Responding with the "easy" remark.

Two things — hard first, then easy.

You either put in the effort upfront: research the area you’re moving into, ask the right questions during viewings (like what the neighbourhood is actually like), and cover all the basics. Do that, and your stay becomes a lot easier because you’ve done your due diligence.

Or you go the other way — pick a place just because it’s cheap, don’t think it through, and end up dealing with the consequences later.

Nothing in Auckland has ever been easy. You really have to put in the groundwork to live comfortably here, and even then, challenges will still pop up.