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Originally Posted by Mezo
Funny that, i went to Kiwi for work & ended up staying 5yrs & became a citizen, but the weather sucks at times (north island) & i wanted more sunshine so moved back across the pond to Australia.
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Originally Posted by *Touring Ted*
Apart from the weather.
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You say that, but I come from a North European country, and I have done enough counter-cyclical travel to realize that I need seasons. I can't live somewhere like Singapore, where the weather is damn near static year-round. I need winter for the same reasons that soil needs crop rotation.
That's part of what I like about NZ - it's got the advantages of Australia (a language I speak, excellent variety of nature, sane approaches to things like healthcare and education) without the disadvantages (nothing is particularly poisonous, there are places to legitimately enjoy winter/spring/fall, and the national self-image seems to be significantly less full of itself).
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