Are you talking about just this experience, or at home too?

I suspect Hawaii is similar to north Florida: the retirees and tourists have had such an influence that I'm seriously overdressed if I ever wear a nice dress or jewelry, or heels over 2". (In south Florida, a pants suit will still go anywhere, but you'd better have serious jewelry. )

It's hard to get DH to dress, so I've rarely been any place with a dress code, but even then it seems it's only a jacket that's required, not a tie.

I guess I do notice that there are far more restaurants in Ohio that serve fine food in a dressy casual atmosphere than there used to be. It's really not that there are fewer places that you have to dress up, it's that there are more places you can get a really good meal without dressing up.