Pegasus Town?
#16
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Re: Pegasus Town?
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#17
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Joined: Aug 2006
Location: Australia, Scotland, NZ, China, Spain, Scotland again wha hae!
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Re: Pegasus Town?
On the other hand, she has gone and built herself another house in Augustine Heights
I don't see how you can force people to become a community. It's just commuter-ville - nobody actually works there so there is no heart to it as you might find in a real community. Interestingly I've read that the developers are talking about new stages incorporating plans for churches, girl guide huts etc in an effort to alleviate the probs that have come up in earlier versions. But which churches? Which community groups - isn't it strangely surreal to think that the developer will decide this, rather than it springing up from community desires/needs???
Perhaps it's just me, as SE Qld is one of the fastest growing regions of Australia, and people seem to be moving to these sorts of 'communities'. It gives me the heebie jeebies just driving round these massive 'burbs that were just bushland around the tip when I was a kid...they remind me of the council estates in the UK, just with bigger, nicer houses...but clearly they are giving the people what they want.
There are a few areas like this in Christchurch, not just Pegasus, but don't want to mention any in case ppl start getting excited - one thing that is for sure, residents are very passionate about these places, which perhaps in a way is a form of community???
#18
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Re: Pegasus Town?
My aunt lives in a similar place on the Gold Coast and it has been their life dream so really not trying to heckle anyone's lifestyle choices, just saying that it's definitely not for me!!
#20
Re: Pegasus Town?
I consider myself working class (because I work for a living) but the boundaries of class are a bit vague.
There are loads of pictures showing the current state of Pegasus on Propertytalk (link).
nobody actually works there so there is no heart to it as you might find in a real community. Interestingly I've read that the developers are talking about new stages incorporating plans for churches, girl guide huts etc in an effort to alleviate the probs that have come up in earlier versions. But which churches? Which community groups - isn't it strangely surreal to think that the developer will decide this, rather than it springing up from community desires/needs???
Also being frank I shouldn’t imagine Christchurch will be short of empty sections for sale for a while now.