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Auckland, New Zealand
Hello, Auckland? Is anyone out there???
Yes, we know that there are in fact more than one million people in Auckland, but it just doesn't seem like New Zealand's biggest city. It feels more like a moderately-sized town, such as Leamington Spa. Even Minehead where I grew up (population c.10,000) has a wider main street, for goodness sake.
I suppose this sense of an overblown village is exacerbated by the contrast with Hong Kong, which we left on Tuesday evening....