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A house where? In a suburb for $250,000+? You know you can buy houses for <$100k, right? Some people's cars cost more than my house, but I don't need more.
Yeah, you're part of the problem. You need to be willing a more modest lifestyle. Ask yourself this, if you need more, how do others survive with significantly less? They probably don't live in major cities, for one. If you think you're entitled to live in a major city, then you're part of the problem.
You are commenting from an American perspective. There are no houses in Australian capital cities for less than 100k. And there are no job opportunities for many professions outside the capital cities.
Is there any room for ya'll to spread out and build more?
That's not how jobs work, mi amigo. The more people that live in a given area, the more jobs will be available. You might not get paid as much, but to make the argument that there's no work or that your job can't be done remotely is false.
Whatever mate. You don't know a fucking thing about the job market and housing market in Australia. Get fucked seppo.
Right. Anything to avoid admitting you have some control over your situation.
Ah yes. The American libertarian position. If you find an affordable rental in Australia during a housing crisis let me know.
I'm definitely not a libertarian.
We have a lot of room though and should spread out. Supply and demand. It won't be glamorous at first, but we should be investing in making more places livable.
Think about it like this. There are already people who live in those areas that "aren't good enough" for you. Why should you get more before they do? Doesn't it make more sense to improve those areas which will increase the supply of livable places?
The fact we never discuss these things shows how far removed we are from wanting actual solutions to our actual problems. It's why things are the way they are, to be honest.
I grew up in the country side working on farms. Post covid I can't even afford a house there because boomers priced me out. My expectations have been meager my whole life. It took me six months to land a shitty 60s falling down 2 bedroom place during our housing crises. In Australia many people get evicted after 12 months and lose their savings to moving costs. You Americans need to stop telling people from other countries what to do.
That's fine. Instead of arguing against building and improving housing outside of major cities to increase the supply, you could be arguing in favor of it?
That way, there's more supply to meet the demand. This should (in theory) reduce prices because there's more to go around for the people who want to buy it.
The only way expansion works I'm Australia is if we build new cities like what they have in Europe and US. Commuting 3 hours to work is not feasible for anyone.