What is the best place/ location/site/ area to live in Dunedin(NZ) for a PhD student?

Question

1. I am 30 years male from India, currently unmarried, but going to married soon( jan 2007)

2. I am a vegetarian and can occasionally take eggs and egg products.

3. My sleeping time is 09:30 pm in the night and getting up time is 4:00 am in the morning.

So I am not used to late night outs, and sounds and music and late night parties that will disturb my sleep.

4. I am used to jogging and running for my fitness and for that I will prefer some park, or jogging area, forest area, beach area (any area that is green, quite, fresh, may be forest type, hilly, or may be beach type for jogging purpose)

5.Economical I am a student you know!!

6. Currently I am single and wife will be only coming to live with me in Jan 2008.

7. If possible I will prefer to have single accommodation and if at all sharing accommodation with few as possible.

8. I will like to do my cooking ocassionally.

9. I dont smoke or take alcohol.

I will meditate Vipassana meditation daily www.dhamma.org

Answer 1

This is a link that tells you about both the inner and outer suburbs in Dunedin. Dunedin is actually a pretty small city (5th largest New Zealand, so living in the outer suburbs isn't far away.

The transportation system is good, so you might no need a car.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburbs_of_...

On this link I found a lot about the city, plus a link for 2 houses to rent.

http://www.visit-dunedin.co.nz/

Finally, here's the city's official site, and links to both housing and apartment rentals.

http://cityofdunedin.resultspage.com/sea...

Just for fun here's a site with web cams in Dunedin, which gives you an idea of what's happening

http://www.cityofdunedin.com/city/?page=...

You will love Dunedin and the surrounding area...it's just beautiful.

I was there last December and I loved it!

Answer 2

You might want to try near St Clair, which is near the beach. It's about 40 mins walk to the Octagon, but not many students live there so it's quite quiet. Prolly would be quite cheap because it's far from Uni and you can get quite nice houses too compared to the expensive run-down hovels nearer to Uni