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本帖最后由 陌生的香港人 于 2010-9-7 13:08 编辑
LS, White Island is at the EAST of Bay of Plenty near North Island and is quite far away from Auckland. It is closer to another North Island city called Tauranga rather than Auckland. (that's made me wonder how come I never heard of this island even I have been in Auckland for more than 10 years).
You can simply check the location of "White Island" from the Google map and you can see where it is - it takes you at least 3-4 hours to drive from Auckland to there.
Also, apartment blocks are mostly built in the Auckland CBD area to accommodate mainly the interenational students but is not a norm of the urban landscape there, there are large number of suburb outside the CBD which look exactly the same to those of Christchurch.
Yes, Auckland is certainly busier and more dynamic than Christchurch but remember it is just another New Zealand's city. Compare with where we were from in China/Hong Kong/Taiwan/Malaysia - Auckland is actually still very quiet by the Asian standards and its "busyness" means nothing for its counterparts in Asia.
I just dont quite understand how come some people like to stress that there is a huge difference between Auckland and Christchurch in terms of lifestyle and make it sound like they are of 2 different worlds.
Other than the facts that you will need to drive more often here (because the city is much larger than CHCH and the buses are pretty suck to be honest), paying more rentals/price for houses; having more chocies in Asian/Chinese meals; more access to the large number of Chinese media there (newspapers, radio, TV) and the enjoyment of having a direct flight back home (Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong plus some other cities), plus warmer weather during winter and more modern buildings in city --- I do not really see too much difference between AKL and CHCH but I would still prefer AKL. |
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