| Sydney vs Tallinn. I dislike; 1) Very high cost of living. 2) Very high tax rate. 3) Poor quality of internet access. 4) Lack of R18+ rating for games. 5) Conroy's clean feed nonsense. 6) Quality of technological innovation in Australia in general. 7) General contempt for civil rights displayed by political parties in Australia. 8) Apathy disguised as being laid back. 9) Hot weather. 10) Sun. I like; 1) Low cost of living. 2) Very low marginal tax rate. 3) High quality of internet access, almost ubiquitous wifi access. 4) One of the highest populations of atheist people in Europe. 5) Largest political party majority ideology is classical liberalism. 6) One of the most advanced technological infrastructure programs in Europe. 7) Straightforward no bullshit populace. 8) Very cold weather. 9) Very little sun. All of that said, you can never really know until you've actually tried it a while, so start February I'm moving to Tallinn for a three month trial, in the event that it wasn't for me was planning on coming back to Sydney but in light of these new developments and a continuing frustration / annoyance with associated events, I think if Tallinn doesn't work out I'll just pick some place else, I have a pretty big laundry list to go through. :) |