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Sl,rait crossing offers 'perfect' lifestyle choice

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who had been doing 13 years. "I'he commute is

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with his wife and four their extcnded lamily.

children to be closer to
He started doing four days a woek in Wellington, where he

wouldn't be able to get the role that I'nr doing [in Wellington] in
Nelsor.r," he said.

nothing. I worild say it's ttvo hours door to door. My commute is

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commuting from Upper Melissa Francis

Ms F?ancis' colleague, Matt Thompson, has been

and his farnily lived for 15 years, and has slowly whittled it down to two.

doing the commute for three years, after he moved to Nelson

"Wellington is really the IT capital in New Zealand. There are jr.rst far more opportunities for me. I probably

Ms ]rrancis said commuters were otten aged 40-plus, most had workeri overseas, and many had grown-up families. She said living in Nelson was about lifestyle, "and you need a way to support that bad habit',.

"You get yoru city and your

latte fix, bad weather flx, and then you come home and it's a nice rural lifestyle. It's pedect."