WHERE CAN I MOVE TO? Suggestions.

[SwanTiger]

I'm sick of the Rodney Fucken District and seriously considering a move to somewhere else, somewhere with less Auckland'ness and more community rather than Government influence.

Any suggestions? I'm thinking the South Island down with ScumDog or perhaps Australia.

When the fuck are all the old decaying worthless piece of shit pain in the arse residents in Rodney going to die? It's a nice place, just too many metropolitan fag Aucklanders moving up here for "lifestyle" and too many old nay-sayers.

Besides I hear the chicks are better over in aussie, typical.

So, serious question, if you think the area / country you live in is shit hot, where the fuck is it.

[Steam]

Wherever you go will be the same, with your head where it is.
Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.
You is the thing, not where you are.

[mstriumph]

west australia is good? the southern bit is pretty and you can make good money in the northern bit

roads [i am reliably informed lol] are not up to spec

actually, fella, sounds to me as though you need a bit of a holiday and get your spirits up a bit before making any life-changing descisions?

[SwanTiger]

Wherever you go will be the same, with your head where it is.
Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.
You is the thing, not where you are.

I like you, but that has to be 100% a generalised "Wellingtonian" opinion, so arty farty and philosophical in a pointless sense.

My issue is with the people in the area that I live, not the area itself. The different variables, such as house prices, local government and so on influence the character of people which live here.

Could you imagine Donald Trump living in a state house in Otara, South Auckland?

When I was growing up you could leave the entire house un-locked, you knew all of your neighbours and a little bit about them, some more than others. If you needed help or something you could ask your neighbour. And this wasn't that long ago, 5 - 10 years at the most.

Now I only know two of my neighbours, the rest I've never seen before, some I've only seen sneaking home from work and parking there car, then rushing inside their house with fully closed curtains.

I hardly ever see kids playing at the end of the street, and there is a school, reserve and park down there. You hardly ever hear roudy partys where people are having fun or kids screaming and playing.

Too scared noise control will come and abate them with a $500 notice and if they persist, have the police assist with a confiscation of their voice box!

It's suburbia now, what Rumuera, etc. was 5 - 10 + years ago. Auckland is growing and consuming what once was, great areas to live.

There are lots of places like this around the country. And there must be some left which are still (on a fundamental level) un-changed.

Fucked if my kids will be raised in a socially depressed mess.

[onearmedbandit]

Wherever you go will be the same, with your head where it is.
Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.
You is the thing, not where you are.

Awesome quote, love it!

Don't move down here ST, you wouldn't like it!

[SwanTiger]

west australia is good? the southern bit is pretty and you can make good money in the northern bit

roads [i am reliably informed lol] are not up to spec

actually, fella, sounds to me as though you need a bit of a holiday and get your spirits up a bit before making any life-changing descisions?

A lot of my extended family are in Western Australia and havve no intention of coming back so there must be something worthwhile over there.

Nah, don't think I need a holiday, the Rodney District really is depressing, you only have to read one or two editions of the local paper to realise how pathetic it is, besides that it is a beautiful place with a lot of good people scattered around the place and once upon a time had a nice balance.

Here is an example of how pathetic the place is.

There is a guy who lets people use his land to run a small market which helps to raise funds for the local hospice charity. A local resident COMPLAINED about this and the council forced (under a trading bylaw) the owner to shut down the market until they obtained resource consent which would cost nearly $2,000.

If you're really interested in why I dislike this place and am seriously considering moving, look up the history of the Rodney District Council.

I am young and what I do for bread can be done from virtually anywhere in the world, so I am lucky in that sense.

Australia is # 1 choice so far.

[Steam]

And there must be some left which are still (on a fundamental level) un-changed.

Hmm... you have some good points there.
Definitely the South Island for you then, if not a small place in Aussie.
A lot of small towns are still good down south, everyone knows everyone, which can be both good and bad. In Dunedin we knew all our neighbours, and invited them around once a year for a neighbourhood party, and asked them to feed our cat when we were away, etc. But the smaller the town the better.

[Hitcher]

Any suggestions?

Whatever you do, don't come to Wellington. It's perfect, and those of us who live here want to keep it that way.

[Motu]

I hardly ever see kids playing at the end of the street, and there is a school, reserve and park down there. You hardly ever hear roudy partys where people are having fun or kids screaming and playing.

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You can get all this in Huntly - but I suspect it's totally the opposite to what you want.I was trying to move to Rodney a few years ago,sounds like I was lucky I didn't.A similar thing happened on Waiheke Island - it was a paradise where no one wanted to live,housing was cheap and you could live any lifestyle you wanted.We could come home from a weekend away and find the front door wide open....forgot to shut it when we left.Now it is an upmarket suburb of Auckland - all us hippies left years ago.

[SixPackBack]

I'm sick of the Rodney Fucken District and seriously considering a move to somewhere else, somewhere with less Auckland'ness and more community rather than Government influence.

Any suggestions? I'm thinking the South Island down with ScumDog or perhaps Australia.

When the fuck are all the old decaying worthless piece of shit pain in the arse residents in Rodney going to die? It's a nice place, just too many metropolitan fag Aucklanders moving up here for "lifestyle" and too many old nay-sayers.

Besides I hear the chicks are better over in aussie, typical.

So, serious question, if you think the area / country you live in is shit hot, where the fuck is it.

Fookme someones got sand in their Vagina piemeister. Rodney is a great place stop bitchin'.

[CM2005]

haha, up norths nice! dont live in wellsford. i reckon brizzy in oz is funk cool. dunno

[Meekey_Mouse]

Aussie is good... but it is starting to go down hill just like ever where else. It also gets freakin hot in most places, more flies then humans... and.... has spiders

Taupo is the ONLY place I'd want to live in the North Island, other then that it'd be either the South Island or Aussie.

[SwanTiger]

Whatever you do, don't come to Wellington. It's perfect, and those of us who live here want to keep it that way.

Don't worry, Wellington is all yours.

Most people assume based on their opinion of me through this website that I am an arsehole and Auckland as a residence suites me.

This is not true, I am a prick, not an arsehole.

You can get all this in Huntly - but I suspect it's totally the opposite to what you want.

I like Huntly, all I'd have to do is buy the local KFC or McDonalds and I'd be made for life. Nah, I do like Huntly.

Fookme someones got sand in their Vagina piemeister. Rodney is a great place stop bitchin'.

Yeah I've got a yeast infection.

Alright, who wants to come for a road trip around the South Island?

[Colapop]

Move to Wanganui and learn to row. I shit you not. Heaps of chicks (not the fat useless ones) go rowing and there's plenty to choose from. Plus Wanganui isn't too far off the beaten track, with some good roads around the place too.

[ldnz]

A similar thing happened on Waiheke Island - it was a paradise where no one wanted to live,housing was cheap and you could live any lifestyle you wanted.We could come home from a weekend away and find the front door wide open....forgot to shut it when we left.Now it is an upmarket suburb of Auckland - all us hippies left years ago.

Yeah I did 5 odd years on Waiheke and caught the end of that transition. Most of my mates have left as well. Too expensive now, and if you can sell your $50,000 home for $500,000 then move out to Barrier and get the old lifestyle, why not?

Still, they haven't ventured far out the back end of the rock yet. /ends rant.