What's it like to live in other parts of the world? Can you describe where you live?

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I Lived in New Zealand for most of my life and its one of the best places that i have ever lived. its green and for an area thats bigger than England there are only about 4 million people living there. Now i live in Tasmania (the little island at the bottom of Australia) and its pretty similar to New Zealand. In NZ i lived in Auckland which is absolutely stunning. and in Tasmania i live in Hobart which is no where near as good as Auckland but its pretty good.

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