A former president only stayed at properties owned by his company, billing the government millions in extra overhead.
His voters love him.
His voters love him.
The food is generally excellent in urban areas - cafe culture rules for those who can afford it.
Main issue is cost of living - housing and food costs are kind of silly relative to average income.
Mosquitos are really not an issue - people up north might have a different experience, but from Auckland on down, no one needs screens.
Food - groceries are pricey! It was surprisingly expensive given the lower wages here. CA seems to be catching up though!
Mosquitoes - comparable to LA, less than Sonoma County. Smaller too. But here on the South Island we also have sandflies. They vary by region. West Coast has them bad in some remote spots.
I'd live there too if it wasn't literally on the other side of the planet for me and I don't want to cause hundreds of tons of CO2 every time I want to see my family :'(
> billing the government
An added bonus for Trump was that his properties were also accessible to the public, so he got to make extra $$$ from people who wanted to stay close to where the President was. No previous president had that kind of an arrangement.
Edit: the point is that the win condition is electoral votes. A rational actor will optimize for that, potentially at the expense of the popular vote even, and they will be more likely to win for it. In other words, don't have your quarterback spend his practice time in the batting cages if you want to win the super bowl.