Hawaii Storytellers — Gene Park’s Top Ten Reasons He Left Hawaii

The former Civil Beat staffer and now Washington Post social-media editor wryly explains why he left Honolulu.

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As part of Civil Beat’s Hawaii Storytellers event, “Should I Stay Or Should I Go? Stories About Big Decisions,” Gene Park shares his very personal story of leaving the islands. Being a social media guy, he explains, he opts to do so in the form of a listsicle.

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Gene Park at the Hawaii Storytellers event. 
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