Re:The World's Best Places to Live 2008
by froo on Tuesday July 29, 2008 @11:51AM
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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.
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.
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 :)