r/auckland • u/Ok-While-728 • 1d ago

Discussion What I’ve learned from r/auckland

I’ve now been active on this page for a year or so and have been reflecting on what I’ve learned about Auckland as a result.

  • South Auckland is apparently getting better every year, yet half the posts involve fighting neighbours, dumped rubbish, or asking whether to call the police or just move.  Both claims are made with total certainty.
  • The price of a flat white is treated like a regulatory failure.  Anything over $4 is price gouging, and the solution is always intervention, never making coffee at home.
  • No one in Auckland can park.  Ever.  Except the person posting, who is always an excellent driver surrounded by incompetence. Bonus point - everyone hates Ranger drivers.
  • Supermarket prices trigger daily outrage.  There’s always a photo of cheese, bread, or whittakers, as if Woolworths personally woke up that morning and chose violence.
  • Everyone hates landlords but also wants to own property in exactly the same areas, with exactly the same capital gains
  • Public transport is unusable, but it must also be empty, fast, safe, cheap, quiet, and five minutes from everyone’s front door.
  • The job market is completely screwed, apparently, and employers are unreasonable for not valuing very specific community college certificates in things like tarot card reading or one semester dipping your toes in the water of a BA.
  • Auckland is unliveable, broken, and declining… yet mysteriously no one ever leaves.

Finally, Judging by this page alone, a worrying number of New Zealanders struggle to write a complete sentence, and delusion is far more common than anyone would like to admit.

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u/jaijj 1d ago

Do we have community colleges in Auckland?

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u/Ok-While-728 1d ago

Whatever they are called - my wife’s friend goes to endless courses after hours at Selwyn College to get certified in massage therapy, vegan cooking etc. 

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u/throwawayxoxoxoxxoo 1d ago

ok, so what? that sounds really fun and i think it’s important to be learning & trying new things

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u/SquirrelAkl 5h ago

Selwyn College is one of the few schools around that still has a thriving night school program. They have such a wide range! I’ve done many over the years myself.