Value Collector I think you are missing the point that in a lot of smaller countries (I mean smaller in terms of land mass) like Germany or Italy, etc that a lot of these towns are much closer to the major cities.
Trouble is, in the minds of many anywhere that isn't within 20km of the Sydney or Melbourne CBD is "rural" and they want nothing to do with that.I am not suggesting people have to live in rural areas, there are heaps of nice towns up and down the coast with cheaper property prices.
https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/3222.0main+features72012 (base) to 2101There is no reason Australia could not develop in that way, you could easily fit more large hubs between Sydney and Brisbane for example that could become cities in themselves.
There are many small towns in Germany where you can live there and drive 45 minutes to Berlin or Munich or Frankfurt, or Hamburg, etc. So people can live in a smaller city or small town, etc and commute to work in the major cities.
Shows how fragile our economic model is, the only real jobs are in W.A, North Queensland and S.A,
https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/3222.0main+features72012 (base) to 2101
Adding a Canberra every year, if the (pre Covid) growth continued.
Does anyone remember the Whitlam era plans, .... Bathurst-Orange, Albury-Wodonga and Monarto?
Most places west of the Great Divide (the 'cancel crowd' should be on to renaming that one?!!) would find it hard to support anything other than medium sized towns/ cities. Canberra as an entity only got up because of the investigation of water, by surveyor Charles Scrivener in 1908. The Western boundary of the ACT defines the catchment.Bathurst-Orange was canned because of lack of viable water supply I believe.
Trouble is, in the minds of many anywhere that isn't within 20km of the Sydney or Melbourne CBD is "rural" and they want nothing to do with that.
I guess that depends on your personal financial position.does it mean its not a good time to buy an investment property?
Not for anyone to give advice but if it was me seeking a property I'd be waiting for awhile.does it mean its not a good time to buy an investment property?
It is a good time somewhere, it is a bad time elsewhere.does it mean its not a good time to buy an investment property?
It really has to be done, the only way we can efficiently develop Australia's remote areas, is to provide work there.I believe there is an argument to wind back to have more mining towns. FIFO is not an easy lifestyle; neither are some mining towns. I believe there is a need to develop regional communities and diversify communal existence outside of cities.
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