Do you find Australia/ NZ slow-paced? (live, office, area)
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If you will compare Australia to US, definitely the pace of life is a bit slower but it doesn't really mean that Aussie life not rising at all. It is still in need of development to stay effective.
Our cities are not as crowded as much of the rest of the world, which might add to the feeling they are slowed paced.
Brisbane seems at turtle speed compared to the two other cities i have lived/worked in (London and Seoul) which is why i keep comming back!
Sydney felt quite frantic to me, compared to other cities. Melbourne 2nd busiest/fastest but not as frenetic as Sydney.
Perth is slow-paced, except on the roads. Then most people are like speeding maniacs. But in general, the whole pace is slower than most cities I've been in. Not as much busy street life outside of a few areas. It's busy downtown during office hours, but otherwise, not. It's certainly not a bustling place.
Compared to the US (or any other places), how do you find the general pace of life/ things in Australia/ New Zealand?
Guess it depends on what you're comparing.
Certainly if I compare Melbourne to Boston or Seattle I think Melbourne is more fast paced. I find LA to about the same as Melbourne really.
I suspect if I headed to New York I'd find it bewildering in comparison to Melbourne, same applied to London when I was there.
Guess the comparison needs to be based on cities and regions in my opinion and not countries so much.
Being in New England recently I found it not unsimilar to Tasmania and parts of rural Victoria in terms of pace. Medium sized cities with a lot of country centres.
I'm still trying to work out where all the extra people were.
I'm still trying to work out where all the extra people were.
If you mean in New England,
then that's echoed in my experience of the USA. Most of it feels a least somewhat-isolated and sparsely-settled compared to anywhere within an hour's drive of my house...
yet the USA has 10 times the population of Canada. Southeast Florida for example is supposed to be an area with relatively high population density, yet it still feels low-density to me.
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Sydney is probably too fast-paced for me. Perth is more than enough for me. I don't know why you'd choose a more fast paced environment, unless maybe for entertainment sometimes, but I guess some people are like hummingbirds or something!
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How true!
