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Originally Posted by xor
I remember being in the car with my old man when i was about 13 and he was listening to Paul Holmes commenting "I have absolutely no idea why anybody would've built on the south side of the hill in Remuera 100 years ago".
It then led my father down a rabbit hole explaining how north facing houses get more exposure of the sun and he rambled on about Titirangi being a shithole because it's south facing and damp and everyone is sick or a hippy.
Definitely a random thought
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He missed out the bit where the colonisers came from the Northern hemisphere with building plans that were south facing and the can-do blinkered attitude to ignore local conditions.