Who's moving to New Zealand? (crime rate, home, camps)

[Bobnz]

Originally Posted by buffy007

Note: Most people not living in auckland can have a chip on their shoulder and talk down about it.... which for me is weird.

It's probably related to the phrase "New Zealand ends at the Bombay hills". Having lived in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin, I've seen it from both sides. Auckland has about 1/3 of NZ's population, imagine Los Angeles having a population of 100 million or even Sydney having 6 million. Many people I met in Auckland haven't been to the South Island, that sort of thing.

[kiwichickie]

[quote=dca48;7256012]
Then please, exit with your ignorance, by all means. Go back to your properly groomed, properly dressed, grand old US of A. Postings such as that are the epitome of all things loathed by "simple" New Zealanders. Yes, it is wonderful to believe you have a nation of perfect teeth in your big mouths, to live in big, beautiful heavily mortgaged houses with a gas-guzzling behemouth motor or two in the picket-fenced yard, to savour the processed goodness that once was food but now McDonald's, to worship the Vegas tables on tuesday, because God gets Sunday. Good-on-you for voting in a black president (100+yrs after abolition) Wake up. Your society is a carefully contructed veil of excess draped over the decaying, seething mess beneath.

[dave nz]

[quote=kiwichickie;7418367]

Originally Posted by dca48

Then please, exit with your ignorance, by all means. Go back to your properly groomed, properly dressed, grand old US of A. Postings such as that are the epitome of all things loathed by "simple" New Zealanders. Yes, it is wonderful to believe you have a nation of perfect teeth in your big mouths, to live in big, beautiful heavily mortgaged houses with a gas-guzzling behemouth motor or two in the picket-fenced yard, to savour the processed goodness that once was food but now McDonald's, to worship the Vegas tables on tuesday, because God gets Sunday. Good-on-you for voting in a black president (100+yrs after abolition) Wake up. Your society is a carefully contructed veil of excess draped over the decaying, seething mess beneath.

[statefan]

[quote=kiwichickie;7418367]

Originally Posted by dca48

Then please, exit with your ignorance, by all means. Go back to your properly groomed, properly dressed, grand old US of A. Postings such as that are the epitome of all things loathed by "simple" New Zealanders. Yes, it is wonderful to believe you have a nation of perfect teeth in your big mouths, to live in big, beautiful heavily mortgaged houses with a gas-guzzling behemouth motor or two in the picket-fenced yard, to savour the processed goodness that once was food but now McDonald's, to worship the Vegas tables on tuesday, because God gets Sunday. Good-on-you for voting in a black president (100+yrs after abolition) Wake up. Your society is a carefully contructed veil of excess draped over the decaying, seething mess beneath.

WOW! Must have been holding that in for a LONG time!

[Bobnz]

[quote=kiwichickie;7418367]

Originally Posted by dca48

Then please, exit with your ignorance, by all means. Go back to your properly groomed, properly dressed, grand old US of A. Postings such as that are the epitome of all things loathed by "simple" New Zealanders. Yes, it is wonderful to believe you have a nation of perfect teeth in your big mouths, to live in big, beautiful heavily mortgaged houses with a gas-guzzling behemouth motor or two in the picket-fenced yard, to savour the processed goodness that once was food but now McDonald's, to worship the Vegas tables on tuesday, because God gets Sunday. Good-on-you for voting in a black president (100+yrs after abolition) Wake up. Your society is a carefully contructed veil of excess draped over the decaying, seething mess beneath.

You go, girl! (Probably a US orginated phrase).

[InLondon]

Originally Posted by msta999

I read an article, that said over 1.5 mil Americans are leaving America every year, since the 80's. Seems to be a little higher when the republicans are in office, but still almost the same with the Dems. Hens the question. I is quite costly to move to another country, so it is not the poor who are leaving. And large amounts of money are leaving with them.

Well, they're leaving for a lower quality of life then....

The fact is those that leave are leaving temporarily due to their jobs perhaps.

[msta999]

Sounds like many who leave don't come back. This is just one of many articles on the subject.

A Growing Trend of Leaving America - US News and World Report

[dca48]

[quote=kiwichickie;7418367]

Originally Posted by dca48

Then please, exit with your ignorance, by all means. Go back to your properly groomed, properly dressed, grand old US of A. Postings such as that are the epitome of all things loathed by "simple" New Zealanders. Yes, it is wonderful to believe you have a nation of perfect teeth in your big mouths, to live in big, beautiful heavily mortgaged houses with a gas-guzzling behemouth motor or two in the picket-fenced yard, to savour the processed goodness that once was food but now McDonald's, to worship the Vegas tables on tuesday, because God gets Sunday. Good-on-you for voting in a black president (100+yrs after abolition) Wake up. Your society is a carefully contructed veil of excess draped over the decaying, seething mess beneath.

no, you've got it all wrong, we don't actually park in the yard on the grass (gads!), we typically park in attached garages. And picket fences are, shall I say it, so ... passe.

[Luthienz]

Originally Posted by InLondon

Well, they're leaving for a lower quality of life then....

The fact is those that leave are leaving temporarily due to their jobs perhaps.

I have to agree with you, a lot of them would be better off staying put and making the most of what they've got, even if it means a move within the country. There isn't much, if anything, worth moving to NZ for.

Guess you could say the scenery is great but so is the USA's. There's nothing in NZ that can't be got elsewhere in the world

[dave nz]

Originally Posted by Luthienz

I There's nothing in NZ that can't be got elsewhere in the world

Heres a few for ya champ :

*More golf courses per capita than anywhere else in the world
*A low crime rate in comparison to many other places in the world
*Great outdoors activities and adventures
*Great wines and a nice range of cuisine options
*Great conversion rate from the US dollar, Euro and pound to the NZ dollar
*Some special nature that is unqiue to NZ

Just a few off the top of my head