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Do you strictly interpret 'Brisbane' as the BCC area, or will you tell people you live 'in Brisbane' when you're just shy shy of Caloundra, Ipswich, or Toowoomba? I will always call Redcliffe, 'Brisbane', even though it was established long before Brisbane, but exclude Ipswich, but I don't have any good reason for either.

Journos use 'near Brisbane' for up to 200km from King George Square, and 'events in Brisbane' frequently have listings for the Gold Coast.

Is Brisbane just a state of mind? :)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I use the same 5 LGAs that our politicians seemed to be using when talking about COVID rules. BCC, MBRC, Logan, Ipswich, and Redlands.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

BCC area, but within that I live in FNB

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@24Vindustrialdildo Far North Brisbane? Is that, like, Caboolture? :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

@24Vindustrialdildo @ anathema_device If he only counts BCC I fear he thinks Aspley is FNB

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I remember when it was...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

anything north of Deception Bay, west of The Gap, south of the Logan River isn’t Brisbane to me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

also it depends, if someone asks “where are you from?” and you’re from Narangba or Caboolture, it’s easiest to just say Brisbane.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

BCC, Moreton Bay, Pine Rivers, Ipswich and most of Logan fit my definition.

Definitely not the coasts.

[–] womensweekly 1 points 1 year ago

Anything outside postcode 4000 isn't Brisbane...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Bribin is biggest city in the world made up of many councils smaller, so BCC limits because it so huge

Other city so ugly we just recoil away from them