For the money
"For the money" is how I should have entitled my original post, I suppose. For the money, if the house we're currently living in were in the US we would most definitely have central heating and, yes, a garbage disposal. And whiteware would be included in the price. It's just how things are.
And I said low-end homes have these amenities, not those in poverty stricken neighborhoods. Having worked for Legal Aid (a US non-profit providing legal assistance to America's most poor) for over a year, I am intimately familiar with what those less fortunate have to endure. Oh, and I didn't take a paycheck.
My original post was intended for those Americans considering the move over. Given current NZIS standards, those would be professionals most likely accustomed to certain conveniences in life. In NZ, those conveniences often come at a premium or simply do not exist. I had no idea when I moved here, and it was a shock.
I appreciate that this forum is populated by New Zea-loonies (my new term) who adore anything and everything Kiwi. Yay for you, you're where you belong. I'm simply trying to give those Americans (not Brits or South Africans nor anyone else) who are thinking about moving here a snapshot of daily life.
And I will go on record stating that Kiwi canister vacuum cleaners are the worst.
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