One for Jackie

[Rocker]

I thought everyone on VIC was a radical left-winger.

Rocker

[echnidna]

Only when there is a Queenslander to bait.

From a mexican by personal choice ,
I am native born Queenslander and VIC is a far better place to live than up North.

[echnidna]

How's that for bait.

[Sturdee]

How's that for bait.

Not bad, Bob. I was going to add some more but then realised that those canadians ( apologies to the real ones ) up north might not appreciate it. :eek:


Peter.

[Rocker]

Echidna,

Having lived in Mt Isa for a few years, I could understand your attitude, if you are a native of Boulia, or perhaps Kajabbi, or even Hughenden. But if you want to freeze your *rse for half the year in the deep south, when you could be enjoying custard apples and citrus in mid-winter and mangoes and lychees in summer, who am I to argue with you. You will see the light eventually, and opt for a sea-change, like the thousands of other Victorians who keep the property prices buoyant around here

Rocker

[echnidna]

ahhhh well spoken from the land of beautiful beaches.
pity bout the stingers, sharks, jellyfish and of course the croc's that live in the water.
and the fungi that lives on people,
an the nasties like snakes'n'spiders.
Beautiful though.

[craigb]

Wooh Hoo ! A real interstate stoush !

Go to it !

[Ben from Vic.]

Wooh Hoo ! A real interstate stoush !

Go to it !

Best keep you head low Mr Sydney, or you may get caught in the cross fire.





Ben.

[jackiew]

ben, women who are unhappy about admitting their age ( and men who think they should be unhappy about it) are relics of an age when women had little choice but to be dependent upon men and a woman's youth ( equating to the ability to reproduce ) was a valuable asset.

If I can earn my own living, own my own house, drive my own car ( fortunately I don't live in Saudi ), rebuild my own motorcycle engines and use my own power tools then there is no particular benefit in pretending to be either younger or older than I actually am My grandmother made it to 89, her mother to 86 and my mother is still going strong in her 70s so I'm aiming for 100.

... and to enter the inter-state wars .... I chose to live in Melbourne and I like the changeability of the weather ( remind me of this someone when I get caught out without my umbrella )

[silentC]

I don't know about QLD but most of the people living here are ex-Victorians. Seems as soon as they retired, they couldn't wait to get out of the place.

Speaking to them, the story is always the same: "We'd been coming here on holidays for years - always wanted to buy a house and retire here. We sold the house in -insert Melb. suburb here- and bought a 3 bedroom cottage overlooking the bay, which we promptly demolished and built a lovely 3-storey brick monstrosity in its place."

There are two problems with this. The first is that 5 years ago a 3 bed house here could be bought for around $150,000. Now, you'd be lucky to buy the same house for $500,000. This is good for those of us who already own property here but bad for young families. If you have to pay that much for a house, you might as well move to the city where you can earn more money to pay for it. Plenty do just that.

This compounds the second problem, which is that we have a top-heavy age demographic around here. Too many retired people with nothing better to do than complain about and try to shut down every facility and place of entertainment that 'impinges upon their peace and quiet'. They've brought the NIMBY (Not in My Back Yard) attitude with them as well. On top of that, the hospitals and nursing homes are struggling to cope with them all.

The nett result of all this is that sooner or later there will be a majority of senior citizens and no-one left to look after them.

No, all is not well in paradise...

It's also a bit cold at the moment and nary a custard apple to be seen....

[craigb]

The nett result of all this is that sooner or later there will be a majority of senior citizens and no-one left to look after them.

A problem that all coastal towns will face in the future it seems.

Might be some bargains in the future though when all the Sea Changers start dropping off the twig

I like the ocean too, I just don't need to live next to it. Nor pay three times what a place is worth just because it's next to the sea.

It obviously works for a lot of people though, so good luck to them.

[AlexS]

They don't call the NSW north coast God's waiting room for nothing.