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- Reasons to move to New Zealand
- 1. No pennies, all prices are rounded to the nearest 5 cents
- 2. Sales tax is included in the price of items on the shelf
- 3. No snakes
- 4. No poison ivy
- 5. No poison oak
- 6. No poison sumac
- 7. General healthcare is universal and smaller services like ambulances and doctors appointments are privatized
- 8. No tipping at restaurants
- 9. Almost no air pollution. There is actually so littler pollution that the risk of skin damage from the sun is higher than California.
- 10. Extremely rare shark attacks
- 11. No deadly jellyfish
- 12. Dolphins
- 13. You can see the southern lights
- 14. Blue and green oceans
- 15. Glaciers
- 16. Volcanoes
- 17. Waterfalls everywhere
- 18. Glow Worms
- 19. Most beaches have no resorts and not a lot of tourism, camping is usually anywhere from $6 to free.
- 20. The entire population is only 4.5 million
- 21. Rainforests
- 22. No ticks
- 23. No Lyme disease
- 24. the only poison spider is rare and endangered
- 25. New Zealande was voted the friendliest nation in the world
- 26. One of the few countries that doesn't hate Americans
- 27. They speak English
- 28. Sea Lions
- 29. days paid vacation required and 11 paid holidays.
- 30. In Auckland, the temperature range is 40s in the winter and 60-70s in the summer
- 31. The seasons are reversed which means Christmas on the beach
- 32. 33. Sea kayaking
- 33. There is no legal drinking age, only a minimum age to buy alcohol, and it's 18
- 34. Public intoxication is legal
- 35. Snowboarding/skiing
- 36. Tons of little islands
- 37. Very slight gun control, only background checks
- 38. Low crimes rates.
- 39. Para-sailing
- 40. Fishing
- 41. Almost no poverty, one of the great things about only having 4.5 million people.
- 42. Hot springs
- 43. Geysers
- 44. Small cars are common, unlike in America.
- 45. Penguins
- 46. Hardly any bugs
- 47. No rabies
- 48. Secular government
- 49. You can get fresh milk delivered to your home
- 50. Quality of living is on par with the US
- 51. Food quality is on par with the US (unlike most of Europe)
- 52. It's a small, secluded island in the middle of an ocean close to the south pole. Nothing will bother you here,
- 53. No nuclear weapons
- 54. No religious fanatics
- 55. Sheppard's pie and pot pies are eaten a lot here
- 56. Mountain Goats
- 57. Olive trees
- 58. Don't need to file tax returns
- 59. No General Capital Gains Tax
- 60. No local tax
- 61. No state tax
- 62. No payroll tax
- 63. No social security tax
- 64. No health care tax
- 65. Google any survey for friendliest country in the world, New Zealand is probably on top.
- 66. Kick ass national anthem
- 67. Age of consent is 16
- 68. They can name political parties
- 69. The sheep to people ratio is 10:1
- 70. Calling code is 64. Easy to remember (not as easy as 1 though)
- 71. Adult literacy rate of 99%
- 72. Not much of the adult population has a college degree, the time to go is now.
- 73. Ranks higher than the US in personal freedom
- 74. Ranks higher in the US in economic freedom
- 75. Ranks higher than the US in opportunity
- 76. Ranks higher than the US in having a Z in its name
- 77. Was the first country to allow woman to vote
- 78. Gay marriage is legal
- 79. They have not killed off most the indigenous people.
- 80. A lot of hiking
- 81. They get so much sun that the trees get too much photosynthesis and become obese. That was also a lie
- 82. The crime rate is so low most people leave their cars unlocked when they go into stores
- 83. Price of property is really low
- 84. People farm as a hobby
- 85. Life expectancy is longer than the US
- 86. Most gas stations pump gas for you
- 87. Less social class distinction
- 88. Lots of rock formations
- 89. Whale watching
- 90. Limited government interference
- 91. Scuba diving
- 92. They are one of the most peaceful nations on Earth
- 93. What do you call a sophisticated Australian? A New Zealander
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