Would you rather Australia or New Zealand?

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#1 GreekGameManiac
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I'm more up for living in New Zealand,though games would arrive late.

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#2 johnd13
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Considering they don' t have many differences (at least I don' t know any as I really have no real knowledge of them) I would say New Zealand as its landscapes are legendary. And that' s because of the Lord of the Rings!

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#3 cslayer211
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Middle-earth.
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#4 AgentA-Mi6
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New Zeland is the middle Earth, so i'll go with that.
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#5 m0zart
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Definitely New Zealand. I came within a stone's throw of leaving everything behind and immigrating there about 12 years ago.

Wish I had...

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#6 Celldrax
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Well, I live in Australia...

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#7 GhoX
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I live in New Zealand, games don't get banned here (or fall under a restrictive and limited R18 rating). The place looks great, has better climate than Aus, and our rugby team is better. It's probably as liberal as it gets outside United States, excluding the policies on guns.
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#8 Ncsoftlover
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I love those places, New Zealand to me is always the more special one, but Australia probably offers more oppuntunity, and more of a Asian culture scene, and I'd get to visit NZ often so Australia.

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#9 m0zart
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I live in New Zealand, games don't get banned here (or fall under a restrictive and limited R18 rating).GhoX

Not as often I'm sure, but it did happen at least once:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/manhunt-banned-in-new-zealand-6085503

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#10 Jolt_counter119
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Middle Earth, friendly people, and lack of the most dangerous creatures that exist on the planet today, I'll go to New Zealand

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#11 GreekGameManiac
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I live in New Zealand, games don't get banned here (or fall under a restrictive and limited R18 rating). The place looks great, has better climate than Aus, and our rugby team is better. It's probably as liberal as it gets outside United States, excluding the policies on guns.GhoX

Plus you can order games from Europe,and they'll work just fine.

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Lived in both. It really depends what you are after. NZ has (generally) nicer people, a more even climate, and is a naturally beautiful country, for the most part. However, especially for someone coming from say, The US, everything is atrociously expensive, the economy is royally screwed in no small part due to the expensive settlements to appease vocal minorities since the 19th century, and an over-eagerness to bend over and take it up the dumper from the US (See: Kim Dotcom case). Australia - no matter your job, you make better money doing it in Australia. There is a whole lot more to do over there, living is cheaper despite what wowsers will have you believe (unless you are talking about a house 5 minutes away from a major city eg Canberra), the wildlife is fascinating and the women are aboslutely stunning. However, the extreme climate can turn people off, and some ugly national traits manifest themselves violently (See: Cronulla Beach Riots).
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#13 deactivated-598fc45371265
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Australia has a more robust economy.

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#14 Dogswithguns
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My parents and brothers and sisters live in Australia. so I will go with that.. they used to live in New Zealand too.
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#15 KC_Hokie
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I've been to both. Liked Australia a lot better.
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#16 coolbeans90
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New Zealand is Middle Earth, so choice is obvious.

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#17 NiKva
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Would I rather what? I'll nuke both if you want.
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#18 MrPraline
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NZ, to drink with my brother D3nnyCrane.
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#19 D3nnyCrane
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NZ, to drink with my brother D3nnyCrane.MrPraline
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#20 bobaban
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Austrailia cause alot of the actresses I find hot are from there: Abbie Cornish, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts and Nicky Whelan
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#21 IdioticIcarus
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Australia scares me, but I would still choose Australia because some of my favorite musicians are australian, and I would like to see them perform.

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#22 Planeforger
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If you asked this question to New Zealanders, many would vote for Australia. NZ's economy seems to be royally screwed. No jobs around, low wages, high living expenses, high taxes, increasing crime rates. It's a pretty place to visit, but I don't see why you'd want to live there in comparison to Australia. If you're that keen on NZ, you'd be better off living in Australia and taking the short flight to NZ whenever you want a holiday.
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My experience in both country .... 1) Gillard-Land = people there try too hard to look like american but can't hide their british-like accent (or even worst) 2) Middle-earth = they pronounce "pen" as "pin" ... lol
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#24 Bardock47
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Im a LotR nut, and huge Peter Jackson fan. Not to mention the landscape is simply beautiful, Middle-Earth can exist anywhere else anymore. Were money not an option, I would pick New Zealand, and start spending more time outdoors. Plus, I wouldnt mind getting movies, games, etc. later then other places.

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#25 Grandotaku
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Australia. New Zealand is alright but Australia is better.

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#26 D3nnyCrane
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If you asked this question to New Zealanders, many would vote for Australia. NZ's economy seems to be royally screwed. No jobs around, low wages, high living expenses, high taxes, increasing crime rates. It's a pretty place to visit, but I don't see why you'd want to live there in comparison to Australia. If you're that keen on NZ, you'd be better off living in Australia and taking the short flight to NZ whenever you want a holiday.Planeforger
I live in NZ and totally agree. Not to mention the mounting campaigns to curtail tobacco/alcohol usage. NZ recently introduced hidden cigarette displays in all stores, are pushing for plain packaging, and want the country to be smokefree by 2025. They also are clamoring for reforms to alcohol sales and cost across the board in one of the most misguided attempts to curtail the "drinking culture", believing that every NZ who drinks does so to get smashed. The reality is, NZ has hiked taxes on both alcohol and tobacco 3 times in the last 5 years because they know people will keep buying it, as well as the excise tax hikes on petrol. There is no clear plan to turn the finances around either - in the space of 2 months the government has flip-flopped their promise of a surplus by 2014. The hair-brained asset sales will not even dent the deficit whilst giving near-controlling stakes of state assets to privatised foreign corporations. There are around 50'000 NZ'ers who depart for Australia a year, which tells the story. NZ is a beautiful country sadly being eaten from the top down. Come for a visit, it is a lovely country. But if you are choosing one or the other to make a life for yourself, it's like putting a one-armed kid in the ring with the Klitchsko brothers - no contest.
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#27 FelipeInside
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I live in Australia, it's awesome here but I want to visit NZ one day.

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#28 campzor
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cant really think of any reason to pick nz over aus..
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#29 invisibletearsx
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I live in Sydney, it's not that bad.

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#30 D3nnyCrane
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I live in Sydney, it's not that bad.

invisibletearsx
Sydney is possibly my second favorite lived in city behind Melbourne. Canberra is beautiful but quite dull to live in.
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#31 FelipeInside
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[QUOTE="invisibletearsx"]

I live in Sydney, it's not that bad.

D3nnyCrane
Sydney is possibly my second favorite lived in city behind Melbourne. Canberra is beautiful but quite dull to live in.

You guys should try Newcastle. Best beaches on the Planet.
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#32 lilasianwonder
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New Zealand.

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#33 sAndroid17
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lived in both, and Australia is much better

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#34 Celldrax
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I live in Sydney, it's not that bad.

invisibletearsx

If you don't mind the traffic :P I could never live anywhere else but in rural areas.

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#35 PernicioEnigma
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I'm from New Zealand, and I think New Zealand is a good place to be brought up as a kid, and to retire and die. Australia is a better place to make a living.
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My experience in both country .... 1) Gillard-Land = people there try too hard to look like american but can't hide their british-like accent (or even worst) 2) Middle-earth = they pronounce "pen" as "pin" ... lolhippiesanta

Since when do Australians try to act American? Or hide their accents? If anything, Americans try to imitate Australians, especially in films. Besides, the American accent is a British accent also, just like Australian and English.

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#37 deactivated-5d0e4d67d0988
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Enjoy your death spiders Australia!!!!!

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#38 soulless4now
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Australia just for the animals.

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#40 chaoscougar1
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[QUOTE="hippiesanta"]My experience in both country .... 1) Gillard-Land = people there try too hard to look like american but can't hide their british-like accent (or even worst) 2) Middle-earth = they pronounce "pen" as "pin" ... lolVaultboy-101

Since when do Australians try to act American? Or hide their accents? If anything, Americans try to imitate Australians, especially in films. Besides, the American accent is a British accent also, just like Australian and English.

That last bit
You lost me

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#41 chaoscougar1
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[QUOTE="invisibletearsx"]

I live in Sydney, it's not that bad.

D3nnyCrane
Sydney is possibly my second favorite lived in city behind Melbourne. Canberra is beautiful but quite dull to live in.

Dull is an understatement Its the centre of a torus
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#42 TAMKFan
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I would probably go with Australia.

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#43 walkingdream
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I live in Australia and i love New Zealand(I've been a few times)! However in saying that Melbourne>>>Any City

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#44 Ace6301
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New Zealand. Less stuff to kill me.
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#45 phhstom1
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I live in Aus and i love it, that being said, NZ is certainly a beautiful country and i've enjoyed myself incredibly each time i've been over there. I'd probably pick to live in Australia to live though, there's more opportunities over here and really the country is big enough that you can usually find a place to live that suits your style. Also lol at the guy who's repping Newcastle beaches, they aren't very impressive My local beach is Cronulla, made famous by the riots that the media beat up into a massive event, it's a nice enough beach but i prefer ones along the south coast of NSW that aren't highly developed, where you can have a beautiful beach to yourself :)
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#46 FelipeInside
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[QUOTE="phhstom1"]I live in Aus and i love it, that being said, NZ is certainly a beautiful country and i've enjoyed myself incredibly each time i've been over there. I'd probably pick to live in Australia to live though, there's more opportunities over here and really the country is big enough that you can usually find a place to live that suits your style. Also lol at the guy who's repping Newcastle beaches, they aren't very impressive My local beach is Cronulla, made famous by the riots that the media beat up into a massive event, it's a nice enough beach but i prefer ones along the south coast of NSW that aren't highly developed, where you can have a beautiful beach to yourself :)

Aren't that impressive? Have u been to them? I've been to heaps of beaches all over the world, and they certainly are up there with the best. Stockton beach for example is 40km of pure inhabited beach.
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New Zealand. Less stuff to kill me.Ace6301

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#48 Vaultboy-101
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[QUOTE="Vaultboy-101"]

[QUOTE="hippiesanta"]My experience in both country .... 1) Gillard-Land = people there try too hard to look like american but can't hide their british-like accent (or even worst) 2) Middle-earth = they pronounce "pen" as "pin" ... lolchaoscougar1

Since when do Australians try to act American? Or hide their accents? If anything, Americans try to imitate Australians, especially in films. Besides, the American accent is a British accent also, just like Australian and English.

That last bit
You lost me

Sorry, a better term would be too have said that the American accent is also derived from the original English accent, just like any other English speaking group.

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New Zealand. Less stuff to kill me.Ace6301
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#50 nintendoboy16
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New Zealand.