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our obsession, I see you've put a bit of thought into this and clearly there is movement on this front already. Still I do fear that the actual results of the goverment's regional push might get lost in their ever expanding urban growth boundary (Page6) Also worth noting is the population...

Thanks Neophyte, this goes to the point I was trying to make, that it would be cost effective and worthwhile for government policy to enchourage new industries in second tier cities. Such as by moving the TAC to Geelong.

Bayview I wasn't arguing for larger population in country areas. My argument was that whatever population growth we do have, should be enchouraged toward cities other than state capitals. Which is why in my last post I mention TAC shifting headquarters to Geelong. You appear to me to be arguing...

* Most people want to live within 30min transit to work * Most jobs are within 10 km of the CBD * Most People live more than 10km from the CBD * Public transport and road congestion is becoming increasingly problematic * Housing prices have increased at twice the rate of wages (esp within...

Sorry about my lack of clarity. In using 'the same math' I meant that I would attempt to make an observation by also using a ratio (same math) to compare U.S. to Aus. Your observation showed that U.S vs Aus, total population to SMALL city population ratios are even. Mine showed that total...

andrew_de_a, those figures appear to be for Los Angeles County. The same website has Los Angeles City population at 3,849,378. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0644000.html

Belu, it's interesting to note that by the same math Australia's population is just 2.5 times larger than its two largest cities combined. Whereas the U.S. population is 25.5 times its two largest... Aust (21M) / Syd+Melb (8.5M) = 2.5 U.S. (309M) / NY+LA (12.1M) = 25.5

An article in the Weekend AFR (pp27 1-2/05/2010), points out that both Melbourne and Sydney are larger than all U.S. cities except New York !! Thats right even bigger than L.A. at 3.8mil. Yet while the U.S. has 150 cities between 100k and 400k population, we have just 10. Given housing...