The argument is if you're compelled to vote you're compelled to take interest. You have to register to vote anyhow, those who wish to remain apolitical are free to do so.
The 2011 playbook: move to SF, sleep in your office space to spend $0 on rent, subsist on ramen to reduce overhead
The 2021 playbook: move to SF, defer your rent payments to the state to spend $0 on rent, steal all your necessities (up to $949/day) to reduce overhead
Don't let NZ's clean green marketing efforts delude you. Auckland is the most car dependent city in the world outside of the US. Christchurch is the most car dependent small city in the world.
To put that in perspective, there are as many cars on the road in Auckland per day as Berlin, which has 3.5x the population.