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Old Jul 5th 2007, 5:20 am
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Not the job market. Not crime. Not the cold housing. Not boy racers, or the lack of decent telly. Not food. Not the mongrel mob.

The biggest problem with NZ is boredom. It really is a boring place to live. Well I find it about as exciting as watching the grass grow. Any one else?
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Originally Posted by mingusdynasty
Not the job market. Not crime. Not the cold housing. Not boy racers, or the lack of decent telly. Not food. Not the mongrel mob.

The biggest problem with NZ is boredom. It really is a boring place to live. Well I find it about as exciting as watching the grass grow. Any one else?
No.

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The biggest problem with NZ is boredom. It really is a boring place to live. Well I find it about as exciting as watching the grass grow. Any one else?
I dunno. Which country would you feel less bored in? Not that I give a damn.

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Originally Posted by mingusdynasty
Not the job market. Not crime. Not the cold housing. Not boy racers, or the lack of decent telly. Not food. Not the mongrel mob.

The biggest problem with NZ is boredom. It really is a boring place to live. Well I find it about as exciting as watching the grass grow. Any one else?
Thank goodness for that...I thought you were going to say asians!!

I dunno...looking at it another way, what would make NZ less boring for you?
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Old Jul 5th 2007, 5:59 am
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Default Re: One of the biggest problems affecting NZ

Originally Posted by mingusdynasty
Not the job market. Not crime. Not the cold housing. Not boy racers, or the lack of decent telly. Not food. Not the mongrel mob.

The biggest problem with NZ is boredom. It really is a boring place to live. Well I find it about as exciting as watching the grass grow. Any one else?
I don't find it all boring but then again I'd done "exciting" to death so coming to NZ was a real plus.

My kids on the other hand think it is the most boring place on earth and can't wait to leave.

Me thinks it's partially an age thing, partially a grass is greener thing and partially (probably) lots of other things as well.
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Default Re: One of the biggest problems affecting NZ

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Thank goodness for that...I thought you were going to say asians!!

I dunno...looking at it another way, what would make NZ less boring for you?
haha nah, my asian friends add some color to the place - imagine NZ without them!
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Originally Posted by mingusdynasty
The biggest problem with NZ is boredom. It really is a boring place to live. Well I find it about as exciting as watching the grass grow. Any one else?
The grass grows really fast here, you have to admit. Needs constant mowing.
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The grass grows really fast here, you have to admit. Needs constant mowing.
Once you've done all the scenic sites there isn't that much more to hold your interest. I'm waiting for someone to offer the old chestnut : only boring people get bored.

A couple of things which would make NZ more interesting for me :
cigar bars and a decent jazz venue. How about an ice rink? Less focus on rugby more on football. Decent newspapers. A chinatown.

That indefineable jenais se quoi you feel in an interesting city : Hong-kong, London,Cape Town, New york, San Fransisco, Sydney, Bangkok, LA, Paris.

Hard to explain...NZ is probably a good place to retire too or raise a family but not for those of us still single without kids.

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Once you've done all the scenic sites there isn't that much more to hold your interest. I'm waiting for someone to offer the old chestnut : only boring people get bored.
Not from me. I've been told that already.
Anyway, it's possible I wouldn't find NZ boring, but I'd have to become a different person with different experiences. And I'd have to like team sports.
Which I DON'T. AT ALL.
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Originally Posted by mingusdynasty

That indefineable jenais se quoi you feel in an interesting city : Hong-kong, London, San Fransisco, Sydney, Bangkok, LA, Paris.

Hard to explain...NZ is probably a good place to retire too or raise a family but not for those of us still single without kids.
You left out NYC, which has the Blue Note in the Village.

I wouldn't want to retire in a place I found lacking in interest when I was younger. And we are leaving, partly because we want to raise our family elsewhere. So go figure. This place is not for everyone.
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You left out NYC, which has the Blue Note in the Village.

I wouldn't want to retire in a place I found lacking in interest when I was younger. And we are leaving, partly because we want to raise our family elsewhere. So go figure. This place is not for everyone.
NYC my dream destination!
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Default Re: One of the biggest problems affecting NZ

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A couple of things which would make NZ more interesting for me :
cigar bars and a decent jazz venue. How about an ice rink? Less focus on rugby more on football. Decent newspapers. A chinatown.

That indefineable jenais se quoi you feel in an interesting city : Hong-kong, London,Cape Town, New york, San Fransisco, Sydney, Bangkok, LA, Paris.

Hard to explain...NZ is probably a good place to retire too or raise a family but not for those of us still single without kids.
There is an icerink here in ChCh if that helps?
Of course if you are in NZ you don't have the buzz of the big cities that you mentioned. Isn't that just obvious?
If you wanted to have the buzz of a big city like that, why don't you live in one?
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There is an icerink here in ChCh if that helps?
Of course if you are in NZ you don't have the buzz of the big cities that you mentioned. Isn't that just obvious?
If you wanted to have the buzz of a big city like that, why don't you live in one?

The US is too hard to get a green card. Id be there tommorrow if I could get one. Realistically im left with certain places like London, Sydney, Melbourne, and maybe if I was really adventurous Paris.

Canada might be an option.
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NYC my dream destination!
Not to gloat, but I will soon be spending a month back home with my family, who live within an easy train ride to NYC! They live in a nice house with a 3/4 acre property so I won't be stuck in an urban hell by any means.
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