Re:As New Zealand Courts Tech Talent, Isolation Becomes a Draw
by dvtv75 on Friday April 14, 2017 @07:36PM
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My understanding was also that Christchurch is the most dangerous city in the country, but I've no figures to back that up. My ex lives up there, and when I stayed with her family they had me lock the car door when we were driving through the central city, something that I found very odd, and not at all reassuring.
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Re:As New Zealand Courts Tech Talent, Isolation Becomes a Draw
by mkl on Friday April 14, 2017 @09:44PM
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I live in Christchurch and that's news to me. The central city is best avoided for other reasons: the 2010-2011 earthquakes disproportionately affected the old buildings there and the rebuild means it's a constantly shifting maze of closed roads and detours. This is now hardly noticeable in most of the rest of the city.
I found an article [1] about it which contradicts your understanding of the crime here. Auckland is much worse as a city overall, but Cathedral Square in Christchurch is dangerous compared to the rest of the country. I can't find a good comparison of actual crime rates between countries, but did find articles saying the perception of crime risk is way off here compared to reality.
1. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/79704084/New-Zealand-rates-f...
Re:As New Zealand Courts Tech Talent, Isolation Becomes a Draw
by EdwardDiego on Monday April 17, 2017 @08:54PM
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That's not at all correct. South Auckland would be far more dangerous and as for locking your door to drive through the CBD? That's very weird. Were they South African migrants at all? They tend to be a tad more paranoid.