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#2731784 21-Jun-2021 00:39

antonknee:

The only reason I’m still here is COVID. Literally had a job lined up and everything in Melbourne pre COVID. I know a lot of people my age (20 something) who feel NZ is just about impossible, and for lack of a better term ‘really going down the drain’.

Cruddy wages, astronomical house prices, high cost of living. Beyond nice scenery, mostly ok people, and no killer animals it’s hard to see the attraction in staying. Historically been a great country to live in and raise a family, but can you confidently say that will remain true over the next 30 years?

I don't know why you'd stay. The cost of living is lower, you'll earn more and you'll have a great super payout when you retire. It's really a no brainer.

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#2731785 21-Jun-2021 00:41

tehgerbil:

Between their failure to control COVID and an openly corrupt government rife with sexism and rape Australia is not a place I want to be honestly.

Scott Morrison is making Trump look great in comparison. Seriously.

I'll take a country that (despite its many flaws) at least holds itself to some account.

Edit: I'll add Australia has literally the worlds worst approach to climate change.
And their media have such an iron grip and embedded with the government you cannot believe a damn single word you read or hear.

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Failure to control COVId? Mmmkay.

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#2731804 21-Jun-2021 05:51

Fred99:

antonknee:

The only reason I’m still here is COVID. Literally had a job lined up and everything in Melbourne pre COVID. I know a lot of people my age (20 something) who feel NZ is just about impossible, and for lack of a better term ‘really going down the drain’.

Cruddy wages, astronomical house prices, high cost of living. Beyond nice scenery, mostly ok people, and no killer animals it’s hard to see the attraction in staying. Historically been a great country to live in and raise a family, but can you confidently say that will remain true over the next 30 years?

I've got many friends in Aus with kids now in their 20s to early 30s. Number of them who own a house or apartment = 0.

Most (probably all IIRC) of them have got large student loans to repay, the well paid jobs on offer are all in major centres, they don't want to live in sprawling outer suburbs of Sydney/Melbourne or in some sleepy sh*t-town with a nice climate when the main attractions are an RSL club with parking for 1000 mobility scooters and a 10 metre high sculpture of a painted fibreglass piece of fruit on the side of the main road in, and a social scene where everybody falls down drunk around the BBQ while the local radio station plays Kevin Bloody Wilson on repeat.

The grass may seem greener, reality may not quite meet expectations.

I've got a lot of friends who have moved to Aus and have great jobs, nice houses and earn far more money than I did in NZ.

I'm sure a lot of New Zealanders would love the opportunity to live in a sprawling outer suburb for a reasonable price. That choice is denied to them of course.

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#2731807 21-Jun-2021 07:06

Fred99:

I've got many friends in Aus with kids now in their 20s to early 30s. Number of them who own a house or apartment = 0.

from what i read since covid NZ housing has since become less affordable than AU?

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#2731830 21-Jun-2021 08:33

Sadly, yes.

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#2731849 21-Jun-2021 09:06

Handle9:

I've got a lot of friends who have moved to Aus and have great jobs, nice houses and earn far more money than I did in NZ.

I'm sure a lot of New Zealanders would love the opportunity to live in a sprawling outer suburb for a reasonable price. That choice is denied to them of course.

Sure. The original post referred to a news article claiming that you could double of triple your wages by moving to Australia, and that there's "cheaper housing" outside the main centres.

That (multiples of NZ wages) combined with "cheaper housing" aren't going to be the reality for most folks.

There's a reason why the largest cities in Aus have the least affordable housing.

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#2733974 24-Jun-2021 18:41

Everyone I have known that moved to Aus, did so for better pay and lower cost of living.

And they loved it,

Until they didn’t.

Ultimately, they all returned home.

I’m guessing, because ultimately home is home, where family and childhood memories are.

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#2734008 24-Jun-2021 20:45

My Mum lived in Perth for about 9 years and loved it there, but even though she made a lot of money she eventually returned home, as all her family are here, and none of us were interested in going there - it's a long way to travel. Now she's back and while not making as much, she's glad to be home - especially with the situation around coronavirus in Australia.

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