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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NZ is quiet, beautiful and [b]a bit like traveling back in time to the 1950s[/b][/quote]

I think you should expand on this for people. It's a bit misleading. I have spent a lot of time in the country and if I had to describe NZ succinctly I would not say this. [/quote]

I have had two long trips to NZ, first was six months as an exchange student in 2001 and last time was three weeks in 2016. In 2001 I did feel like I was stepping back to 1950s. In 2016, the observation remained the same. It is not 1950s stereotypical values but the scale of infrastructure is much more of the past. Everything is smaller. Roads are smaller. There are no beltway or eight lane wide interstates. Little country highways is the rule. You drive right through the towns, there are few bypasses. The buildings are smaller, the scale is smaller. It's very much of the scale we found in the US outside perhaps the downtown cores of cities. And people still use corner shops and town centers rather than shopping malls or sprawling box stores in much of the country. That's why NZ still feels very much like the 1950s even if in other areas it's quite modern and progressive. [/quote]

I mean that is how most of America is too in flyover country. Ever been to Kansas or South Dakota or Iowa? Heck, ever been to Clarke County, Virginia?[/quote]

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