As for me, I wouldn't leave Rotorua if you paid me - and you can offer big bucks too, I'm not budging.
Rotorua often gets kicked to the kerb by "haters", people saying the town is full of beggars, criminals and dropkicks.
To those people, I'd like to ask: "Where are you hanging out?"
Get yourself around some nicer and more positive people in Rotorua. Stop blaming the city for your predicament.
Sure, Rotorua, and New Zealand for that matter, has its struggles that need attacking. Our mayor-elect Steve Chadwick has the local issues high on her agenda but she's not a magician. It's going to take more than a slicker council to turn this never-ending recession around.
But at the end of the day, there's no place like home.
Take in a whiff of that sulphur air, hop on your mountain bike or go for a stroll around the lakes and spread the word we live in paradise.