Christchurch Treehouse of Awesome-Where everyone knows your name

[Xsannz]

I couldn't stand living that far away from the city lol

you Cantabs are so small fucking city minded..


it takes me less time to commute from Rangiora to adding ton for work and back than it used to to commute across the city some days.

I spend 25 min morning and 30min afternoon driving.

it's 70km round trip.

take into account if you lived anywhere else in the world apart from a hick town your commute would be double that.

look at wellington or Auckland's commutes...

CHCH mentallity is spoilt because is was so centralised and hub centric road system that all fed towards a city that no longer exists.

[Xsannz]

I couldn't stand living that far away from the city lol

What city?

I'd happily live in Rangivegas if the rush traffic didnt suck donkey dick.

Duck shooting, fishing, jet boating etc right there..... So we are looking the other side of town, rolly, lincoln etc

i leave home at 6:15 and am in addington (opposite end of chch) by 6:35ish..   Lias who lives with me leaves about 6:45 and is at work by 7:30ish.

and if i leave 4-4:30 from work i am home by 4:35 - fish any later and you can add about 10min


Rolly and Lincoln will be approx the same commute, i rented in lincoln for a while and had a GF who lived in Rolly  and TBH Rolly sucks because you have to drive through Hornby which is the new slum / tracky wearing pregnant teenager barefoot end of town.

[Codex]

What city?

I'd happily live in Rangivegas if the rush traffic didnt suck donkey dick.

Duck shooting, fishing, jet boating etc right there..... So we are looking the other side of town, rolly, lincoln etc

All things which don't appeal to me, so that makes sense hah. Would you go as far as ashb?

you Cantabs are so small fucking city minded..

Considering i've been to some of the largest cities in the world, hardly small city minded. City mided though, yes. Would love to live somewhere with decent population density but with easy access to snow. Japan or Canada one day I aim for.

If there was a proper transportation method that didn't suck dicks to get from the small surrounding areas to the main city within a reasonable time then yes i'd consider them for sure, but we don't have that and never will.

I'd fucking love it if we had a lightrail or something that was faster and more reliable than the bus system, although we don't have the pop to support it, sadly.

it takes me less time to commute from Rangiora to addington for work and back than it used to to commute across the city some days.

From where I live it's only slightly faster to get to town to Rangiora, but it's hardly ever slow to get from my place to the other side of town. Of course on some given days with traffic or whatever it will take longer to commute through a place with some population density and traffic conditions regardless of where it is.

I spend 25 min morning and 30min afternoon driving.

it's 70km round trip.

It takes me 12 minutes to skate to work and 14 minutes to drive to work, same home. You spend more time commuting in a few days than I do in a week.

take into account if you lived anywhere else in the world apart from a hick town your commute would be double that.

look at wellington or Auckland's commutes...

Absolutely, one of the few benefits of living here is that housing central to the city that isn't trash is highly accessible.

Although even if you did live in a place, say like Montgommery Village MA and worked in Washington DC, that commute took 20-30 minutes max and that's a lot further than rangiora is to chch, on a train that costed a shite load less than we pay for the bus to go a single zone.

Hell even living in Brooklyn NY costs the same as renting in chch at the moment and it costs $2.10usd to subway anywhere in NYC (takes 10-15minutes to subway to Manhatten)

Unfortunately both examples require a higher population density to support the transport methods. $$$$ zzzz.

At least with rail systems is that they're usually smooth enough that you can easily do other things while on them making them at least semi productive whether it be doing work or playing console or whatever, driving however, costs more and achieves less.

CHCH mentallity is spoilt because is was so centralised and hub centric road system that all fed towards a city that no longer exists.

Hardly spoiled, it's how the city was proposed and designed.

When the city did exist, I worked in various areas of it every day for years and never had an issue or long commutes tbh. Commuting from Riccarton, Sockburn, and Sumner into town was never a problem.

Dat one way system tho, God it's broken now lol.

[Xsannz]

yeah one way system is beyond Borked... 

TBH I like Rangiora, at least house size wise i got a lot more than what i could have afforded in chch at that point in time.

[Growler]

Have you not been over the new southern arterial motorway? No more hornbro commute from rolly etc. I literally drive to my work at 100kmh and only the last 3km is under it

[Xsannz]

Have you not been over the new southern arterial motorway? No more hornbro commute from rolly etc. I literally drive to my work at 100kmh and only the last 3km is under it

i keep forgetting about the new motorway bit....

some of those roundabouts are BS though you have go from inside lane to go round the thing to then cutting across two lanes to get back on the motorway..  shits crazy...

[Growler]

I did a run yesterday from rolly to work was 28km and took 15min. Not tried the normal 8am grind yet but I seem to sneak inbetween the 7:30 and 8am: rushes quite nicely.

[winter]

Today is a good day. 42 months later.....

Christchurch Treehouse of Awesome-Where everyone knows your name

Now time to shop for a house.

Jesus that must feel good.. I remember checking my account the day the money from my grandfather came in.. I was in shock.

Uhh, I'll have a 70-200mm and an 85mm please, thanks <3 I'll give you a days supply bacon (a regular persons years worth)

[Xsannz]

Today is a good day. 42 months later.....

Christchurch Treehouse of Awesome-Where everyone knows your name

Now time to shop for a house.

Jesus that must feel good.. I remember checking my account the day the money from my grandfather came in.. I was in shock.

Uhh, I'll have a 70-200mm and an 85mm please, thanks <3 I'll give you a days supply bacon (a regular persons years worth)

starting to think that not his account balance but is consumption of bacon pieces for the current year, not with the extra 500 taking into account todays consumption to be consumed...

[winter]

Today is a good day. 42 months later.....

Christchurch Treehouse of Awesome-Where everyone knows your name

Now time to shop for a house.

Jesus that must feel good.. I remember checking my account the day the money from my grandfather came in.. I was in shock.

Uhh, I'll have a 70-200mm and an 85mm please, thanks <3 I'll give you a days supply bacon (a regular persons years worth)

starting to think that not his account balance but is consumption of bacon pieces for the current year, not with the extra 500 taking into account todays consumption to be consumed...

Current month maybe.

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

What is the current interest on a bacon loan?

[Xsannz]

What is the current interest on a bacon loan?

most stable rate in the world always at a 90:1 ratio

[Kopfjaeger]

I watch the glowing snail that is goon traffic heading into the city from 630am on.  Sometimes i get caught in the tail end of it as i head back into town after 9.  Media reports say the new motorway is 4 yrs away from STARTING let alone being completed.

Drove up Victoria st today and was (un)surprised by the new glass/steel boxes going up, an omen of things to come. 

Congratz on your payout Growler, damm that must feel good.  An envelope from SR sits on our coffee table which is hopefully a $30k cheque for the driveway

EDIT:  Ahhhhhh amazeballs GoT S4 is back !!

[Codex]

We should have drinks to celebrate Growly

[Xsannz]

We should have drinks to celebrate Growly

Should have drinks at my place lol 

[Growler]

I got a donkeyfuckbutter load of contracts to look at and possibly sign this week, let me get through all of that and then maybe do a sesh at the Belgium.

[Growler]

donkeyfuckbutter = over 9000 by the way

[Retardobot]

Should have drinks at my place lol

I'll come.

If there's wimmen.

Maybe Codex can find some. He seems to be a bit of a James Dean lately.

[Codex]

Should have drinks at my place lol

おほほほほ

とてもかわいいね～～

I got a donkeyfuckbutter load of contracts to look at and possibly sign this week, let me get through all of that and then maybe do a sesh at the Belgium.

Sweet i'm keensies.

I'll come.

If there's wimmen.

Maybe Codex can find some. He seems to be a bit of a James Dean lately.

Lol only the one now

I is behaving somewhat

[Xsannz]

Should have drinks at my place lol

おほほほほ

とてもかわいいね～～

I got a donkeyfuckbutter load of contracts to look at and possibly sign this week, let me get through all of that and then maybe do a sesh at the Belgium.

Sweet i'm keensies.

I'll come.

If there's wimmen.

Maybe Codex can find some. He seems to be a bit of a James Dean lately.

Lol only the one now

I is behaving somewhat

instead of the old saying Puff Puff pass..

Shag shag pass..

where is your little black book of WIMMINZ...

[Codex]

Written on my D

[Bounty Hunter]

Also, game of thrones.

Also putting down a claim that S04E01 will be the most pirated thing ever.

[Xsannz]

Written on my D

Small list then....

[Retardobot]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH

Xsannz with the huge play.

[Speakman]

I got a donkeyfuckbutter load of contracts to look at and possibly sign this week, let me get through all of that and then maybe do a sesh at the Belgium.

Sweet i'm keensies.

In.