Convince me

**lewis_walker** · 30th May 2005, 08:20

OK, I'm going to try a new angle...

If you had a completely free choice where to live in New Zealand, where would it be and why?

**750Y** · 30th May 2005, 08:33

New Plymouth Taranaki.
Mountain, sea, greenery, scenery.
surf, sand, snow, motorbike scene, stock cars & farmgirls, cafes, pubs, laid back, good people, growing quickly.
oh I wanna go back there one day.

**Jonty** · 30th May 2005, 08:33

Wanaka without a doubt.

Hot sunny weather in the the summer - good for wakeboarding, climbing, tramping and above all else riding.

Friggin cold weather in the winter - good for skiing, snowboarding and learning how to ride on ice!

All year round - good for extremely attractive foreigners

**scumdog** · 30th May 2005, 10:23

Here

It's cold, it's wet, there is 'nothing' here and so all the arseholes generally stay up north.

Uncluttered roads, variety of scenery, near places that do have 'something', no big housing areas containing unemployed criminal homie tagging wannabe 'gansta' (wangsta?) twats, well I guess there is a + or two for living here

**Biff** · 30th May 2005, 10:26

Christchurch. Because I did my homework and decided it was the most suitable place for my family and I.

A vibrant city - but not very busy.
Plenty of employment.
Beautiful scenery - with the southern alps as a backdrop.
Good schools for the micro Biffs.
Great parks.
Nice beaches.
Great walking trails.
Ski slopes within an hours drive.
Great biking roads.
etc etc

**vifferman** · 30th May 2005, 10:38

Yeah, what the Biffster said.

Bastid.
Made me miss it even more.

Bastid again.

**SPORK** · 30th May 2005, 10:42

Upper Hutt:

Rampant wiggas
Slums
Complete '70s city
Far from anywhere awesome
Miserable weather at the moment

**Hitcher** · 30th May 2005, 10:59

Hard to go past the Three Ns: Napier, Nelson or New Plymouth. Great riding roads in proximity to all three. Global warming is slowly improving New Plymouth's weather...

**bugjuice** · 30th May 2005, 11:14

NZ, cos UK sux.

**pogz88** · 30th May 2005, 11:22

Originally Posted by 750Y

...stock cars & farmgirls, cafes, pubs, ...

Farm girls? What sorta farm girls are these?

**Coyote** · 30th May 2005, 11:36

Originally Posted by Bloodninja

Upper Hutt:

Rampant wiggas
Slums
Complete '70s city
Far from anywhere awesome
Miserable weather at the moment

Low docile schools
Crappy money grasping council
1 of every 5 cars has a big bore exhaust
Fancy Christmas decorations, all year long
Flea Market every Saturday
Madcat_/Cryhavoc/Bloodninja
Power pylons
Heavily policed roads with sporadically changing speed limits
P-addicts
Hemp bushes
and Rimutaka Street

**Marmoot** · 30th May 2005, 11:39

Hamilton.

Close enough to big cities for needs, and far enough to be peaceful.

**SPORK** · 30th May 2005, 12:20

Originally Posted by alarumba

Madcat_/Cryhavoc/Bloodninja/Spleen

You forgot one...

**Yarg** · 30th May 2005, 12:38

Nelson. Good climate, expanding area, good beachs,Top of the south island so heaps of good riding , lots a sunshine but can be cold in Winter , close to Blenheim with all its vineyards, short hop across the strait to wellington.

**scumdog** · 30th May 2005, 12:41

Originally Posted by Yarg

Nelson. Good climate, expanding area, good beachs,Top of the south island so heaps of good riding , lots a sunshine but can be cold in Winter , close to Blenheim with all its vineyards, short hop across the strait to wellington.

Don't forget the wasps, little bastards are everywhere up there. (We banned them down here in the winter of '97).