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Originally Posted by helterskelter808
How is small population a 'pro'? You'd like to live in some boring, provincial backwater town where nothing happens? As for the scenery, are you really going to spend your time mountain climbing?
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Depends what you're looking for though doesn't it and where you're from. NZ is the extreme sports capital of the world, Eddy as already mentioned NZ is fantastic for fishing compared to the UK.
So yeah if you enjoy extreme sports, love great scenery, fishing and anything outdoor related I'm pretty sure you'd enjoy living there!
NZ is similar to the UK in many ways, they have similar weather for one. They are a bigger country yet they have a population less than 1/10th the size of the UK.
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Originally Posted by helterskelter808
NZ has the same social problems and crime as everywhere else, gangs, murders, robberies, meth labs, whatever. On top of that it's (literally) in the middle of nowhere, insular, boring with crappy weather and crappy housing.
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Yea thanks for pointing out something I've clearly written down as a con in a previous post.
Well in comparison to the UK, it has a much stricter immigration policy. Isn't part of the EU and doesn't have to worry about millions of eastern europeans entering their country putting a drain on their health, education & benefit system along with driving down the working wage.
So yeah I'd consider that a potential plus point.
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Originally Posted by helterskelter808
Just a few reasons why Kiwis who can leave do leave, often never to return.
You're simply not thinking straight if your main considerations for relocating to an entirely different country are internet speeds and how 'picture postcard' the view is.
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For anyone who works online, internet speed is always a major factor in any decision and if it's not then you're simply not thinking straight.
BTW it really really annoys me when people do this, you've quoted two of my points and twisted it to make it sound like I've announced to the world that I've decided to move to NZ based on internet speeds and beautiful scenery. I was simply trying to start a pro & con list hopefully with some input from people who have visited or lived there
