It's an almost common phrase, "We live better than a king of old!" Ok, let's do some a lot of searching and see if that's true in any sense at all BUT first ... Some definitions ... "We all" Almost exclusively this is white, middle-class / middle-level, in the top 10-15%, sort of people. Also, European or of European descent, i.e. those that think being a medieval king is a thing to emulate. "live" Doing our general stuff but not one-off things like wars, marriages, and deaths. Think of it as the life we live on a Tuesday afternoon. "better" Hmmm, I think this is a combination of ease, ability, availability, and cost. "Medieval" The medieval period , also known as the Middle Ages or the Dark Ages, began around 476 A.D. and ended between 1400 and 1450. The term was first used by 15th-century scholars to describe the time between their own time and the fall of the Western Roman Empire. "royalty" Absolutely thinking
I was surprised as well... I was in Christchurch a couple of weekends ago with several friends who reported multiple incidents of minor aggression. I think the report must have been bought.
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The following communities/cities have been Safe Community accredited in New Zealand:
• New Plymouth
• North Shore City
• Porirua
• Tauranga
• Waitakere
• Waimakariri
• Wellington
• Whangarei
Christchurch is the largest New Zealand city to be awarded Safe Community accreditation and will be only the second Safe Community in the South Island. The other is neighbouring Waimakariri District.
I thought Wellington was larger than Christchurch? How did Porirua get it? Why not Dunedin? Or do cities need to request these certificates?
apparently it not whether your city is actually safe
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how dumb
My friend was beaten up when he lived in Christchurch - in his own back garden. All because he told some skinheads to stop throwing beer bottles into his garden.
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