Christchurch vs Auckland
I was wondering wich city to choose? Sure I did the research and have some thoughts and
doubts, etc... i would like to get some more info though.
Couple of points i would like to highlight here:
1) I looked at the rainfall stats and Auckland really teriffied me. Is it really raining so much there ? What kind of rainfals are there - is it like raining all week or it goes like 1 big shower once a week ? Note: I am not from UK so comparison between uk and auckland wouldn't do any good for me(they say that it rains much in uk too). Sure the sunny days looks apealing, but chch is not that cold either is it ? And there are like 2 times less rainfall stats and i guess much of that is snow.
2)I wonder how long it would take to get to the mountains from auck? Now I DO know that the real mountains are on the other island, but is there any place you can go fram auckland to snowbard in winter months? IF there is one how far away?
I know that from the 2 points above one could easily conclude that christchurch would be better place for me to live... but i have some more issues on the table
3) I'm young (23 yrs) and i don't care about the busy city so much as long as there are plenty of places to spend time. Actually i think i like the bigger city better than smaller one and I'm going to move to nz w/o partner so i will be interested to find a decent girl there wich leads to idea that it would be much easier in big city rather than in church which is like 4 times smaller in terms of population. The other thing - nightlife ... can anyone give an idea what the nightlife in chrch compared to auck is ?
How about theathers, cinemas? Sure auckland wins here. Is there, for example, a multiple cinema house in church (the one with lot's of movies to choose from at any given time)? i duno how big city should be to qualify for such a thing
4) kitesurfing - any ideas on this? Do people kitesurf in auck? Is there wind? Often ? Same about wave surfing (traditional surfing). I heard that there are kitesurfers in chrch, have not heard about auck.
5)Sure it's easier for me to find job (i'm programmer) in auck than in chrch and they pay more there too. I figured out that higher wages is still a positive factor even if auck is more expensive city.
Any input will be appreciated, thanks