Sharp rise in people leaving Australia?
Oct 9th 2012, 2:07 am
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Re: Sharp rise in people leaving Australia?
I would dearly love to see some evidence on this. In my experience, and with the near 1:1 conversion, US salaries are a lot less than in Oz.
Remember house prices took a massive fall a few years back and borrowing is not so easy - hence the house prices have not recovered and may never do.
Remember house prices took a massive fall a few years back and borrowing is not so easy - hence the house prices have not recovered and may never do.
Oct 9th 2012, 2:15 am
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Oct 9th 2012, 2:32 am
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Re: Sharp rise in people leaving Australia?
You also tend to only get two weeks annual leave. I'll give it a miss thanks. Not that 99% of us would get in, even if we wanted to.
Oct 9th 2012, 4:10 am
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Re: Sharp rise in people leaving Australia?
I would dearly love to see some evidence on this. In my experience, and with the near 1:1 conversion, US salaries are a lot less than in Oz.
Remember house prices took a massive fall a few years back and borrowing is not so easy - hence the house prices have not recovered and may never do.
Remember house prices took a massive fall a few years back and borrowing is not so easy - hence the house prices have not recovered and may never do.
Oct 9th 2012, 4:23 am
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Re: Sharp rise in people leaving Australia?
Not only western counties either. Japan is experiencing the most rapid decline in population. But Korea and China will also show serious losses in the years ahead.
Oct 9th 2012, 4:30 am
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Oct 9th 2012, 4:43 am
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Re: Sharp rise in people leaving Australia?
I have noticed a very different 'look' to Australia in the last 20 or so years, when we first arrived in Australia back in the early 60's it would be rare indeed to see an Asian face whereas now especially if you go to certain areas it is rare to see a caucasian face. I think it enrichens a society but unfortunately not everyone shares that view.
I suspect the change are still in there early days yet. How it will fan out with so many rich and/or highly skilled folk from the region coming in and the influence that will allow them,I'm not sure.
Oct 9th 2012, 4:46 am
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Re: Sharp rise in people leaving Australia?
Don't know any of the cities you mention. Obviously I know where they are,just never been. I was thinking..... Berlin,Lisbon,Barcelona,Hamburg,Amsterdam........a nd others. Really a different world.
Oct 9th 2012, 4:50 am
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Re: Sharp rise in people leaving Australia?
Yeah, I was limiting my responses to small cities, as the previous poster had flagged up that the UK only had one city that was larger than Sydney.
I take your point that these are true world cities, and having been to many of them, I can safely say that Sydney just doesn't stack up to them. Like I said before - it's just a big coastal town with a bridge and an opera house.
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Oct 9th 2012, 5:18 am
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Re: Sharp rise in people leaving Australia?
Yeah, I was limiting my responses to small cities, as the previous poster had flagged up that the UK only had one city that was larger than Sydney.
I take your point that these are true world cities, and having been to many of them, I can safely say that Sydney just doesn't stack up to them. Like I said before - it's just a big coastal town with a bridge and an opera house.
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I take your point that these are true world cities, and having been to many of them, I can safely say that Sydney just doesn't stack up to them. Like I said before - it's just a big coastal town with a bridge and an opera house.
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And in all those other countries you have listed, very few of them would accept you as a member of society, you would always be a filthy foreigner to them. They tend to be corrupt and openly violent. I have personally been in Budapest when neo-nazis were going around killing Gypsies.
Oct 9th 2012, 5:22 am
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Re: Sharp rise in people leaving Australia?
Now is the time, the FX rate and house prices would be key. No doubt about it.
I think it depends on what you do, too.
The status of a city comes up alot on BE - with different people discussing what it means to them. I can see where people are coming from. Maybe Australian cities have small CBDs and large burbs which make them feel smaller than they are.
To be honest, I would rather live in Melbourne than in B'Ham or Manchester.
Yeah, I was limiting my responses to small cities, as the previous poster had flagged up that the UK only had one city that was larger than Sydney.
I take your point that these are true world cities, and having been to many of them, I can safely say that Sydney just doesn't stack up to them. Like I said before - it's just a big coastal town with a bridge and an opera house.
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I take your point that these are true world cities, and having been to many of them, I can safely say that Sydney just doesn't stack up to them. Like I said before - it's just a big coastal town with a bridge and an opera house.
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The status of a city comes up alot on BE - with different people discussing what it means to them. I can see where people are coming from. Maybe Australian cities have small CBDs and large burbs which make them feel smaller than they are.
To be honest, I would rather live in Melbourne than in B'Ham or Manchester.
Oct 9th 2012, 5:23 am
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Re: Sharp rise in people leaving Australia?
Verry funny. Sydney is an incredibly rich city, especially in comparison to most of the cities you mentioned. This city is loaded with wealth.
And in all those other countries you have listed, very few of them would accept you as a member of society, you would always be a filthy foreigner to them. They tend to be corrupt and openly violent. I have personally been in Budapest when neo-nazis were going around killing Gypsies.
And in all those other countries you have listed, very few of them would accept you as a member of society, you would always be a filthy foreigner to them. They tend to be corrupt and openly violent. I have personally been in Budapest when neo-nazis were going around killing Gypsies.
It may well be loaded with wealth, but that doesn't stop it from being an ultimately dull and superficial place.
I also wasn't saying that the other places were paradises - just that, for small cities, they seem to have a much more vibrant and dynamic way of life about them.
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