“If you ever do want to kill yourself, back lack the courage, I think a visit to Palmerston North will do the trick.”

John Cleese had some unkind things to say about Palmerston North.¹ I can imagine thinking along similar lines if one had to spend a sustained period of time here. However, for a quick trip, it’s not too shabby. There are more lawyers than milk bars² and more flouro tops than you can shake a stick at. It also has power lines under the ground, and a few little oddities.

The main city is arranged in a square. I like neat cities. However, they also just dump their garbage by the road rather than putting it in bins, so this neatness is somewhat undermined.³ Four sheep jokes out of ten.

1. The residents did get some revenge later. ↩
2. Or dairies, as they call them here. This unfortunately means they have to call actual dairies “those places where you squeeze the cow bits to make yummies.” ↩
3. This happens across New Zealand apparently, aside from some of the really big cities. ↩

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