Re:The World's Best Places to Live 2008
by Retric on Tuesday July 29, 2008 @09:44AM
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I agree, but I think there is a positive correlation between specific climates and getting stuff done. Where you can blow off working to go surfing and live cheaply it's a lot harder to keep going but when it’s cold outside it seems to motivate people to keep going. (Or get depressed.)
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Re:The World's Best Places to Live 2008
by michaelkeenan on Tuesday July 29, 2008 @11:35AM
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It might have the opposite effect. At the beginning of PG's essay, The Power Of The Marginal (http://www.paulgraham.com/marginal.html), he suggests that pleasant climates make work in spaces like garages possible. This encourages tinkering because space is available without needing official sanctioning.
Which is why places like the California bay area, Los Angeles, and large portions of Australia are so depressed economically?
I'm not sure if this is sarcasm or not, but Australia is far from depressed economically.
I'm guessing by large portions, you mean the underpopulated areas of Australia? Around 80% of our Australia's population is spread amongst less than 20% of the Land Mass, and most of this is centered around coastal areas.
The underpopulated areas have economies that are far from depressed too as a direct result from our resources boom.
For example, The following redirects to an Australian real estate site http://tinyurl.com/5e2vhl
Karratha is pretty much a country town - but rent there is around $2000 per week ($1920 USD) for an average 4 bedroom home. A couple of years ago this simply would not have been the case.
So if you were joking, fair enough - if you were serious... then you're pretty much wrong.
Thanks :)