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I lived in Auckland; aren't the winters worse in Wellington? Part of the reason I moved back(other than low wages and crazy housing prices) was to get away from

• lostlogin 10y ago
  Winters are worse in Wellington. My sister puts bricks around plants in her relatively sheltered garden to keep the plants in the ground. On unusually windy days the bricks are blown into the house. Occasionally she stays late at work because it's too windy to walk down the street, and I've noticed wind guard shield thingys at intersections to protect people from getting blown into the street.
• coverband 10y ago
  What is CBD?
  • gnat 10y ago
    Central Business District (aka "downtown")
  • wingworks 10y ago
    CBD is the Central Business District. Basically the city center, which is also where all the businesses are.
  • kentosi 10y ago
    Central Business District. It's what Aussies (like myself) and Kiwis call "downtown", or the city-centre.
    • Reason077 10y ago
      "CBD" is used in some Asian and Middle-Eastern countries too. But I've never seen it used in Europe or the Americas.
      • cstejerean 10y ago
        I've heard the term used in London as well. But never in the US. I first ran across it when I lived in Australia, so I wonder if it's a British term.
        • sanswork 10y ago
          It's possible it's an Australian term and you were just surrounded by Australians in London.
          • ascorbic 10y ago
            Yes. I've never heard anyone use it in the UK except Aussies and Kiwis.
      • saryant 10y ago
        Houston uses it occasionally. Probably picked it up from all the oil expats in town.
      • TulliusCicero 10y ago
        I've heard it used in wonky circles, and if you pronounce the whole thing instead of the acronym people know what you mean.
        • dankohn1 10y ago
          New York City is unusual for having two different CBDs, with midtown being denser than downtown (but each are denser than anywhere else in the US).
• Reason077 10y ago
  "Part of the reason I moved back ... was to get away from those Auckland winters" Wow, if you think Auckland winters are bad, you must not have experienced a real winter in the northern hemisphere! There's far colder (and darker, and wetter) winters in much of North America and Europe. As for New Zealand (and I'm saying this as a Kiwi), it's an amazing place for the lifestyle. Not necessarily an amazing place for career opportunities, though.
  • knz 10y ago
    Perhaps they mean they wanted a more traditional winter than what Auckland offers? I grew up there (and Christchurch) and remember being excited when their was a frost - it was the closest to snow we ever got. It's an amazing place for sure but everytime I look at moving back to NZ I just get depressed about housing costs.
    • lj3 10y ago
      > everytime I look at moving back to NZ I just get depressed about housing costs. How does it compare to bay area housing costs?
      • knz 10y ago
        Probably comparable. I'm in Minnesota though where the cost of living is low but IT wages are relatively high.
        • sjg007 10y ago
          I think Minnesota is underrated. Great place to live.
          • knz 10y ago
            > I think Minnesota is underrated Shh. The locals like it that way.
• ElCapitanMarkla 10y ago
  Auckland "winters" haha, try a Dunedin winter buddy