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Yes, when I first started living in NZ I was baffled by completely alien culture and the way of living. But then I began to understand it, like it, enjoy it (to
by kovrik 8y ago
Yes, when I first started living in NZ I was baffled by completely alien culture and the way of living. But then I began to understand it, like it, enjoy it (to some extent)!
And I respect people if they choose to live this way, not fight for survival, enjoy their lives. But I don't think it is fair if later they start complaining about lack of money, lack of career and expensive houses they can't afford and start asking the government (read 'other people') to pay for it.
- peterashford 8y agoIts not a matter of asking other people to pay, it's a matter of there not being enough housing stock and houses being seriously unaffordable relative to wages. BTW: NZ workers do the OECD average amount of work per year.
- kovrik 8y agoThat is what concerns me: if they can't afford a house, then why don't they buy an apartment? There are apartments in Auckland for $300-400k, which is even cheaper than affordable KiwiBuild houses ($500-650k).
- lancewiggs 8y ago$3-400k gets a tiny 1 bedroom apartment downtown, which I would have loved early in my career. The kiwibiuild homes are being aimed at families and necessarily much larger. I do agree that NZers have this strange desire for bungalows in the suburbs, commuting and mowing lawns. I'm in an apartment downtown and love it.
- Max_aaa 8y agoAnd how much are yearly Body Corporate Fees for these apartments? Also have you look at the minutes from BC meetings? Going through just a handful will turn you off purchasing an apartment in no time.