Yep, I can definitely reiterate this experience. Grew up in Christchurch, lived through the quakes (was in the central city for the more devastating Feb quake)

Yep, I can definitely reiterate this experience. Grew up in Christchurch, lived through the quakes (was in the central city for the more devastating Feb quake). I recently moved to Wellington, and it got me thinking for a few. I realized exactly what we lost in the Christchurch earthquake. There is a vibrance and sense of community in Wellington that was blown to the to the four corners of Christchurch when the quakes hit. That said, Christchurch is currently one of the most interesting blank canvases in the world. There are opportunities for entrepreneurship and development that will never exist again (at least until the city is next laid to waste). The same forces that made New Zealand are those that might destroy what we have built. The fault giveth and the fault taketh away.