Puna is a jungle ghetto, not a bad thing. The population is growing but it's mostly retired buying lots and homes from the internet, then finding there are no services. Puna is all private property, from when it was divided into big plantations. Several of those plantations were sold to become divisions, and that's where the real mess is. The developers used mainland development urban neighborhood parceling, totally independent from each other, except for some spigot road back on to Hwy 130. There really is no way of fixing this situation. The private developments didn't want the roads to be taken over by the county when it could. Now, the county can't afford to take those roads over. Puna has the lowest income and pays the least tax. Kona pays the most tax with the highest income. Hilo provides most of the jobs on the east side. Proportionally, Puna is probably getting quite a lot. One waste water treatment center is going in. The new shopping center will be another status indicator.