>>129206Leaving aside nationalism and birthplace sentiment and just looking at the votes... 8 times more New Zealanders think that Australia is a better place to live than Australians who think the opposite.
> According to the Christchurch city libraries [1], 62,000 Australians, out of total population of 22,533,000, have voted with their feet and now live in New Zealand, while> According to New Zealand Government Statistics [2], 477,000 New Zealand-born people, out of a total population of 4,388,000, have voted with their feet and are now living in Australia.> So, 0.3% of Australians think New Zealand is a better place to live than Australia but 10.9% of New Zealanders think Australia is better place to live than New Zealand. 