Are JAFA's geocentrists?

[Fordy]

Just as the Catholic church clung to the belief that the Earth was at the centre of the universe, I'm wonder do Aucklanders believe their city is the centre of New Zealand :spudwhat:

No offence Aucklanders, I'm sure you've a fine city there which I'm only too keen to visit, to see some friends, the sites ...and then leave. But I've had two unrelated replys where I emailed a person in Auckland as I had a personal contact rather than a blind contact in Christchurch, and both times, almost verbatim, the reply was "..our contact in Chch is XXX, but opportunities in Chch are limited and all the work is in Auckland".

I wondered if you might like to share the pro's and con's of being in or outside Auckland

[MSTRS:Me]

I wondered if you might like to share the pro's and con's of being in or outside Auckland

Lots of Pros in Orkland. And lots of Cons as well.

[Lias]

Pro's as in in charge by the hour for the horizontal lambada, and con's as in crims mebbe :-)

There are some aucklanders who are alright human beings, but for the most part they are insufferably arrogant wankers

[Wolf]

The assumption of many Dorkland businesses that you are in their area code, even when they've just phoned you and know you're not: "Our number is xxx-xxxx" Hey, how about specifing that I have to dial "09" first, dickhead?

Or maybe they just assume everyone knows where they are.

I'm in the 07 area, I regularly deal with companies in the 03, 04, 06 and 09 areas in addition to local businesses. It gets annoying when I have to try to guess whether its a Jafa or a local (03, 04 and 06 people always give their area code because they know there are other places outside their areas)

[bugjuice]

what, so there's life outside of Auckland..?? well I'll be damned..

[Lias]

I'll remind you good sir that SH22 is NOT in auckland

[Wolf]

what, so there's life outside of Auckland..?? well I'll be damned..

You're in Auckland, you already are damned.

[Krayy]

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I wondered if you might like to share the pro's and con's of being in or outside Auckland

SWMBO and I would love to live outside of Auckland (and would prefer Chch), but at the moment, we have to stay where the work is. The good news is that with the work I do, telecommuting is possible for 1 or 2 days a week, and one day I might be able to convice the powers that be that 5 days a week is not only possible, but will be more practical too as they wont have to pay for floorspace!!

Either that or a good Lotto win. :hbd:

[bugjuice]

I'll remind you good sir that SH22 is NOT in auckland

yes it is.. it's south Auckland, and just runs to south-south Auckland..
there's some good roads that go from north Auckland, right up to north-north-north Auckland..

but a lot of NZers want the JAFAs to go west-west-west or east-east-east auckland off an east/west pier me thinks

[kerryg]

There are some aucklanders who are alright human beings, but for the most part they are insufferably arrogant wankers

Not that you're generalising.....

[bugjuice]

Oh boy are you gonna be in trouble if Dave sees this. Dont you know SH22 is the "North Waikato".. or "Franklin". Think Orca's stops at the Bombay's.

both auckland districts, so that's ok..

[Phurrball]

Pro's as in in charge by the hour for the horizontal lambada, and con's as in crims mebbe :-)

There are some aucklanders who are alright human beings, but for the most part they are insufferably arrogant wankers

Let us remember at this point that there are many in this city who are Auckland residents rather than citizens. (to borrow immigration parlance)

My perspective as an ingrained Dunno's boy living in Waitakere, is that there are many things to commend the city...and many to condemn it...

Auckland is a city that would IMHO (hypothetically at least) be closer to perfection with 1/4 the population, and more so with 1/8th of the cars!

The traffic is as bad as everyone says...but oh, those west coast beaches [not technically in Auckland I know, but neither am I when I'm at home]

There does appear to be a veneer of arrogance in certain sectors of society here, more so than in Dunedin - but even Dunnos has its wan*ers!

It seems a tough call to put all of greater Auckland in one basket, as its pretty geographically and culturally...um...big.

The positives here have certainly toned down some of the stereotypes I held prior to coming here...but the blardy traffic...that ain't no stereotype, its a cun*y fact of life here.

Enjoy those free-flowing roads...those of you lucky enough to be in the rest of our beautiful country at least!

[Pixie]

No,they are analcentrists

[Biff]

I've never been to Auckland (other than the airport), and after living in the UK for most of my life it certainly wasn't high on my list of places to live when I moved to NZ. The reason being that I left the UK to get away from the traffic, the crime, and the impersonal attitude of people on the street, and Auckland sounds too much like home, apart from the weather being better. But as I’ve said – I’ve never been there, so I base my statements on hear say, news reports and the tinternet. I’m sure the locals may tell a different story, and I look forward to going there one day and being made to eat my words.

I live in Christchurch. A small city, particularly by UK standards. No traffic problems to speak of, low crime rate (in comparison to UK cities and Auckland), very friendly people, and beautiful scenery on our doorstep. Plenty of jobs here to, depending on your vocation.

if you need a chat/advice re' immigration or ChCh in general - feel free to PM me.

[ManDownUnder]

Lots of Pros in Orkland. And lots of Cons as well.

True - and they're quite close together - I mean K' Rd can't be more than 3 km from Mt Eden Prison?