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Why have so many high ranking people moved to NZ?

effingwewt 5y ago
Because to them they are buying safety/isolation. We are all 'in this together', except of course, we aren't.
blocked_again 5y ago
Couple of possibilities 1. Many high ranking people suddenly started leaving USA and move to other countries and New Zeland is just one of them. 2. High ranking people have been always leaving USA to other countries. 3. High ranking people are moving to New Zeland because of reasons which are not necessarily the same for everyone. 4. High ranking people are moving to New Zeland because of one common reason. The reason being. Some possibilities. 4.1 Because of quality of life. Is New Zeland experiencing a sudden influx from non high ranking people as well? 4.2 Because of its remote location and if things go wrong in mainland it might be the safest bet and they think things are going to go wrong bad. Very bad.
- GekkePrutser 5y ago
  > 4.1 Because of quality of life. Is New Zeland experiencing a sudden influx from non high ranking people as well? I doubt it because immigration is extremely tough there. You either have to be under 35 with desirable qualifications or be some VIP at a major corp. Otherwise you can forget about it.
- h12nz 5y ago
  New Zealand only offers a high quality of life if you bring money with you. Our productivity and wages are low, and we have some of the least affordable housing in the world - our median house price is around 600usd (and the quality of that housing is very poor). NZ’s “high ranking” people don’t stick around.
dekhn 5y ago
it's an isolated democratic nation-island with immense physical beauty and resources and relatively large amounts of land available for rich people to build compounds. Also they have better internet connectivity than before. Further, early on they had almost no transmission because it's fairly straightforward for them to close their borders.
- GekkePrutser 5y ago
  Yeah they were able to live without masks for a long time, I was really jealous of them. But we're at the point now where the zero-covid countries are at a disadvantage because they've had almost no natural exposure so they have to rely entirely on vaccines. The increased travel and the high contagiousness of the new variants now make the zero-covid policy a guarantee for infinite lockdowns. I don't envy then anymore. Perhaps we could have killed covid like that if we'd all done it like them but that time has passed. Ps the country is indeed the most beautiful on earth. I hope I get to see it again some day. But I live on the opposite side of the planet between covid and the climate crisis I doubt it'll ever be feasible again.

Because to them they are buying safety/isolation. We are all 'in this together', except of course, we aren't.

Couple of possibilities 1. Many high ranking people suddenly started leaving USA and move to other countries and New Zeland is just one of them. 2. High ranking people have been always leaving USA to other countries. 3. High ranking people are moving to New Zeland because of reasons which are not necessarily the same for everyone. 4. High ranking people are moving to New Zeland because of one common reason. The reason being. Some possibilities. 4.1 Because of quality of life. Is New Zeland experiencing a sudden influx from non high ranking people as well? 4.2 Because of its remote location and if things go wrong in mainland it might be the safest bet and they think things are going to go wrong bad. Very bad.

GekkePrutser 5y ago
> 4.1 Because of quality of life. Is New Zeland experiencing a sudden influx from non high ranking people as well? I doubt it because immigration is extremely tough there. You either have to be under 35 with desirable qualifications or be some VIP at a major corp. Otherwise you can forget about it.
h12nz 5y ago
New Zealand only offers a high quality of life if you bring money with you. Our productivity and wages are low, and we have some of the least affordable housing in the world - our median house price is around 600usd (and the quality of that housing is very poor). NZ’s “high ranking” people don’t stick around.

dekhn 5y ago

it's an isolated democratic nation-island with immense physical beauty and resources and relatively large amounts of land available for rich people to build compounds. Also they have better internet connectivity than before. Further, early on they had almost no transmission because it's fairly straightforward for them to close their borders.

GekkePrutser 5y ago
Yeah they were able to live without masks for a long time, I was really jealous of them. But we're at the point now where the zero-covid countries are at a disadvantage because they've had almost no natural exposure so they have to rely entirely on vaccines. The increased travel and the high contagiousness of the new variants now make the zero-covid policy a guarantee for infinite lockdowns. I don't envy then anymore. Perhaps we could have killed covid like that if we'd all done it like them but that time has passed. Ps the country is indeed the most beautiful on earth. I hope I get to see it again some day. But I live on the opposite side of the planet between covid and the climate crisis I doubt it'll ever be feasible again.