@davidc4430 wrote:
try living in tasmania or south australia, some interstate shock jocks want us cut adrift from the rest of the country.
we once had the formula 1 grand prix, about the only big thing we had, but it got taken from us by victoria.
now we have the tour down under and nsw wants that.
It's not the citizens though who campaign for these things, it is the government or corporate interests & they will usually follow the money-and that's often to where there are more people who might buy their product.
So bigger cities are always going to have some advantages like that.
I'm in Melb and sometimes find it an annoyance that if i want to fly to a lot of places, I would have to go to Sydney first, but I realise it is just a commercial decision.
But as far as choosing a place in Australia to live, I think Tassie is way undervalued. Way, way undervalued. beautiful, pristine land, not overcrowded, some good sized cities and facilities.
Similar with Sth Australia. Adelaide, beautifully clean city, not too busy etc
About a week back, I was touring Bonegilla Migrant Experience centre, it was an army camp which after WW2 became a migrant centre. 1:20 Australians have links to some relative or ancestor who passed through there.
The guide was telling us that immediately after the war, many of the migrants/refugees that came out here signed an agreement to take a job wherever they were sent for 2 years, after which they were free to find another job/move house to wherever they wanted.
Many were sent up to Qld, some to WA, and so on.
They did have a riot there at one time-a protest group-they were protesting about having to mark time at the camp and not being given jobs quickly enough!!
A job is what allows people to save & eventually buy some of the things they might want, like a house etc. Maybe the govt should step in and help refugees etc by giving them a crash course in basic English then offering jobs around the country. I think if more people had the opportunity to actually see some of these other places and towns, they would like what they see and some would settle there, which would help the local economy too.
At the moment, we have everyone crowding into Melb & Sydney, putting a strain on services, when decentralisation would be a more sensible way to go.
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