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NZ has become ridiculous to live in even as a tech worker, especially so if you don’t own property. Just came to Fiji few days ago and it’s a wake up call for
by dzhiurgis 5y ago
NZ has become ridiculous to live in even as a tech worker, especially so if you don’t own property.
Just came to Fiji few days ago and it’s a wake up call for all the “ow NZ is so remote so everything should cost a lot”.
Mobile data in Fiji is whopping 10x cheaper. Nappies 20x cheaper. Supervised RAT test - 6x cheaper.
- RileyJames 5y agoHow about property? Always wanted to live on a tropical island. Ridiculous that it might be more feasible than NZ.
- teruakohatu 5y agoYou can't buy residential property as a foreigner in Fiji in urban areas and for the land you can buy, you can only buy freehold land, which is about 8% of the total land. Most small Pacific Islands, for good reason, ban non-citizens from buying land.
- bacon_waffle 5y agoAs a tech worker in NZ, to be fair a home-owning one for a few years, I don't consider it a ridiculously expensive place to live. I'm originally from the US, moved to NZ in 2011. There are some things that cost more here, others less, on the balance I'm certainly not planning on moving back. In line with the article: "A Big Mac costs 20.9% less in New Zealand (US$4.60) than in the United States (US$5.81) at market exchange rates. Based on differences in GDP per person, a Big Mac should cost 15.5% less. This suggests the dollar is 6.3% undervalued" [] https://www.economist.com/big-mac-index https://www.economist.com/big-mac-index