Weird ay, I'd have to go look it all up again but I'd blame the Canterbury Association that bought the land, designed everything and moved everyone over from the mother land personally.

Ch-ch people had this "first ships" thing going on and an undercurrent of snobbery that always amazed me.

Lots of gangs in Ch-ch... never saw much of the mongrel mob but plenty of the blood and crypts thing. I would have described Christchurch similar to Adelaide, very pretty, lots of parks but with a huge amount of violence, drugs, boy racers and bored teenagers.

I saw people in state housing were going to be given like 3 weeks free rent, mighty white of whoever I reckon.

Are we forgetting earthquakes don't happen there.. or didn't. In September it was a first for the generations living there.

Oh and I know one Christchurch person that immediately got headhunted by an Aussie corp - nice swoop.

No sheep jokes online since the quake so I'd like to thank everyone for the respite. :P

Now I'm trying to decide on some young people wanting out, encourage them coming here or not - don't they all have to be there to rebuild? Is here better for a young family?

there will be jobs in the rebuilding
and it will get rebuilt
it seems a pretty area

most of the frightend people
and those who can ..or have reason to move on..have moved on

if thwere are some who want to move out
let that depend on what their friends and familie is doing
these things are the real treasures of life ,mankind will allways be fighting nature...but nurture is a thing we need to hangon to

a young family should take this time to trade-up their home
move to the better districts...[where services still work..where there wasnt any mud or falling rocks etc

real-estate values will be at rock bottum now
it generally takes 5 to 10 years and things will be back to normal

now is the time to get that vieuw ..or better location..bigger house
they allways hoped to get.. but couldnt get, ..then

when things hit rock bottum
that allways [ok usualy]..
means things can only get better

garage sales will have many bargins
garage tips will have many treasurs

that being said..

there is at least one more big0-one ..on the way
i expect 2012 to be a time
of the earth moving ..for many

[its long been predicted
the poles will shift 25 dec]

not just in nz

some predictions expect the middle
to drop out of the outback..

[and not just where they are harvesting the coal seam gas and releasing all that greenhouse methane gas]

anyhow...be where the heart is
only there ..will we find peace