An Ikea in New Zealand: Thoughts on shopping and convenience
Recently, I've been thinking about how I'll miss Amazon when I move back to New Zealand. We don't have Amazon, and New Zealand is kind of in the middle of nowhere when it comes to the world as a larger scheme. Things I want like clothes, or really niche items can be difficult to source in store in NZ, or just really expensive when bought in store or ordered online, but here in Japan, everything is available on Amazon at the click of a button. In the larger scheme, there's so many stores here that New Zealand doesn't have. Ikea, Costco, Uniqlo (of course). Everything is so available. Is this a good thing? I mean my heart says yes, but my head says... maybe not? So we don't have Amazon in New Zealand, nor do we have a similar alternative (unless you count Mighty Ape but that's mostly games... And a large selection of La Croix water? I miss La Croix...) Amazon is so easy and I can get anything I want sitting at my desk at work. Living out in the countryside i...