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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
by 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 agoProbably comparable. I'm in Minnesota though where the cost of living is low but IT wages are relatively high.
- philliphaydon 10y agoAs a New Zealander, I can't afford a home in Auckland. I have 0 desire to ever move back to NZ.
- lj3 10y agoIf you can't afford a home in Auckland, you can't afford one in the bay area either.
- joshontheweb 10y agoChristchurch winters are rough because it is pretty humid there and most people don't have central heating. It isn't so cold temperature wise but It feels more cold in general than other places I have lived in The Rockies.
- knz 10y agoI live in Minnesota now. My wife was born and raised here but has spent a couple of winters in Christchurch. She has always maintained that a winter in Christchurch is worse in some ways that one in Minnesota because of how damp the cold is. Of course winter is a shorter duration in Christchurch!