Pā‘ia, Maui, Hawai‘i. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia.org_wikipedia_commons_2_27_PaiaMaui.jpg.
The one-stoplight town of Pā‘ia on Maui’s North Shore is nothing less than charmingly quaint.
In Hawai‘i’s more recent cultural history, historic Pā‘ia Town was first built upon a buzzing sugarcane agricultural industry that began to dominate the North Shore areas of Maui during the late 1870s. The first sugar mill in Pā‘ia opened in 1880—the Pā‘ia Sugar Mill.
In 1896, the US Census designated Pā‘ia as an official Hawai‘i Township.
Pā‘ia Sugar Mill. Photo courtesy of Paia_Puunene_https.
First home to immigrant families and plantation workers, Pā‘ia now has become a melting pot of cultures. Pā‘ia still boasts a solid local culture of amazing Hawai‘i-born families, but also consists of an international mix of residents including European and South American water sports enthusiasts, West Coast hippy migrants from the counterculture revolution (and, now, their children), New Age folks, surfers, liberals, and a myriad of residents who are attracted to Pā‘ia and the North Shore for the bohemian culture, healthy lifestyle, fabulous tropical weather and awesome ocean conditions.
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