Subj : Re: 3.5 weeks to being la
To   : Spectre
From : boraxman
Date : Sat Jul 23 2022 22:26:51

 Sp> But thats always been true.. Oakleigh was all market garden once... it
 Sp> was the far flung borders of town.. Keysborough was farm country, still
 Sp> in my living memory... in these days of more decentralised business, its
 Sp> probably less of an issue than it historically was.  Cranbourne North
 Sp> was selling house and land I guess thats about 15 years ago now at
 Sp> ~2-300k.
 Sp> 

Yes, but the point is it is very different when the urban fringe is 15km out and traffic is light as compared to when it is 40km out with heavy traffic.

People say this is nothing new, but it is.  The parameters are different and the situation today is not equivalent to the past.  Living on the urban fringes, is in terms of distance, objectively worse now than it was in the past.

Decentralisation still doesn't really solve the problem.  It means that my next job may not be in the CBD, it may be closer, but it may also be further away, on the other side of town.  I am being a little subjective here because my profession is specialised, so I can't just pick a job anywhere.

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