AUCKLAND rant............

d1 mule · Post by **d1 mule** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:47 pm

just thought id say AUCKLAND as a city you are a complete cock up.

i mean no right turns at intersections, nowhere to park anywhere, NO indicating, padestrians get longer to cross than cars.......

what a cock up.

on a side note MetallicA was awesome, better than the chch show by heaps

gasman · Post by **gasman** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:03 pm

fully agree with everything you just said

Vertigo · Post by **Vertigo** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:05 pm

hell, i live in auckland, and i agree.

Rick · Post by **Rick** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:11 pm

At least we haven't had any recent earthquakes

neon_spork · Post by **neon_spork** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:13 pm

Auckland City is good place to live... so long as you don't own a car.

d1 mule · Post by **d1 mule** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:28 pm

^^ yeah but having a city on hills is a stupid idea.

christchurch should be the mould all citys are made from its soo easy to get around

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:41 pm

they intentionally made the central city less favourable for cars and better for pedestrians a few years ago, which is fine when you live here and know about it but shit if you come up expecting to get around like you would in other cities. Otherwise I'd say the biggest issue is your unfamiliarity with the place - christchurch is a pain with its damn one way roads and shit for people who don't live there.

escortman · Post by **escortman** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:17 pm

meh who cares its could if you get payed to travel between your jobs, good thinking time haha

tsoob · Post by **tsoob** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:41 pm

whinge whinge..

i only drive 5 mins at a time, its great!

:lol:

MR2SIK · Post by **MR2SIK** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 5:29 am

I was only there for 14 hours, can handle it in small doses. :lol:

BZG Wagon · Post by **BZG Wagon** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 6:42 am

neon_spork wrote:Auckland City is good place to live... so long as you don't own a car.

True... but you'll never go further than city walls, maybe Waiheke & Devonport. Public transport is rubbish.

Wellington sucks - it's a giant one way round-a-bout. Nothing's open on a Friday night either. :roll:

I didn't think Christchurch was too bad.

Post by **Mr Revhead** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:50 am

Chch pisses on Welly and Aucks for getting around and pretty much everything. By a massive factor.

YeMs · Post by **YeMs** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:53 am

haha, lets put it into perspective.. what would you have done to go to the show?!?! man i would have walked from south auckland. that show was amazing. we stayed at the copthorne on symmonds street. took 45 mins to get out cos of the all the geeks at uni.

Lith · Post by **Lith** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 8:13 am

BZG Wagon wrote:Wellington sucks - it's a giant one way round-a-bout. Nothing's open on a Friday night either.

Where the hell did you go in Wellington?

I don't feel Chch. I usually look forward to leaving it.

sergei · Post by **sergei** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:27 am

neon_spork wrote:Auckland City is good place to live... so long as you don't own a car.

And don't have any friends outside of city. Basically if you are a hipster - yeah Auckland City is good place to live. But if you want to get around, without a car it is impossible to get to places in sane manner without spending $$$ on taxis. I tell my friends that live in City that they are antisocial as to visit them it costs me $8 of parking.

metal_sean_head · Post by **metal_sean_head** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:30 am

I dont have a car in wellington and i still get around everywhere no trouble. The public transport down here is pretty good. And all the important stuff is only a short walk away.

iOnic · Post by **iOnic** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:56 am

Compared to other overseas cities Auckland isn't too bad to get around in. End of the day a large chunk of NZ's population lives in Auckland - it's always going to be harder to get around/find parking than Chch.

You should count yourself lucky to be allowed in the CBD at all with a car without having to pay for the privilege. I always used to just park in areas on the city fringe and walk/bus into the city if I had to. Newmarket/Epsom is only a half hour walk from the CBD or a coupla $$$ if you're lazy and insist on taking a bus.

Post by **Mr Revhead** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:59 am

Been to Melbourne? 10000000 times easier and nicer to get around.

iOnic · Post by **iOnic** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:09 am

Melb is 8 times the size of Auckland in terms of land area but doesn't have 8 times the population.....I'd be surprised if it wasn't easier to get around.

When I said other overseas cities I meant places like Greater London that is roughly the same size as Auckland yet has more people than all of NZ.

rollaholic · Post by **rollaholic** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:41 am

the big cities i have been to all had at least semi decent public transport, tokyo was amazing, even buenos aries was reasonable. sergei pretty much summed up auckland.