You've got to be kidding!
Hi All,
As you'll know we've been looking at the Manawatu as somewhere to settle.
We've pretty much sacked living in places like foxton and shannon after rumours of drug dealing. However we also found some lovely houses in somewhere called marton. Strangely marton is named after the birthplace of James Cook, which is about 2 miles from where we live, here in Middlesbrough.
Anyway, we found their towns website......and I'm scared.
No honestly, it seems so isolated (and dare I say...backwards?). The prices of houses are great and the houses do look very nice, but....well has anyone seen Children of the Corn, or read much Steven King?
I don't think it has helped for me to be sat here looking at the town whilst listening to More FM Manawatu (if you thinkthe radio in your area is lame, you've got to try this one one the web....no other milk will cock a doodle do!).
There are villages in North Yorkshire which are maintained to look like Marton, ie living in the countryside 60 years in the past.
Anyway, just got a bit freaked, I'm sure the place won't look so freaky once we go and visit it.
It may turn out to be too far from Palmy to commute anyway.
Anyone been there?
Re: You've got to be kidding!
Sorry, can't help you, but I'll be interested in anything you find out. I'll be landing in Palmy in February or so, probably looking to rent in the outskirts.
Marton looks like a good deal, but that area's just shown up under Manawatu on the real estate sites in the past couple of months. I'm not sure it's actually considered Manawatu -- not that that makes a difference, but it may indicate that it's pretty far/inconvenient to Palmy. I've been browsing RealNZ for about a year looking to get an idea for the market.
I want to live in Bunnythorpe, but just because I think it's the funniest/sweetest town name. :mrgreen: