Over the last couple of years, a mystery has been brewing in this small mountain town. Someone has been quietly buying hundreds of acres of land — stirring worries about rising housing prices and speculation among locals about what exactly is going on.
NPR: A Tech Billionaire Is Quietly Buying Up Land in Hawaii. No One Knows Why
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