New Zealand

[Nelly]

Originally Posted by CanadianFZ6

Ontario, Canada has great bike weather. Last summer was long and warm. Very little rain the whole riding season. High standard of living.... The Government doesn't know wtf it's doing most of the time and lots of bike friendly roads.

You have sold it to me mate. I wish, I wish.......... We are currentley trying to move to Ireland. Finding employment is proving tricky.

Neil

[OneTrack]

We lived in New Zealand for 5 years back in the '70s. We hated it...although we had moved from the UK, it was like we had gone back 20 years in time.
Fast forward to March of this year, when we went back for a vacation. The transformation has been unbelievable. The country is now slap-bang up to date...they are behind in nothing and want for nothing. We stayed with my wife's sister in Hastings (North Island), and even though they were going into their 'winter', the temps were still up in the high 20's early 30's Celsius (85 to 95 Fahrenheit).
Brits have a tough time "acclimatizing" to the country, the people and the culture. New Zealanders insist that they are nothing like the British, but don't let them fool you...they are Brits with suntans. I didn't hear the word "Pom" once during our holiday...whereas back in the 70's I heard it incessantly. Nice country!
Now...having said that...if Canada is on your shortlist, move to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The weather is great without big swings in temperatures. Yes, we get some rain, but it's not as bad as Easterners like to think it is. Don't let the Ontario boys on this board kid you that they have "nice weather". They bake in the summer while being eaten by black flies, and are up to their armpits in snow and ice from November to March. (Now, before you Ontarioans think I'm just another clueless western redneck, I was raised in Chatham, Ontario ). Toronto is worse....a construction zone/refugee camp mess of freeways and overpasses masquerading as a city.
The West is where it's at.

[wrightme43]

Or there is always KY. Stupid hot muggy summers, Cold nasty winters but without much snow, every few yearss a nice ice storm or two. I like it, but have you ever heard the old joke about not wrestling with a pig in the mud. After a while you figure out he enjoys it. LOL

It really is nice, but if I had to move to another country New Zealand would be on my very short list. Norway, Finland, Sweeden are all to cold. I hear Belize is nice.

[aussiejules]

there would be plenty of room there as they all move over here

[Cloggy]

I have a very good mate who lived across in New Zealand for 3 years. This was just enough to get his (dual) citizenship. He loved it in New Zealand but returned to UK when his mother became (terminally) ill. He is still planning to return when the times right.
He and his wife both had jobs with UK wages when he moved out (both he and his wife transfered within thier UK based jobs).
He told me that the average New Zealand wage was aprox 1/3 of the equivelent UK wage. The cost of living is (obviously) much cheaper than UK which is fine if you plan to stay and not come back. But air fares are not much cheaper, so bear this in mind.

Personally I would go to Oz as I really enjoyed my time on holiday there, I liked what I saw and the life style was so relaxed, and with a similar humour and way of thinking to the Brits. (Now I'll get a load of abuse from the auzzies on this site, but that was my experience). The only thing that stopped us going was the distance from our family.