki. I ka makahiki 1927, ua hoʻomaka a kupu maila nā manawa leʻaleʻa hou: ʻo ka Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial a me ka Zoo ʻo Honolulu, ʻoiai ma ia manawa like ua hoʻolauna ʻia ka mea ʻ Olymplapa Hawaiʻi ʻo Duke Kahanamoku i ka honua i ka leʻaleʻa heʻe nalu hou.

I kēia lā, piha pua ʻo Waikiki me nā hōkele o ka honua e like me Hilton, Sheraton, a me Hyatt, nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi hoʻokipa a pau i kona kahakai kaulana a me nā pali kiʻi o Diamond Head Crater. I kēia lā, aia he 500-eka Kapiolani Paka, ka Waikiki Aquarium, a me ka International Marketplace a me kekahi o nā hale ʻaina maikaʻi loa o Hawaii a me nā pā pōhaku wela loa.

Akā ʻo ka mea ʻoi loa paha e pili ana iā Waikiki ʻoiai aia kēia āpau ma kahi mamao aku. ʻO ke kahakai ma ke alanui Kalakaua kaulana e noho nei i ke kahakai kaulana, nā hōkele, nā hale ʻaina, a me ke kūʻai ʻana ma kahi o 2 mile ka lōʻihi me nā noho noho, nā halelewa, nā mauʻu, nā kumulāʻau, a ʻoiai ʻo ka Moana Pākīpika e hana nei ma ke ʻano he wahi maikaʻi loa e lawe haki ma ke ala.

Ua hoʻoholo ʻia nā kūlanakauhale 50 kiʻekiʻe e pili ana i nā pae hoʻohālikelike i hoʻopili ʻia: ka maikaʻi o nā hana noʻeau, ka moʻomeheu, nā hale ʻaina, a me ka nohona pō; nā keʻena nui, nā mea hoihoi, a me nā pono hana; pōmaikaʻi waiwai; a me ka hoʻolaha ma o nā moʻolelo, nā kūmole, a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i kaʻana pūnaewele ʻia.

A ʻo nā kūlanakauhale ʻoi loa ʻo 10 US ʻoi loa (ka heluna kanaka ma lalo o hoʻokahi miliona):

Honolulu, Hawaii
'Omaha, Nebraska
Charleston, Karolina Hema
ʻO Albuquerque, New Mexico
Tulsa, Oklahoma
ʻO Reno, Nevada
Asheville, Karolina ʻĀkau
ʻO Colorado Springs, Colorado
ʻO Myrtle Beach, Florida
Madison, Wisconsin

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

ʻO kēia mau kūlanakauhale a pau o US ma lalo o 1 miliona o ka heluna kanaka a manaʻo ʻia ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā ʻoi loa, e hana ana i ka papa inoa Top 10 o nā kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi ma ʻAmelika e Resonance Consultancy, he kākāʻōlelo no ka mākaʻikaʻi, waiwai, a me ka hoʻomohala waiwai.
Foreign visitors began to visit Waikiki in the 1830s, and a road was constructed in the 1860s, along with a tramway and tramcars in the late 1880s.
The stretch along well-known Kalakaua Avenue that is home to the famous beach, hotels, restaurants, and shopping is just around 2 miles long with benches, pavilions, grass, trees, and of course the Pacific Ocean acting as superb places to take a break along the way.