Auckland, aka: Stink-town
Don't ask me what it is about Auckland (and to a greater extent, NZ) that I dislike so much. Is it the fact that my neighbours seem to have a constant domestic every other day (the yelling and screeching coming from the mother and teenage daughter would make Ozzie Osbourne cringe), or is it the crap weather which never wants to decide whether to stop raining? Or the drivers here that think nothing of cutting you off or teens who think that a few little 'prangs' are all part of the learning curve? For the largest city in NZ and the home to over 2 million kiwis, why-oh-why have they only just begun to build a proper public transport system to try and stem the flow of cars that congest their motorways 7 days a week? The traffic problem here is absolutely gobsmacking. How could a country so small ahve such a huge rush hour problem? Every single kiwi living in Auckland seems to complain about it and its reputation proceeds it in the rest of the country too. Well at least they are building a new bus lane....wooooow...I bet that will fix it all.
