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Hawaii was admitted to the Union in 1959, so residents can be pretty sensitive when visitors refer to their own hometowns as "back in the States." Remember, when in Hawaii, refer to the contiguous 48 states as "the Mainland" and not as the United States. When you do, you won't appear to be such a malahini (newcomer).