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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 8678196" data-attributes="member: 6716779">If course there's people who think differently.  Restrictions here were lifted once polling numbers started to fall. The faster they fell the faster the restrictions were lifted.  You guys never did the restrictions here. Our lockdowns lasted months and they were some of the strictist in the world.  Think Auckland had 3 or 4 lockdowns one if them lasted 4 months iirc maybe longer. And that was the third or forth one.  Cracks started showing though and omicron got out because people stopped following the rules. And some people couldn't follow the rules even if they wanted to. Homeless and sex workers for example. Sex workers didn't have the paper work to claim wage subsidies and some were caught sneaking out of lockdown cities. That's just the ones they caught. Trying to find a more up to date one but back in February Covid wasn't the main issue people cared about. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU2202/S00506/inflation-is-now-the-biggest-issue-facing-new-zealanders-and-housing-hasnt-gone-away.htm[/URL] The most recent one I think Covid was number 8 or 9. Cost of living, inflation and house prices/rent were bigger concerns iirc. 1 in 3-4k people dying vs other stuff right now that directly effects you.  Context what housing problems USA has now we started on that over 5 years ago. Covid poured fuel on the fire (20% rises in rent/mortgages 20-20-22). Those rises were on top of 5 years or so of double digit rises. My brother could sell his house and move somewhere cheaper like LA.</blockquote>

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