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Over all a interesting perspective seems like you can see pros and cons, I could have almost posted that!
I noticed a wage increase moving from NZ to Aus but a higher cost of living comes close to wiping out that wage advantage. I have noticed a lot of beggars around Milton here in Bris, but I suspect that topic could be situation depending on ones movement patterns. I think NZ being smaller has a bit more of a one country community feel where Aus feels somewhat fragmented.
Regarding buying a home - Australia has stamp duty and capital gains tax. One can make more money buying and selling homes in NZ
First: The Politics and International Relations department at ANU has been blowing up spectacularly since March. Incompetence and malevolence seem to be endemic from the department up to the ineffectual Vice-Chancellor. ANU's Politics departments was among the best in the world.
Second: My perfect-match supervisor works in Auckland.
Third: My money will go much further in Auckland. By taking a few tutor/research assistant positions, I will effectively self fund (tuition+some living dollars). It's much easier to find NZ$6,000 than AU$25,000, the latter of which is extortionate given the resources consumed by a research student.
None of those considerations are in order of precedence, they all weigh on the mind equally at day's end.
Urgh, I know what you mean about the first one.
Getting the right supervisor makes such a big difference they're like gold, grab a good one whenever and wherever you can .
The beggers in Auckland are almost entirely foreign tourists.
I don't think so.
I should also clarify "beggar". I used the word as short-hand for "visibly/seemingly homeless". Only about half of these actually are begging at a given time.
Caucasians are in the distinct minority, and tend to be older men who I don't see in the same spot day after day. A number are visibly mentally ill. I get a strong "wandering tramp" vibe from them.
Ethnic pacific islanders are by far the majority. Some are young, but most appear to be middle aged. Men seem constitute more of the active beggars. The women you'll see curled up trying to be inconspicuous and out of the way, generally speaking.
A visible but small minority are what seem to be the modern version of the dickensian "street urchin". Young (15-20), boisterous, and down on their luck. Their speech/mannerisms tend to be a dead give-away for a life lived rough.
Population of New Zealand is nearing 4.5 million - about the same size as Sydney which is about 4.2 million.The Australian pop is 21 million.
The indigenous population in Australia is Melanesian, while New Zealand Maori are Polynesian.
Australia is huge with long distances between places.Their countryside has much less variety than New Zealand. There are attractive areas, but the scenery in New Zealand is much more varied and beautiful.
Many of the immigrants in Australia were originally from Italy, Lebanon, Greece, and more recently Vietnam and other parts of Asia.These days they are getting a lot more Middle Eastern and African etc.Although it really does depend where you live.
New Zealand immigrants are more from the Pacific Islands, with only small pockets from Italy, Dalmatia, etc.Our main immigrants these days are from Asia - Korea, Taiwan, China, Japan, etc, South Africa.
Australia is huge with long distances between places.Their countryside has much less variety than New Zealand. There are attractive areas, but the scenery in New Zealand is much more varied and beautiful.
Beauty? That's totally subjective, but NZ is pretty small in comparison and has nowhere near the climatic and geographic variation and diversity that Australia has.
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