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Kaonohi Street is rooted on Kamehameha Highway near Pearlridge Center, a very busy and sometimes congested retail center in Leeward Oahu. At one end, then, a huge variety of shopping and dining options that mean you don't have to venture far from home. And Kaonohi Street runs high into the mountains above Pearl Harbor, with spectacular views of the harbor much of the way up to the top. Apart from two high-rise residential condiminiums, most of the lower end of Kaonohi Street is multi-family, multi-unit townhomes. As you climb higher, though, they give way to older, large-lot single-family homes. Though this is not a new neighborhood, some properties are extremely desirable and have prices to match.

There are wide sidewalks and a handful of parks, with plenty of young families, especially along the lower slope.

Walking is a bit of a challenge given the steep incline, and the fact that Kaonohi Street terminates at Moanalua Road and Kamehameha Highway can mean some significant traffic during daily commutes.

Keeaumoku St. runs from high in a mountain ridge down to the busy business and retail hub of Ala Moana Center. South or makai of the H-1 freeway it's largely small businesses, stores, and restaurants, and more than a few bars and nightclubs. North or mauka of the freeway its a dense residential area, mixing high-rise apartments, low-rise walk-ups and older single-family homes.

The area's population is diverse, but skews Korean, hence the neighborhood's nickname, "Koreamoku." There are two large churches above Wilder Avenue with some Korean language services

Keeaumoku Street does run past a large district park (green space is at a premium in Makiki) with a pool and ball courts, and is convenient to major bus lines as well as shopping and entertainment. The Makiki area generally attracts young and hardworking families and singles.

Keeaumoku is one of the busier streets as it is one of the few that crosses over the Interstate H-1. Traffic noise can be considerable, as well as noise from emergency services (as there is a busy fire station nearby). Street parking is at a premium, and fiercely patrolled.

Mililani is a planned community, tightly controlled by an association. What you give up for in freedoms, however, is largely made up for in the form of excellent infrastructure, well maintained landscaping, and a neighborhood that automatically attracts families and professionals.

Kanamee Street is located in "old Mililani," versus Mililani Mauka, which means larger yards and house lots, more variety in home designs, and considerable ameneties, from parks and green spaces on practically every block to schools to pedestrian-friendly sidewalks and traffic-calming cul-de-sacs, loops... basically good planning overall.

Kanamee Street also features a mix of single-family homes and multi-unit townhomes.

There are plenty of children on the block, and Kanamee Street straddles the district line between Kipapa Elementary and Mililani Waena Elementary. It is also an easy walk from Mililani High School, and beyond that, Mililani Town Center (which has a supermarket, restaurants, movie theaters, even a WalMart and City Mill).

Running directly down the urban core of downtown Honolulu, Fort Street is a narrow, pedestrian-only lane that taps into some of the most diverse elements of Hawaii city life. At one end, Hawaii Pacific University, a hub of international students from around the world. At the other, Aloha Tower and the glistening, tourist-friendly Aloha Tower Marketplace, home of fine dining and middle- to upper-end shopping. And all along its route, everything from major banks to homeless enclaves, from a satellite city hall and a major transit line to dimly lit holes in the wall that can be anything from lunchtime gems to dens of iniquity. Fort Street isn't for anyone, but if you want a taste of the real Honolulu... the work-for-a-living, real people, real stories Honolulu, it doesn't get much better than this. Note: For the most part, Fort Street is not a residential street. Not unless you count cardboard boxes and shopping carts.