Sell me Auckland!

When we lived in Auckland we lived in Meadowbank and then moved to Ellerslie. Being a 'young' mum (I was 22/23 at the time) I found it really really hard to fit in with the other mothers in those areas- they were all significantly older than me at the time. It may have changed a bit now though- as that was 4 years ago As an area I thought Ellerslie was ok- its a nicer area but I did find it a bit of a pain to get anywhere (I think thats more Auckland traffic though). The town is cute but theres not alot of useful stuff there (well when I was there there was no mall or big supermarket- that might have changed though)- we had to go over to Mt Wellington for all that stuff.

To be perfectly honest I hated living there. I found it incredibly hard to meet people and very 'cliquey'- DHs commute into the city took almost an hour each way on the bus so he barely got the see Charlotte. In general I found people really stand off ish and I experienced at least one 'rude' person, be it shop assistant, fellow driver etc each day. The traffic was just awful- it wasn't until I left there that I realised how tense I was driving around all the time, just waiting for something awful to happen all the time.

I LOVE cities- I am a total city girl, we live in London (although out in the burbs) and I really really like it. Loved Wellington and I know I could never do the country thing- but out of all the cities I lived I definitely found Auckland the hardest to like.

Sorry- not selling it at all, that was just my experience! In saying that, we are moving back to Auckland. Career wise its just the best move for DH- we are steering well clear of that side of the city though and moving out west, hopefully it will suit us better out there.

I love Auckland and I don't even live there . I am a city person (was brought up in Brisbane City) and just love everything about citylife.

My friend lives in Ellerslie and it is nice there (well the last time I went there was 4 years ago now), very close to a lot of other places.

Hi Lulu

No worries, I know where Waimauku is! Generally I say Kumeu when people ask where my parents live cause they have absolutely no idea where Taupaki is! Love the area, am so jealous of your 25 acres!

Amanda

**lurker** I know where Taupaki is, I grew up there and went to Taupaki primary!

We are still nearby in Whenuapai, I frequently visit friends and family in Kumeu, Riverhead, Waimauku and Helensville!

We would love to live in Taupaki again but we ain't got the $1 million you need for a property out there these days am gutted my parents ever sold up our 10 acres out there!