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Originally Posted by Unregistered
I'm just interested to know where in New Zealand the first two posts are referring to in order to have such a negative impression of it! Maybe we are talking about two separate New Zealands because my experience has been the exact opposite. I have lived in NZ for 7 years and would never be able to move back to the stats due to the amount of crime, close mindedness, dumbing down of kids ('no child left behind' ring a bell?) and the general over the top living where everyone has to own a car because they are too lazy to walk anywhere. The list can go on but I'm sure we are talking about different places because the NZ I know is not what has been described above.
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Thing is, for some people there is a very personal and story attached in going to NZ with personal choices made that didn't work out and then they are stuck for it. Of course that will spoil life even more for you and I think it will be extremely hard to be objective. You kinda have to know the person behind the posts too, but take from it what you can. Just don't make choices with rose colored glasses on or with some romantic fantasies attached or because you think it's a grand thing to do and others will envy you for it. It's a small and isolated country with limited resources.