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tweetles:
Trust me it would be very rare for you to find a Kiwi who doesnt want to talk about New Zealand, we're very patriotic in our own little way. And most of us will say that our own little "slice of heaven" is the best in the world

Fenriswolf:
Christchurch is flat as a board. But it does have hills to one side and Lyttleton is like a tiny Wellington, to me anyway. Haha.

This is Canterbury (Christchurch is on the Canturbury plains):


This is Lyttleton:


This is Christchurch from the Port Hills:


Christchurch has nice bike trails but the city itself is flaaaaaaaaaaat. Really foggy in winter because it's a basin, not so bad if you live in Brighton though. It's always a big smoggy so I was amazed at the amount of stars I could see when I moved to Wellington! Also my asthma was greatly improved by moving up here. Although the high pollen count here doesn't help...

Why didn't your mate like Wellington? I'm not going to be offended. lol Wellington also has horribly high house prices, as of a few years ago (don't think it's changed a lot though the South Island overall has gone up a lot) Auckland was the highest prices but Wellington had the highest averages. Anywhere in the South Island is generally cheaper than any of the cities in the North Island though!

Finally I find people in Wellington 200% friendlier than in Christchurch. I really like Dunedin but I feel a bit uncomfortable with how completely white it is. I'm white myself but you really notice as you travel down the country how you see fewer and fewer Maori and Pacific Islanders. My mate who's Cook Island Maori had a random dude run up to him in Dunedin to say hello just because he was all happy to see someone else dark! lol

tweetles: Isn't that hill wonderful? I lived right by uni for a while when I was going to VUW and man it's a bitch on your legs, even when you do it every day! Kilbirnie is certainly one of the best areas for getting around too.

ModernRonin:
> Christchurch has nice bike trails but the city itself is flaaaaaaaaaaat. Really foggy in winter because it's a basin,

Sounds like Denver. I think I definitely need to start looking outside Christchurch. Lyttleton sounds very interesting, I'll check into that...

> Why didn't your mate like Wellington?

I'm guessing he stayed in a bad part of town. He said it was noisy all night (hookers outside) and that he got the impression that the whole city was sort of dingy and gray.


Looking for smaller cities closer to 40 deg latitude.... any thoughts on Hamilton/Tauranga, Napier or Nelson?

Not many cities on the interior of the island, are there? Seems like almost everything is by the sea.

Chocolate Milk:

--- Quote from: ModernRonin on 11 Mar 2009, 00:14 ---Looking for smaller cities closer to 40 deg latitude.... any thoughts on Hamilton/Tauranga, Napier or Nelson?

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I'm from a small town near Napier and it's a nice enough town, but not very exciting. You'd also have trouble finding a job in programming there. Biggest draw is the Art Deco architecture. Hawke's Bay in general is pretty sunny and has great vineyards. I'd suggest base yourself in a big city, but definitely go and visit the smaller towns.

Also, my mental image of Wellington has it a very colourful place, particularly the inner city.

I have a feeling you'll love wherever you end up, though. *is a little bit biased*

pwhodges:

--- Quote from: Fenriswolf on 10 Mar 2009, 23:23 ---Christchurch is so... English.
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I had a colleague in the 1970s who emigrated to New Zealand to find the preserved "English values" which he felt had been destroyed at home by the swinging 60s.

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