Ross I'd only shift to Auckland if job had great opportunities and extra money. Having said that I've lived here most my life and I stay because my family are all here, but traffic is bad and housing expensive. I'm lucky in that we live relatively central so not too far to town. Cheers Louise -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is sponsored by http://www.soapcraft.co.nz - supplier of raw ingredients. To unsubscribe from this list go to //www.freelists.org/list/soapcraft/ enter your email address and choose unsubscribe. Or you can send an email to soapcraft-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the subject line. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------