I live in Auckland, Fiji

[PrincessBandit]

This evening Balu and I decided, lovely warm evening and all, to make the five minute walk up to town for dinner. We don't usually venture on foot up to Southmall after 6ish but it was a good night for it. As we dawdled along we realised just how shabby and tired looking everything was. New tagging on the newly upgraded rail path, filthy garbage dumped along the line, general rubbish in all the gutters, the shops which look straight out of some third world country. Then to top it off a young girl wandered past - she couldn't have been older than 9 - and she says " you got a spare two dollars?" I said No (because I didn't) but thought to myself hell, when did Manurewa turn into Suva? (Or any other such place where you'd see kids begging in the streets.

I've lost count of the number of times I've been asked, randomly in the street in Rewa, "excuse me ma'am, but could you give two dollars for a train fare?" (Always by youths, and at least they're usually polite- until you say Sorry I have no cash at all on me). This is now the second time a kid under ten, with no adult anywhere near in sight, has approached me asking/begging for money.

I honestly felt tonight I was walking through some slum or ghetto, not the city I've lived in for over thirty years!!

[Laava]

Bula!:2thumbsup

[psycho22]

I only go back maybe once a year but every time things just look more and more rundown.:(

[mashman]

It has been commonplace in the UK for the last decade or two, maybe even more. It's bound to end up here I'm afraid.

[Akzle]

but..but.. but. good society.... and democratic government... and pay tax to help the poor... and...

wait.


hahahahahahaha.
nah shit's still fucked.

[Maha]

''shabby and tired''?... been through Moerewa of late?

[Edbear]

It's the way the world is going, witness Chicago.

[iYRe]

I live in 'rewa too (well, weymouth).

When I moved here 8 years ago there was a "beautification project" underway.. when the supercity became a reality, the beautification project ceased to be a reality.

However, we do have Ezmeralda's Cafe which is much win.

[slofox]

Happens in The Tron too.

[SMOKEU]

Too many coons.

[Zedder]

Stay tuned for further thread disintegration...

[Tigadee]

Whenever I walk around my neighbourhood, I pick up what rubbish I see on the footpaths. It's just disgusting how people treat this country. :buggerd:

Where and when I grew up, there were civic consciousness films and ads shown in schools and on TV respectively to remind people how to treat the elderly, the infirm, the environment, public and private property, etc. Parents took the belt to their kids' behinds if they intentionally broke anything or defaced property. Thus kids grew up respecting others and their property.

[Glowerss]

It's the way the world is going, witness Chicago.

You leave my hometown out of this! :nono:

Better example would be detroit :rolleyes:

[Zedder]

Whenever I walk around my neighbourhood, I pick up what rubbish I see on the footpaths. It's just disgusting how people treat this country. :buggerd:

Where and when I grew up, there were civic consciousness films and ads shown in schools and on TV respectively to remind people how to treat the elderly, the infirm, the environment, public and private property, etc. Parents took the belt to their kids' behinds if they intentionally broke anything or defaced property. Thus kids grew up respecting others and their property.

It's good to hear you pick up rubbish and about the positive civic attitudes, however, it's a more complex issue than those aspects.

[Katman]

Get out while your house is still worth something.

[gijoe1313]

Well when the zombie apocalypse happens, the 'rewa I live in won't have too far to go backwards! It's that old thing, depending which side of the train tracks you look at things - since I'm on Gt Sth Rd, it's interesting to see how things suddenly go to hell just by crossing the road!

But, we are all just a bunch of savages!

[idb]

Whenever I walk around my neighbourhood, I pick up what rubbish I see on the footpaths. It's just disgusting how people treat this country. :buggerd:

Where and when I grew up, there were civic consciousness films and ads shown in schools and on TV respectively to remind people how to treat the elderly, the infirm, the environment, public and private property, etc. Parents took the belt to their kids' behinds if they intentionally broke anything or defaced property. Thus kids grew up respecting others and their property.


Where and when I grew up, there were civic consciousness films and ads shown in schools and on TV respectively to remind people how to treat the elderly, the infirm, the environment, public and private property, etc.
That's called 'Social Engineering' now.
We can't have that, people should be free to act as want.

[iYRe]

Well when the zombie apocalypse happens, the 'rewa I live in won't have too far to go backwards! It's that old thing, depending which side of the train tracks you look at things - since I'm on Gt Sth Rd, it's interesting to see how things suddenly go to hell just by crossing the road!

But, we are all just a bunch of savages!

When the zombie apocalypse happens, they wont come near us... not enough brains and too chewy.

[Tigadee]

We can't have that, people should be free to act as want.

I'm sure that it is "People should be free to act as they want... within reason". Otherwise, bikers can lane split without a care of hitting wing mirrors... :whistle:


...and too chewy.

Rooooaoaar!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6d/Chewbacca-2-.jpg/200px-Chewbacca-2-.jpg

[Stirts]

Well when the zombie apocalypse happens, the 'rewa I live in won't have too far to go backwards! It's that old thing, depending which side of the train tracks you look at things - since I'm on Gt Sth Rd, it's interesting to see how things suddenly go to hell just by crossing the road!

Survival Rule #1 - Cardio

[Paul in NZ]

Get out while your house is still worth something.

And go where? Gore?

(no seriously its about your only choice to move south - even then there are other issues to deal with)

I was having this exact conversation the other day. Our office is down the Cuba Mall / Courtenay Place end of town. We have beggers, homeless, mentally unwell, substance abusers and gang bangers and I'm sorry - its not just old man syndrome - it does actually seem like more and more every month..... I doubt a week goes by without being acousted by someone.

I'm not usually a left leaning individual but it does seem that capitalisim isnt working very well for the great majority. Society is fraying.

[idb]

I'm sure that it is "People should be free to act as they want... within reason". Otherwise, bikers can lane split without a care of hitting wing mirrors... :whistle:



Rooooaoaar!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6d/Chewbacca-2-.jpg/200px-Chewbacca-2-.jpg

You're right, "People should be free to act as they want providing those actions present no danger to wing mirrors."

[Paul in NZ]

You're right, "People should be free to act as they want providing those actions present no danger to wing mirrors."


Some of them havent even got wings let alone mirrors... I blame the gubbermint

[Zedder]

You're right, "People should be free to act as they want providing those actions present no danger to wing mirrors."

The wing mirrors are the real victims in our society.

[Zedder]

Some of them havent even got wings let alone mirrors... I blame the gubbermint

Looks like it's time for a Red Bull advert...

[Edbear]

You leave my hometown out of this! :nono:

Better example would be detroit :rolleyes:

Of course, I stand corrected! Detroit was on the news a wee while ago. Sad... :(


Some of them havent even got wings let alone mirrors... I blame the gubbermint

Isn't that what the Govt. is for?

[Akzle]

And go where? Gore?
...then there are other issues to deal with...

other issues... like: you'd be in gore.


Of course, I stand corrected! Detroit was on the news a wee while ago. Sad... :(

it was. it was voted the saddest city in the world or some shit.

it's okay! the government will come and save your society! don't fret, people!



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6d/Chewbacca-2-.jpg/200px-Chewbacca-2-.jpg

that's one of the local women, innit. her face seems familiar...

[Laava]

''shabby and tired''?... been through Moerewa of late?

Yeah, and the wife and I commented recently on how much it has improved over the last five years. Been thru Murupara?

[Paul in NZ]

other issues... like: you'd be in gore.

Yup - its really frustrating. They ask if you have $2 for bus fare (pfft - its like 9pence) but they say two dollarze (rolling the R)

It take 20 mins to finally get wtf they are on about...

[Tigadee]

that's one of the local women, innit. her face seems familiar...

You don't recognise your own mother?! Shame on you! :D

[Katman]

And go where? Gore?
(no seriously its about your only choice to move south - even then there are other issues to deal with)


Even Papakura is many levels above what Manurewa has become.

[Paul in NZ]

Even Papakura is many levels above what Manurewa has become.

Thats a shame....

The feckless hippies and llama botherers still have not overpowered the semi skilled muso's, artistes and retired circus freaks in Raumati South and the stupidly wealthy still hold the line in the coastal properties so we are 'all good' bro...

Althougth there was some nervous bearded halfwit twittering into his 'mobile device' at the cafe last weekend so I fear the end of days is apon us... The Hipsters have arrived... bleugh....

[Maha]

Yeah, and the wife and I commented recently on how much it has improved over the last five years. Been thru Murupara?

The two place are very much the same, I think Murupara has it over Moerewa when it comes to drugs though.

[Road kill]

The two place are very much the same, I think Murupara has it over Moerewa when it comes to drugs though.

The Rebs can sort that out for ya'.
Once they finish shooting at each other:killingme

[Brett]

It's funny, there are area's of South Auckland (like The Gardens and parts of Alfriston) that are very nice, with very high end houses and well to do people and then there are places like Clendon, and other parts of Manurewa equally as bad. Some of the people I have seen/met in parts of manurewa are genuinely worse than animals. The problem is, that those people are breeding (cause we keep paying them to do so) and as such are becoming a greater proportion of the population. And FWIW...I'm not racist, I dislike all uncouth scum, regardless of race, gender or age, equally. It's just a genuine pity that South Auckland is so badly biased towards certain cultures and nationalities.

[Woodman]

Don't ever give money to beggars if they are even slightly overweight, and if they are a little thin on it give them food. Problem is the thin ones don't want food.

[PrincessBandit]

The two place are very much the same, I think Murupara has it over Moerewa when it comes to drugs though.

Murupara, Moerewa, Manurewa - hey there's a pattern!!!

What gets me is they say "for a train fare" or "for the bus". yeah right. How many people do they scab off in order to get enough for a can (probably not enough for a tinny from the local though).

There's even been a surge of untalented "buskers" who have sprung up blowing and sucking raucously on harmonicas and strumming out of tune guitars; but at least they're trying to provide 'something' for the charity they're getting. Not to mention the car window washers still operating...

[Big Dave]

Pffft. I had to wait a full 5 minutes for a Latte in Remuera the other day.

[Akzle]

It's funny, there are area's of South Auckland (like The Gardens and parts of Alfriston) that are very nice,

yeah. the white ones.

anyway. have a bit of fun, if you see them coming up, ask them for two dollars, before they can ask you... it's funnier in a suit, but it's still funny if you're not...

[paturoa]

..... but it does seem that capitalisim isnt working very well for the great majority.


.... however, it's a more complex issue than those aspects.

I'm with Z. There is a bunch of stuff here and I believe that "capitalism" is a symptom not a cause.

[Berries]

And go where? Gore?

(no seriously its about your only choice to move south - even then there are other issues to deal with)
Yeah, like we don't want your sort down here.

I would vote to cut the cable but then we would be stuck with all those Cantabrians, the JAFA's of the south island.

[idb]

Pffft. I had to wait a full 5 minutes for a Latte in Remuera the other day.

We got both kinds a' coffee in the South Island - Nes and Cafe.

[Virago]

We got both kinds a' coffee in the South Island - Nes and Cafe.

We got that there new-fangled Bushells stuff here in Dunedin - it'll never take on.

[idb]

We got that there new-fangled Bushells stuff here in Dunedin - it'll never take on.

Poofters!!

[MIXONE]

The two place are very much the same, I think Murupara has it over Moerewa when it comes to drugs though.

The fastest thing on two wheels in Moerewa is a pakeha riding a pushbike singing"This land is your land,this land is my land...".

[bosslady]

Dude. You only just noticed this?

I'm thankful I'm the fuck out of there now. Was OK (note I said OK, not GREAT) living in Rewa up until I was about 10, after that it went downhill. The amount of stray (probably rabid) dogs that I had to dodge just to get to the school bus each morning gave me the shits. I was FOREVER getting asked for a dollar or two to "catch the bus". Rubbish, filth, "undesirables". Glad I'm outta there, it's depressing and southmall is a shit hole.

[Katman]

We got both kinds a' coffee in the South Island - Nes and Cafe.

Here in the Waikato Riviera we like to put the milk in before the water.

[Monkfish]

Small town NZ is where its at IMHO, I grew up in a small town and now live in Newton, central Dorkland. the whole city is going to shit I reckon.

Im getting out as soon as I can!

[avgas]

Stay tuned for further thread disintegration...
and dat differentiation. Yo

[avgas]

We got both kinds a' coffee in the South Island - Nes and Cafe.
Rubbish I had nice coffee when I was down there showing the family where I grew up.

Ok, may be that was everywhere except Alex..........but we would have stopped there if there wasn't so much banjo music :lol:

We got all the way to Clyde before we couldn't hear banjo's and people had all their teeth.

(p.t. - but on a side note its hard to spot the clock on the rocks these days.)

[Big Dave]

We got both kinds a' coffee in the South Island - Nes and Cafe.

In Ponsonby they have Fagg's.

[Swoop]

... the whole city is going to shit I reckon.
Look at the retard that some of you lot elected as Mayor of Auckland.

A new surprise, the trams are not popular or making a profit! Surprise, sur-fucking-prise! Who would have seen that coming.:rolleyes:

[wharekura]

"True" Homeless will be too embarrassed to beg. When I was broke, I did what I could to get out. 20 years later I have huge mortgage to show my "progress". Ironic.

[idb]

In Ponsonby they have Fagg's.

I have absolutely no doubt....

[Akzle]

We got both kinds a' coffee in the South Island - Nes and Cafe.


We got that there new-fangled Bushells stuff here in Dunedin - it'll never take on.

... someone remind me why we let the south island have internets..? :scratch:

[idb]

Rubbish I had nice coffee when I was down there showing the family where I grew up.

Ok, may be that was everywhere except Alex..........but we would have stopped there if there wasn't so much banjo music :lol:

We got all the way to Clyde before we couldn't hear banjo's and people had all their teeth.

(p.t. - but on a side note its hard to spot the clock on the rocks these days.)

I bet you've got a real purty mouth

[Berg]

It's funny, there are area's of South Auckland (like The Gardens and parts of Alfriston) that are very nice, with very high end houses and well to do people and then there are places like Clendon, and other parts of Manurewa equally as bad. Some of the people I have seen/met in parts of manurewa are genuinely worse than animals. The problem is, that those people are breeding (cause we keep paying them to do so) and as such are becoming a greater proportion of the population. And FWIW...I'm not racist, I dislike all uncouth scum, regardless of race, gender or age, equally. It's just a genuine pity that South Auckland is so badly biased towards certain cultures and nationalities.
This:niceone: We now have forth generations of families breeding children they don't really want just to provide a government sourced income. I've even personally heard collage aged girls say they will trap a boy into getting them pregnant just to go on the DPB.
Any party that stops the trash having children they don't want or will never love or care for will get my vote.

[Zedder]

We got both kinds a' coffee in the South Island - Nes and Cafe.

Yeah but we've got both Ches and Dale cheese up Norf.

[iYRe]

Even Papakura is many levels above what Manurewa has become.

no.. no its not.

Manurewa had the cheapest houses in auckland, that were the closest to the CBD.. in the last few years a lot of people have bought houses here, and all the renters have moved south.. and they'll keep moving south..

Now all the people here are selling up and moving closer to auckland CBD.

For me.. I paid 210k for a house, and I am 400m from the manukau harbour.. where I can walk my dog with no leash, and so forth. Every now and again there's a p house explosion or someone gets stabbed, but my parents live in howick, and they have more incidents like that than we do.

[Akzle]

This:niceone: We now have forth generations of families breeding children they don't really want just to provide a government sourced income. I've even personally heard collage aged girls say they will trap a boy into getting them pregnant just to go on the DPB.
Any party that stops the trash having children they don't want or will never love or care for will get my vote.

vote Akzle for world PM :first:

[Katman]

For me.. I paid 210k for a house, and I am 400m from the manukau harbour.. where I can walk my dog with no leash, and so forth. Every now and again there's a p house explosion or someone gets stabbed, but my parents live in howick, and they have more incidents like that than we do.

You don't have to describe Weymouth to me mate.

My mother-in-law lives in Beihlers Rd.

[240]

In Ponsonby they have Fagg's.

Ain't you an Aussie now?

[iYRe]

You don't have to describe Weymouth to me mate.

My mother-in-law lives in Beihlers Rd.

well.. whaddya know..

I'm at the other end (ish) of weymouth..

[Big Dave]

Ain't you an Aussie now?

Bonza cobber.

But I had a hu-u-u-ge long weekend cruising the fair city of sails on a Heritage Softail 3 weeks ago.

[Berries]

... someone remind me why we let the south island have internets..? :scratch:
It's called grooming.




Sent from my dark cellar using a hairy palm that is not mine.

[Tigadee]

Shit! I just walked through a small park in Manukau City and crushed empty cans of bourbon & cola were strewn all over, about three or four cases worth! In addition to the rubbish already there: Wrappers, bottles, plastic bags, etc... :facepalm:

[Monkfish]

Shit! I just walked through a small park in Manukau City and crushed empty cans of bourbon & cola were strewn all over, about three or four cases worth! In addition to the rubbish already there: Wrappers, bottles, plastic bags, etc... :facepalm:

Yup it sucks.
I spent alot of my teenage years getting drunk in Wattle Downs, Rewa. but it was alot better back then.
Unfortunatley it's not just the south I think its just city living in general.

I take solace in the fact that most of the trash :2guns: will always stay in the urban centers because small town NZ is too far away from anything when you cant afford gas. :laugh:

[Edbear]

Small town NZ is where its at IMHO, I grew up in a small town and now live in Newton, central Dorkland. the whole city is going to shit I reckon.

Im getting out as soon as I can!

You don't have to go far...

[iYRe]

Yup it sucks.
I spent alot of my teenage years getting drunk in Wattle Downs, Rewa. but it was alot better back then.
Unfortunatley it's not just the south I think its just city living in general.

I take solace in the fact that most of the trash :2guns: will always stay in the urban centers because small town NZ is too far away from anything when you cant afford gas. :laugh:


hah, back before wattle downs had houses (well, it had about 5), my mates and I used to flog the olds car around the subdivision, using the section markers as slalom pegs... then go up to the park by the poo ponds and do high speed handbrake donuts.. then hide from the cops..

Wattle downs is ok.. fixed a few computers out there for rich people :) problem is, there is only one way in or out..

[Akzle]

problem is, there is only one way in or out..

i always aim to live places like this. come the revolution, i only have to dynamite two bridges and i have a very defensible piece of land...
of course, that works the other way too...

[iYRe]

i always aim to live places like this. come the revolution, i only have to dynamite two bridges and i have a very defensible piece of land...
of course, that works the other way too...

in this case, there is only one road, and no bridges.. but I guess you could employ the local red bandana kids to police it for you

[nodrog]

What are you complaining about? People pay good money to holiday in Fiji.

[Big Dave]

i have a very defensible piece of land..


http://www.davidcohen.co/velociraptors.jpg

[gijoe1313]

It's a good thing we got motorbikes to go riding out to the nicer places then! :msn-wink: Of course, the places that end up with hordes of filthy biker scum probably have the same attitude towards us lousing up their backyard! :devil2:

[Usarka]

This thread....

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdo143YM8t1r4dpljo1_400.gif

[avgas]

I bet you've got a real purty mouth
Oh, you must say that to all the sacks of meat you see.

[Brett]

If we just take away KFC, McD's and BK we can starve them out. Cruel, I know...but necessary.

[iYRe]

If we just take away KFC, McD's and BK we can starve them out. Cruel, I know...but necessary.

KFC and Carl's Jr will do the trick (if you take them away)

[Road kill]

My wife and I were married in Manurewa in the park behind the library.
That was in 1979, Weymouth was more a boat ramp than anything else and Clendon was still paddocks that belonged to the cocky who's old farm house we were renting at the time.
Now days I wind up the windows an lock the doors if I have to drive through the place in my truck.
I just look at it like everybody has to live somewhere and at lest if the less fortunate are stuck in Rewa",,,their not out my way.

[iYRe]

My wife and I were married in Manurewa in the park behind the library.
That was in 1979, Weymouth was more a boat ramp than anything else and Clendon was still paddocks that belonged to the cocky who's old farm house we were renting at the time.
Now days I wind up the windows an lock the doors if I have to drive through the place in my truck.
I just look at it like everybody has to live somewhere and at lest if the less fortunate are stuck in Rewa",,,their not out my way.

I've lived here for 8 years.. moved here from east auckland.. to be honest, I prefer weymouth. no toffee nose shits telling me what to do.

Although, I am usually struck by the quality of the women elsewhere..

[Brett]

I've lived here for 8 years.. moved here from east auckland.. to be honest, I prefer weymouth. no toffee nose shits telling me what to do.

Although, I am usually struck by the quality of the women elsewhere..

Not too many "toffee nosed shits" around Howick and East Aucks from my experience.

[iYRe]

Not too many "toffee nosed shits" around Howick and East Aucks from my experience.

there's heaps mate.. heaps. My folks still live there.. got a lot of friends there still.. not as bad as the shore I guess though

[Road kill]

I've lived here for 8 years.. moved here from east auckland.. to be honest, I prefer weymouth. no toffee nose shits telling me what to do.

Although, I am usually struck by the quality of the women elsewhere..

Yeah I never had anything stolen from me until I moved to the other side of the harbor.

People are people huh:(

[Berries]

I've lived here for 8 years.. moved here from east auckland.. to be honest, I prefer weymouth. no toffee nose shits telling me what to do.

Although, I am usually struck by the quality of the women elsewhere..
Head west young man. Then you'll get struck by some women.

[iYRe]

Yeah I never had anything stolen from me until I moved to the other side of the harbor.

People are people huh:(

my big black hairy dog and someone being home all the time seems to help :P

[iYRe]

Head west young man. Then you'll get struck by some women.


no way.. I lived out west for 10 years.. I go out west most thursdays to visit ye ole biker mates.. people out there scare me.. south auckland is much less scary..

[Akzle]

Then you'll get struck by some women.

hairy ones.

[Tigadee]

Picked up wife's sister and hubby from airport last night - came back from visit to London. Her husband kept saying how lucky we are to be living in New Zealand where the air and environment is cleaner, the people friendlier and life was relaxed. (Mind you, he is talking about London in the middle of winter.)

He said the city was intolerant of those who walked slow (bumped and tsk-ed those walking slower than general pace of foot traffic), i.e. tourists, so everyone walked very fast and wouldn't stop to talk and help with directions. Maybe it's the biting cold?

Food was expensive and only the tube's efficiency and architecture were London's saving graces. Streets and the tube were filthy, and the city was filled with Iranians, Pakistanis, Indians, Russians, Germans, Romanians, Poles, Chinese, etc.

"New Zealand's the greatest place to be in!" he said.

[Zedder]

"New Zealand's the greatest place to be in!" he said.



Going by posts in this thread, not all parts of NZ are the "greatest place to be in".

[gijoe1313]

Always a real dag when issues like this come up ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYvMeT2GC14

[Edbear]

Going by posts in this thread, not all parts of NZ are the "greatest place to be in".

Compared with most other countries, even South Auckland is paradise! We really don't know how lucky we are here!

[iYRe]

Compared with most other countries, even South Auckland is paradise! We really don't know how lucky we are here!

and when we go to other parts of auckland, all your ugly reject women seem so much more attractive..

oops.. did I say that out loud?

[Tigadee]

Going by posts in this thread, not all parts of NZ are the "greatest place to be in".

Sure, but he was looking around Auckland when he said that! :laugh: Of course, he didn't know about tha drought either as he'd been away 5 weeks...

[Road kill]

Head west young man. Then you'll get struck by some women.

To bad she'll probably be driving a 4x4 at the time.

[Berries]

Going by posts in this thread, not all parts of NZ are the "greatest place to be in".
I wouldn't know about Auckland, the times I have been there it could have been Singapore or Kong Kong, without the impressive buildings mind. But the rest of the country? Yeah, Fred Dagg was right, and unless you travel some you will never appreciate what you do have here.

[Katman]

Yeah, Fred Dagg was right, and unless you travel some you will never appreciate what you do have here.

I've travelled plenty and Manurewa's still a shit-hole.

[Berries]

Fuck knows where Manurewa is, my comments were restricted to south of the Waitaki River, the rest of you can go get fucked. Quite possibly with family members.

[Madness]

...the rest of you can go get fucked. Quite possibly with family members.

Baggs your sister.

[Katman]

Secondsies.

[Zedder]

I've travelled plenty and Manurewa's still a shit-hole.

It wasn't always like that though.

[Katman]

It wasn't always like that though.

No shit.

I grew up there in the 80's.

[Zedder]

No shit.

I grew up there in the 80's.

I knew it a while ago too and it's far worse now as are quite a few places in Auckland. Some however, have got better.

[Katman]

Some however, have got better.

I also grew up in Papakura in the late 60's and 70's.

I saw that place go down hill throughout those years but was impressed to see the vast improvement in it recently.

[Madness]

I also grew up in Papakura in the late 60's and 70's.

I saw that place go down hill throughout those years but was impressed to see the vast improvement in it recently.

Jebus, it must have been pretty shite in the 70's then. We looked at buying in Papakura a few years ago & decided to keep renting.

[Katman]

Jebus, it must have been pretty shite in the 70's then.

You ain't whistling Dixie.

[PrincessBandit]

Parts of Papakura are pretty rough. We rented in Sheehan Ave back in the mid 80's for a couple of years. Drove down there a while ago for a trip down memory lane. More like Nightmare on Elm Street. The main drag is quite nice though and definitely preferable to the equivalent stretch of the Great South Road running through Manure-wa.

[Berries]

Baggs your sister.
Been there, done that.

[Road kill]

I knew it a while ago too and it's far worse now as are quite a few places in Auckland. Some however, have got better.

Yeah Remuera,Greenlane,Ponsonby,,,,,,mind you I don't go there very often.<_<

[Zedder]

Yeah Remuera,Greenlane,Ponsonby,,,,,,mind you I don't go there very often.<_<

Ya forgot Grey Lynn. That and Ponsonby used to be really run down.

[gijoe1313]

Don't worry, with the new development proposals mooted, we can have hi-rise level slums now! 8 level apartment blocks for Manuwera, whee doggy! Now the crap can extend upwards and makes it more riskier for the services to attend to any mayhem! :niceone:

[Swoop]

Don't worry, with the new development proposals mooted, we can have hi-rise level slums now! 8 level apartment blocks for Manuwera, whee doggy! Now the crap can extend upwards and makes it more riskier for the services to attend to any mayhem! :niceone:

Auckland already has hi-rise slums. Look at the buildings on the corner of Queen St & Mayoral Dr as a prime example. This development has a "mandated" state housing requirement of xx% apartments being for state tenants.
It also doesn't have air conditionining, meaning the windows have to open to all the lovely noise of the city at night... while residents are trying to sleep, in the heat.:crazy:

[gijoe1313]

Auckland already has hi-rise slums. Look at the buildings on the corner of Queen St & Mayoral Dr as a prime example. This development has a "mandated" state housing requirement of xx% apartments being for state tenants.
It also doesn't have air conditionining, meaning the windows have to open to all the lovely noise of the city at night... while residents are trying to sleep, in the heat.:crazy:

Well in Manure-wa, this nice vision will really increase the idea of a dystopian paradise - the only hi-rise apartments is one in Manukau city so far, but that is a relatively well managed affair. Multiply that and fill it with the usual oiks in the area and it will truly become wretched hives of scum and villains!

[Tigadee]

Don't worry, with the new development proposals mooted, we can have hi-rise level slums now! 8 level apartment blocks for Manuwera, whee doggy! Now the crap can extend upwards and makes it more riskier for the services to attend to any mayhem!

Block war (Judge Dredd)?

[Swoop]

Multiply that and fill it with the usual oiks in the area and it will truly become wretched hives of scum and villains!

So, a little bit like The Nautilus apartment block in Orewa? Just filled with oldies in "god's waiting room".;)

[Road kill]

Ya forgot Grey Lynn. That and Ponsonby used to be really run down.

My parents used to lease the shop across the rd from Grey Lynn primary school around 1970-71.
About when the PI people started flooding into the area,,,mostly nice people back then to.
Shortly after that I shared a house in Ponsonby with a group of students,bikies an general drop kicks.
Cost us $30 a week and if you didn't want to chip in that week you didn't be home on thursday night when the landlord dropped in to pick up the rent.
It's changed a bit since then but still high rents.

[pete376403]

Block war (Judge Dredd)?

More like the projects in "the Wire" - breeding space for consumers of recreational chemicals.

[idb]

Well, down here, we had a spate of youths crossing the main street and not using the pedestrian crossing a couple of months ago!!!
It's just not the same place it was in my day...it's the thin end of the wedge people...

[Banditbandit]

Well, down here, we had a spate of youths crossing the main street and not using the pedestrian crossing a couple of months ago!!!
It's just not the same place it was in my day...it's the thin end of the wedge people...

You have pedestrian crossing in Alexandra ??? Gawd ... next thing you'll have flush toilets !!!

[Kickaha]

Well, down here, we had a spate of youths crossing the main street and not using the pedestrian crossing a couple of months ago!!!
Criminal scum, it needs to be stamped out now

[Akzle]

Well, down here we had youths a couple of months ago!!!


Criminal scum, it needs to be stamped out now

reckon.

. .

[idb]

You have pedestrian crossing in Alexandra ??? Gawd ... next thing you'll have flush toilets !!!

To be honest, it was put in just so we could keep up with Cromwell.
A pointless waste of money on a flashy symbol of town pride, in my opinion.

[idb]

Criminal scum, it needs to be stamped out now

We put up a sign with big red letters.

[Zedder]

Source of crime wave in Alexandra finished:http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10870674

[neels]

Source of crime wave in Alexandra finished:http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10870674
Really that's more a symptom of how generally antisocial a sector of society has become. Unfortunately once again it disadvantages the law abiding majority due to the actions of a few fuckwits.

[Akzle]

Source of crime wave in Alexandra finished:http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10870674

Cougar S... patrols town facilities at night
i see think i see the problem.

[Akzle]

11 and 13 year old whores.

:clap: :clap:

well done, new zealand society, this truly must be a great day for you.

but i'm sure some politiician will be along shortly with the answer to this problem. , probably, to lower the age for consensual whoredom to 6.

[Maki]

I wonder why nothing is done about people who litter. How about a couple of weeks of community service, cleaning up litter or a $2000 fine? That would make the place a whole lot cleaner.

There should also be a policy that discourages people from having more kids than they can afford to raise. They end up being a burden on everyone else and contribute to the survival of the un-fittest. I suggest offering a free transistor radio to anyone who gets themselves "fixed".

[Akzle]

I suggest offering a free transistor radio to anyone who gets themselves "fixed".

valves are where it's at man!