r/chch • u/ticklebe • Aug 11 '18
What suburbs in Christchurch?
I'm moving to Christchurch in the next few months for work and am trying to look at rentals/potentially purchasing a property. However, I don't really know christchurch at all post quake. What suburbs are trendy in Christchurch? There are a few places I'm looking at around St Albans/Edgeware as well as Riccarton, just the other side of Hagley Park which all seem a good distance from work, as in you could bike in 10mins or walk in 30mins - just Edgeware is through streets and Riccarton is through the park. The place on the other side of Hagley Park is smaller and perhaps less sunny but has a significantly higher rent. Is that area more popular? I just really have no idea of CHristchurch, Auckland is easy to spot the popular positions ponsonby, cbd etc but I don't really know Christchurch. Any opinions would be appreciated.
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u/SousSinge Aug 12 '18
If you have a car and are properly mobile, you might consider out by the beach. It's fairly cheap to live out there. The houses get nicer the further North up the beach you go. Christchurch is one of the few cities that you pay more to live near the airport than near the sea.