Thread: Where would you live?

Auckland.

Trout in stream 300 meters from my home,stream runs through town.rangitata is only 20 KMs away canals bit over an hour. Lake fishing under an hour or two hours if want all year round. Sea fishing at rangitata mouth under hour away. 20 KMs to work. Deer hunting 30 mins away,pigs the same( have seen both within 5kms of town centre) wallabies to hunt hour away or less if can get access,waterfowl hunting everywhere you look. The schools are good,local shops are good,less than hour to Timaru,less than two to Christchurch.... Terrible place,can't see why anyone would shift here.... DOC office with people who will chat,forest walks inside town boundaries,heck you can even bump into forumites while walking the dogs.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

,heck you can even bump into forumites while walking the dogs.

Or drop in and drink their tea when they are on holiday.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Trout in stream 300 meters from my home,stream runs through town.rangitata is only 20 KMs away canals bit over an hour. Lake fishing under an hour or two hours if want all year round. Sea fishing at rangitata mouth under hour away. 20 KMs to work. Deer hunting 30 mins away,pigs the same( have seen both within 5kms of town centre) wallabies to hunt hour away or less if can get access,waterfowl hunting everywhere you look. The schools are good,local shops are good,less than hour to Timaru,less than two to Christchurch.... Terrible place,can't see why anyone would shift here.... DOC office with people who will chat,forest walks inside town boundaries,heck you can even bump into forumites while walking the dogs.

but you have not mentioned the six toes and huge ears and the younguns mixed up whos Dad or Uncle and whos Aunty or sister or am I mistaking that with Gore

I dont think any town is immune from the "my sister is my cousin is my brother " thing.

The way people shag anything that moves these days I suspect inbreeding is a bigger threat to society than just about any other ailment .....

I thought that was Waimate?

Originally Posted by nots0sane

I thought that was Waimate?

Yep you would be right

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

but you have not mentioned the six toes and huge ears and the younguns mixed up whos Dad or Uncle and whos Aunty or sister or am I mistaking that with Gore

Funny how someone from Taranaki opens that subject.

Baz is from Gisborne originally

Originally Posted by Tahr

Visit there a few times a year to stock up with Barkers mint sauce.

That muck, you haven't lived if you haven't tried

Originally Posted by nots0sane

I thought that was Waimate?

They do a roaring trade in winter on six fingered gloves

Ok, not North of Auck because of crime levels
Nice climate, good fishing, too many thieves

Hastings, Wairoa, East Coast margins - too Gang-ey
Hastings is the home of the Mongrel Mob and sometimes that shows
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that Hamilton (esp the areas around there) is underrated and has some really good bits
Taupo cold and prone to tourism but good for outdoors types - still some cheap land around but that elevation gets you some chills
Wanganui - jobs pay shit, if you have one
New Plymouth/Taranaki rains a fair bit and gets the odd tornado but good soil and farming - places like Urenui and Mokau can be very cheap land to buy - pretty country
Palmerston North as pointed out upthread it's got it's share of scrotes (and bretheren, which are basically scrotes off the drugs) but underestimated as a place to live cheaply with central access to lots of areas but still, they put a windfarm there for a reason
Otaki full of thieves, Wellington overpopulated with business analyst type civil servants still
Wairarapa full of old boomers (esp Greytown which rivals Waikanae for the smuggest bunch of arseholes you'll come across on a daily basis) but nice country esp around Gladstone

Well that's the North Island bit, I don't know the South well enough to say anything beyond the obvious that it rains like fuck on the west coast but having visited Southland briefly I reckon that it may well be chronically underrated

Moving this whole thing along, I'm interested in the demographics of people moving in the last 5 or 10 years - I reckon lots of Aucklanders looked at their million-plus valuations a few years back and said to their other half - why not cash out 8 to 10 years before retirement age and buy a freehold place in Gisborne/ Chch, etc?
I Know a bloke from Welly who cashed up and went to Chch and told me he got more of everything - land, size of house, etc

Any stories from folks in that situation?



Edit to say, hopefully that pissed off lots of people but if I haven't covered your specific area, please PM me and I will endeavour to insult your neighbourhood on an individual basis

Originally Posted by 308

Ok, not North of Auck because of crime levels
Nice climate, good fishing, too many thieves

Hastings, Wairoa, East Coast margins - too Gang-ey
Hastings is the home of the Mongrel Mob and sometimes that shows
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that Hamilton (esp the areas around there) is underrated and has some really good bits
Taupo cold and prone to tourism but good for outdoors types - still some cheap land around but that elevation gets you some chills
Wanganui - jobs pay shit, if you have one
New Plymouth/Taranaki rains a fair bit and gets the odd tornado but good soil and farming - places like Urenui and Mokau can be very cheap land to buy - pretty country
Palmerston North as pointed out upthread it's got it's share of scrotes (and bretheren, which are basically scrotes off the drugs) but underestimated as a place to live cheaply with central access to lots of areas but still, they put a windfarm there for a reason
Otaki full of thieves, Wellington overpopulated with business analyst type civil servants still
Wairarapa full of old boomers (esp Greytown which rivals Waikanae for the smuggest bunch of arseholes you'll come across on a daily basis) but nice country esp around Gladstone

Well that's the North Island bit, I don't know the South well enough to say anything beyond the obvious that it rains like fuck on the west coast but having visited Southland briefly I reckon that it may well be chronically underrated

Moving this whole thing along, I'm interested in the demographics of people moving in the last 5 or 10 years - I reckon lots of Aucklanders looked at their million-plus valuations a few years back and said to their other half - why not cash out 8 to 10 years before retirement age and buy a freehold place in Gisborne/ Chch, etc?
I Know a bloke from Welly who cashed up and went to Chch and told me he got more of everything - land, size of house, etc

Any stories from folks in that situation?



Edit to say, hopefully that pissed off lots of people but if I haven't covered your specific area, please PM me and I will endeavour to insult your neighbourhood on an individual basis

Reading that had me in stitches

I left North of the bridge( dairy flat) about 12 years ago. Came to Wyndham possum trapping. Shortly there after met my wife at the supermarket in Te anau. Bought our place 9 years ago in Te anau. Happy days.

One thing I will say about southland is it's a very big area geographically speaking but it's a very small world in terms of whose who.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Trout in stream 300 meters from my home,stream runs through town.rangitata is only 20 KMs away canals bit over an hour. Lake fishing under an hour or two hours if want all year round. Sea fishing at rangitata mouth under hour away. 20 KMs to work. Deer hunting 30 mins away,pigs the same( have seen both within 5kms of town centre) wallabies to hunt hour away or less if can get access,waterfowl hunting everywhere you look. The schools are good,local shops are good,less than hour to Timaru,less than two to Christchurch.... Terrible place,can't see why anyone would shift here.... DOC office with people who will chat,forest walks inside town boundaries,heck you can even bump into forumites while walking the dogs.

That's Geraldine isn't it MD?, also has a great wee selection of shops and a GOOD bakery (probably a couple) but we usually stop at the big one when heading to Lake Tekapo.

Originally Posted by 308

Ok, not North of Auck because of crime levels
Nice climate, good fishing, too many thieves

Hastings, Wairoa, East Coast margins - too Gang-ey
Hastings is the home of the Mongrel Mob and sometimes that shows
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that Hamilton (esp the areas around there) is underrated and has some really good bits
Taupo cold and prone to tourism but good for outdoors types - still some cheap land around but that elevation gets you some chills
Wanganui - jobs pay shit, if you have one
New Plymouth/Taranaki rains a fair bit and gets the odd tornado but good soil and farming - places like Urenui and Mokau can be very cheap land to buy - pretty country
Palmerston North as pointed out upthread it's got it's share of scrotes (and bretheren, which are basically scrotes off the drugs) but underestimated as a place to live cheaply with central access to lots of areas but still, they put a windfarm there for a reason
Otaki full of thieves, Wellington overpopulated with business analyst type civil servants still
Wairarapa full of old boomers (esp Greytown which rivals Waikanae for the smuggest bunch of arseholes you'll come across on a daily basis) but nice country esp around Gladstone

Well that's the North Island bit, I don't know the South well enough to say anything beyond the obvious that it rains like fuck on the west coast but having visited Southland briefly I reckon that it may well be chronically underrated

Moving this whole thing along, I'm interested in the demographics of people moving in the last 5 or 10 years - I reckon lots of Aucklanders looked at their million-plus valuations a few years back and said to their other half - why not cash out 8 to 10 years before retirement age and buy a freehold place in Gisborne/ Chch, etc?
I Know a bloke from Welly who cashed up and went to Chch and told me he got more of everything - land, size of house, etc

Any stories from folks in that situation?



Edit to say, hopefully that pissed off lots of people but if I haven't covered your specific area, please PM me and I will endeavour to insult your neighbourhood on an individual basis

Nothing rude about telling the truth.
I think the OP's question is a bit rediculus.
Which town would you move to for best hunting?
Then excludes us people who never have and never will live in a town.