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Posted May 04, 2015 07:41 · last edited May 04, 2015 07:44

Hard News wrote:

Junior82 wrote:

If we had another 1 mill pop we could afford a light rail system.

Think about this Celia...

...and a football ground.  How have we missed this? 

Auckland may be getting a light rail system, and we've got about 4 football grounds, all of which suck.

But the most important issue is that Wellington doesn't have a big enough international airport, so the immigrants don't move there unless they're really motivated to. The other one is - where would they all live? It would be all very well to have J82's Hong Kong apartment blocks for a million+ population, but we can't even get those in Auckland because of all the NIMBYs, and it'll be worse in Wellington where the NIMBYs can stop even harmless sports grounds.

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Doloras edited May 04, 2015 07:44
Hard News wrote:
Junior82 wrote:

If we had another 1 mill pop we could afford a light rail system.

Think about this Celia...

...and a football ground.  How have we missed this? 

Auckland may be getting a light rail system, and we've got about 4 football grounds, all of which suck.

But the most important issue is that Wellington doesn't have a big enough international airport, so the immigrants don't move there unless they're really motivated to. The other one is - where would they all live? It would be all very well to have J82's Hong Kong apartment blocks for a million+ population, but we can't even get those in Auckland because of all the NIMBYs, and it'll be worse in Wellington where the NIMBYs can stop even harmless sports grounds.

Doloras edited May 04, 2015 07:44
Hard News wrote:
Junior82 wrote:

If we had another 1 mill pop we could afford a light rail system.

Think about this Celia...

...and a football ground.  How have we missed this? 

Auckland may be getting a light rail system, and we've got about 4 football grounds, all of which suck.

But the most important issue is that Wellington doesn't have a big enough international airport, so the immigrants don't move here unless they're really motivated to. The other one is - it would be all very well to have J82's Hong Kong apartment blocks for a million+ population, but we can't even get those in Auckland because of all the NIMBYs, and it'll be worse in Wellington where the NIMBYs can stop even harmless sports grounds.

Doloras edited May 04, 2015 07:44
Hard News wrote:
Junior82 wrote:

If we had another 1 mill pop we could afford a light rail system.

Think about this Celia...

...and a football ground.  How have we missed this? 

Auckland may be getting a light rail system, and we've got about 4 football grounds, all of which suck.