aucksky.bsky.social
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What is missing is a comparison with inflation to see what the rise is in real terms.
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But the 2 that work do do for one reason. Bollards. And bollards lowered to permit vehicles for certain reasons.
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The few “pedestrian malls” in Auckland are just one big joke.
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What? Has Dunedin been annexed by Florida?
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I’m not sure what you mean, but reportedly, Ockham who build quality apartments have quite a few unsold dwellings.
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It is really unpleasant having the view out the windows obscured with advertising. Surely attaching it to the body of the train or bus is enough.
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At the moment there are quite a few blocks with unsold apartments. Could it be that the problem is not just the need to build more but also a problem of poverty?
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You do realise I was being ironic?
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You’re completely misled. As history shows, giving free enterprise a completely unregulated market will make a comfortable healthy home available to all and will launch them up the property ladder to golden prosperity.
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Yeah!
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My mother used to call walking “going by shanks pony”
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If David Seymour thinks cancer saves the taxpayer money it shows his ignorance of the details of his portfolio as minister for Pharmac.
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That he blames his grievance on the whole country must be unique for an acting Prime Minister in a democracy. I strongly recommend a move to where he may be more appreciated. e.g. USA, Russia, Belarus….
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Ein*e* Akademiker???
Akademiker = university graduate
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東京 what a wasteland. The ugliest place I ever lived.
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Maybe the state could build dwellings for those who otherwise couldn’t afford them? Maybe we could call them “state houses”?
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Even Elon Musk agrees!!!!
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The NZSO orchestra certainly hasn’t grown by 29%. I doubt the admin has when arts funding is down. What does that percentage represent?
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I assume looking at his name he is counting himself among the evil outsiders who have subverted us?
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It’s a pity there’s no bus or train that goes from downtown to Newmarket.
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Happy Winter Solstice to you.
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Maybe it’s in their Anglo-Saxon genes to fear the slightly different. Look up St Bryce’s Day massacre.
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Another example of ACT’s one-dimensional thought patterns.
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It’s like their answer to housing problems. More market is the answer to everything when history shows it simply doesn’t work.
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I had the impression that Trotskyists were anti-racist and believed in the solidarity of all workers. It was the Stalinists who believed in “socialism” in a single country. Stalin called WWII the “patriotic” war. He wanted to defend just Russians, not fight fascism.
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And yet it’s councils causing a lack of housing? Methinks, the problem might be multi-faceted. Private builders can build lots of minimally priced dwellings but if your household budget can’t afford it you will still be unhoused.
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“state” might be a better description. What is a nation anyway?
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They just didn’t let on where that track was to lead.
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It is a new victory for NZME & its ability to produce cognitive dissonance.
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Hmmm. Are you sure that is the full fare? When you’re using a non-opal card it shows a token $1 & then the real charge appears a few days later.
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Ban google advertising?
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In London’s west end I feel surrounded by different groups of people enjoying themselves in different ways. I’ve never had the same experience in any German city. The nearest I suppose is St Pauli. But other forms of entertainment are elsewhere e.g. Deutsches Theater, Oper, Elphi are all scattered
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Just in comparison. That’s why I’m off to Munich in 2 weeks.
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I studied in Hamburg & I’m fluent in German. I like Germany a lot. Until Covid I was in Germany every year. Yet I find central London has a much more youthful feel and seems to have a greater range of things going on than most German cities.