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| Thread ID: 68963 | 2006-05-17 05:08:00 | Google says Aucklanders are the most depressed netizens in the world | Chris Keall (10417) | Press F1 |
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| 455510 | 2006-05-17 23:42:00 | Aucklanders... My general experience with aucklanders is that they dont want to have anything to do with anything! if you ask for help or ask to use their toilet because you're under 18 and all the toilets are in bars that you cant get into they say 'we dont have a toilet'... well where the hell do YOU pee?!! on the floor?! 'oh no the door is jammed shut and the lock smith will come in the morning' so your just going to stand there and hold it in until your shift ends?! sorry, i've had a couple of bad experiences... But in general, aucklanders just seem depressing, when you pass them in the street, communicating with one behind a counter, to me they give off a vibe that says "i live in a city that's surrounded by suburbia that all looks the same and where ever i go i think 'wow this is exciting'". But i have met a few nice aucklanders :-) that was a few years ago now, i regularly go to auckland to visit some people and for dunkn doughnuts... the doughnuts are GREAT! | Jimmy D (2061) | ||
| 455511 | 2006-05-18 00:22:00 | I can't understand people who knock Aucklanders and this city so much. Not only is it one of the most scenic and attractive cities in the world, it's such a diverse and interesting place as well. For example... take a comparison with somewhere like, oh, Invercargill: how many warm-water beaches are there? How many ethnic Greek or Vietnamese restaurants are there? (oh that's right - a good night's dining out is the local fish n chips or pie cart, or places like this (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) ). How much sparkling and safe sailing area does your coast have? How much inbreeding does that small town have? How much cow and sheep dung on the roads? How much freezing weather? How many universities? Libraries? Concerts? 5 star hotels? International sporting events? I can't quite recall the last time an America's Cup regatta was held anywhere in NZ, except, um... Auckland comes to mind. Sheesh - the list could go on. But small town New Zealand is synonymous with small mindedness big time, and nowhere is that reflected more than in the South Island. Or so rumour has it. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 455512 | 2006-05-18 00:32:00 | Auckland City is a cancerous rat hole inhabited by predators (such as Telecom, the Business Round Table, lawyers, most politicians etc) and suckers. The first stage of suckers waking up to the fact they're suckers is that they get seriously depressed. That's a normal and healthy response to realising that you've been suckered and used all those years. The second stage is when suckers realise that just because you're fed it doesn't mean you have to swallow it. The third stage is when suckers develop an acute and highly sophisticated internal bullsh*t radar that can identify elephant dung in an instant, no matter what direction it comes from. The fourth stage is when suckers are healed, and can do a little victory dance as they deftly sidestep the piece of cr*p that's coming towards them. They are then called recovering suckers, no longer willing to buy the lies they're being sold and no longer prepared to pay the sucker's price. |
braindead (1685) | ||
| 455513 | 2006-05-18 01:19:00 | I can't understand people who knock Aucklanders and this city so much . . . . . . . . International sporting events? I can't quite recall the last time an America's Cup regatta was held anywhere in NZ, except, um . . . Auckland comes to mind . Excuse me? If it hadn't been for the Govt giving the America's Cup NZ team a huge donation towards holding those events, money that came from the taxes of ALL NZ'ers, it may not have even got off the ground . The extra tax on all NZ'ers petrol goes towards your roads . Aucklanders have a lot to be proud of, and yes, you do have a lot to offer up there . And when we have had disasters down here, you have offered help just as we have done for you . BUT, Auckland does have a tendancy to blow its own trumpet a bit too often, and lately all the demands for extra tax-payers' money to improve your lot at the cost of other parts of NZ is rather wearying [?sp] . "Big" isn't always beautiful . And I don't envy the downside of living in a big city, eg . the crime rate, cost of living, having to travel for miles for a bit of peaceful countryside . From the window I am sitting in front of, are huge stretches of farmland, bordered by the Southern Alps . Hardly any traffic noise, the odd rooster who can't figure out that cockadoodling is done at sunrise, sheep grazing on grass and some dry feed, and fantails playing in the trees next to another window to the right . This is my idea of heaven . |
MMM (5660) | ||
| 455514 | 2006-05-18 02:27:00 | And I don't envy the downside of living in a big city, eg . t cost of living, . Disagree with that one . Whats cheaper? Power costs lots more . Phone costs more because everythings a bloody toll call . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 455515 | 2006-05-18 02:30:00 | Excuse me? If it hadn't been for the Govt giving the America's Cup NZ team a huge donation towards holding those events, money that came from the taxes of ALL NZ'ers, it may not have even got off the ground . The extra tax on all NZ'ers petrol goes towards your roads . Aucklanders have a lot to be proud of, and yes, you do have a lot to offer up there . And when we have had disasters down here, you have offered help just as we have done for you . BUT, Auckland does have a tendancy to blow its own trumpet a bit too often, and lately all the demands for extra tax-payers' money to improve your lot at the cost of other parts of NZ is rather wearying [?sp] . "Big" isn't always beautiful . And I don't envy the downside of living in a big city, eg . the crime rate, cost of living, having to travel for miles for a bit of peaceful countryside . From the window I am sitting in front of, are huge stretches of farmland, bordered by the Southern Alps . Hardly any traffic noise, the odd rooster who can't figure out that cockadoodling is done at sunrise, sheep grazing on grass and some dry feed, and fantails playing in the trees next to another window to the right . This is my idea of heaven . You're obviously a happy person . Good on you . But I am too . I've got fantails and finches and tuis and numerous other birds living near me and most I see daily . I have the Waitamata harbour within half an hour's walking distance . I've got multiple high hills I can climb for a vista of the city . I've got secluded waterfalls with swimming pools, the like of which are seen in movies, within 45 minutes drive . I live in the suburbs so traffic noise is minimal . I don't have to put up with bloody chooks in the mornings . I can drive 45 minutes and be in natural wilderness of the Waitakeries . Or be in amongst the Coromandels in almost the same time . I've got native bush to die for, without leeches and sandflies . If I wanted to surf I have Muriwai or Piha . If I had kids I've got multiple safe beaches for swimming . I've got trees galore around me . I've got gorgeous sunrises and sunsets . I've got possibly the world's best city climate . I've got world class restaurants and hotels . Look - NZ is a blessed nation, and I love some of the smaller places - eg Napier is probably where I'd most like to live . But Auckland is the bee's knees to me . And take into account some of the towns and cities in the world . . . I've lived near Leeds in the UK, and seen toilets like Newcastle and Redcar . By comparison Auckland is a garden . As for crime rate - Auckland does'nt have the highest . Especially for violent crime per capita . |
Greg (193) | ||
| 455516 | 2006-05-18 03:29:00 | You're obviously a happy person . Good on you . But I am too . I've got fantails and finches and tuis and numerous other birds living near me and most I see daily . I have the Waitamata harbour within half an hour's walking distance . I've got multiple high hills I can climb for a vista of the city . I've got secluded waterfalls with swimming pools, the like of which are seen in movies, within 45 minutes drive . I live in the suburbs so traffic noise is minimal . I don't have to put up with bloody chooks in the mornings . I can drive 45 minutes and be in natural wilderness of the Waitakeries . Or be in amongst the Coromandels in almost the same time . I've got native bush to die for, without leeches and sandflies . If I wanted to surf I have Muriwai or Piha . If I had kids I've got multiple safe beaches for swimming . I've got trees galore around me . I've got gorgeous sunrises and sunsets . I've got possibly the world's best city climate . I've got world class restaurants and hotels . Look - NZ is a blessed nation, and I love some of the smaller places - eg Napier is probably where I'd most like to live . But Auckland is the bee's knees to me . And take into account some of the towns and cities in the world . . . I've lived near Leeds in the UK, and seen toilets like Newcastle and Redcar . By comparison Auckland is a garden . As for crime rate - Auckland does'nt have the highest . Especially for violent crime per capita . I agree that there are some very nice places on the outskirts of Auckland, but almost all the jobs are in central Auckland so you spend all your time either in the city, which can not be decribed as peacefull by any stretch of the imagination, or traveling since you have to live so far away from everything to get the small town atmosphere when you are at home . |
Greven (91) | ||
| 455517 | 2006-05-18 03:59:00 | Auckland has no Fibre optic cable for broadband running residentially meaning they have no choice but to stick with Telecom unlike Christchurch and Wellington. That would make me depressed too. Just remember Aucklanders its your council that voted not to allow TelstraClear to run cable as "it looked too ugly", next time you vote! Dumb asses :) |
Battleneter (60) | ||
| 455518 | 2006-05-18 04:46:00 | I tried to comment but went to sleep waiting for my comment to upload. | JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 455519 | 2006-05-18 05:26:00 | almost all the jobs are in central Auckland Nope, they're in SOuth Auckland... |
pctek (84) | ||
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