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"... I have never heard Auckland described as walkable. It's easily the worst city I have been to in that regard, unless you have a car, you're pretty much stu

"... I have never heard Auckland described as walkable. It's easily the worst city I have been to in that regard, unless you have a car, you're pretty much stuck ..." Disagree. Spent a week walking around Auckland city last year along Hobson St, Beach Rd, Quay St, Khyber Pass Rd, Parnell Rd, Symonds St. This is pretty much the outer 5km boundary of Auckland. When I was tired or needed to be somewhere fast, I caught a (free) bus. Great city.

lostlogin 14y ago
The area you describe is nowhere near the outer edge. It's not even the edge of the CBD. Keep in mind that Auckland covers a vast area of nearly 5000 square km. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland_Council http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland_Council There are centres all over the place, north, south, east, west, and most are worth visiting and have very different tastes to them. I came off very negative in my first post, I love Auckland, but it's chronic lack of decent transport options is problematic. Edit: typo
- bootload 14y ago
  "... The area you describe is nowhere near the outer edge. It's not even the edge of the CBD. Keep in mind that Auckland covers a vast area of nearly 5000 square km ..." When you put it like that, yes. I'm from Melbourne where the metro area is a 50km N/E/W arc from the CDB. What allowed me to get around in the 30-40km distance I was from Uni was a combo of train, car & tram. The rest I walked.
  - Matsta 14y ago
    True. I lived in Melbourne last year, and although the transport has way better compared to Auckland, I don't really miss it. I live in Ponsonby and I still find I can get around pretty easily without a car. You still sorta need one if you got friends who aren't that close to the CBD but I'm quite lucky that the majority of my friends are in the same area, so its usually a 5-15 min walk to anywhere. I can walk from Queen St to my house in 25mins usually (and vice versa) which is I find is usually faster then catching a bus. Parking is a pain and a rip in town so walking is fine by me. Also you save $10 taxing home from town on a Fri/Sat night. One thing I don't miss about Melbourne is that is actually easy to get home on a Friday/Saturday night from the City. Your more likely to win Lotto then get a cab, so your only option is to wait till 5am to get the first train of the day or if your lucky find a bus which drops you miles away from home but at least you can get home.

lostlogin 14y ago

The area you describe is nowhere near the outer edge. It's not even the edge of the CBD. Keep in mind that Auckland covers a vast area of nearly 5000 square km. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland_Council http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland_Council There are centres all over the place, north, south, east, west, and most are worth visiting and have very different tastes to them. I came off very negative in my first post, I love Auckland, but it's chronic lack of decent transport options is problematic. Edit: typo

bootload 14y ago
"... The area you describe is nowhere near the outer edge. It's not even the edge of the CBD. Keep in mind that Auckland covers a vast area of nearly 5000 square km ..." When you put it like that, yes. I'm from Melbourne where the metro area is a 50km N/E/W arc from the CDB. What allowed me to get around in the 30-40km distance I was from Uni was a combo of train, car & tram. The rest I walked.
- Matsta 14y ago
  True. I lived in Melbourne last year, and although the transport has way better compared to Auckland, I don't really miss it. I live in Ponsonby and I still find I can get around pretty easily without a car. You still sorta need one if you got friends who aren't that close to the CBD but I'm quite lucky that the majority of my friends are in the same area, so its usually a 5-15 min walk to anywhere. I can walk from Queen St to my house in 25mins usually (and vice versa) which is I find is usually faster then catching a bus. Parking is a pain and a rip in town so walking is fine by me. Also you save $10 taxing home from town on a Fri/Sat night. One thing I don't miss about Melbourne is that is actually easy to get home on a Friday/Saturday night from the City. Your more likely to win Lotto then get a cab, so your only option is to wait till 5am to get the first train of the day or if your lucky find a bus which drops you miles away from home but at least you can get home.