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I dont know where to start with this post. It's scary that ypure responsible for the wellbeing of kids

um yeah nah unless of course you consider say surry hills and say mt druitt (as 2 extreme examples) to have the same amenities

That may have been your point but that is not what you said. Plenty of people do prefer "dog box living". You could not pay me enough to live in Dromana, seriously but i understand that it suits you. That is my point, different people have different priorities.

i think youll find by now that unless you agree with Bayview you are a liar. I know that i genuinely long to live waaaay out in a suburb he himself calls Drugmana that is apparently full of deros with a struggling local economy. Unless you also dont wish to live there you are either a...

using a population density stat for the whole of australia is totally and utterly irrelevant when comparing to other countries. we're a country with big dessert, minesites and agriculture

im curious as to what issues you think there are with urban sprawl overseas that you genuinely dont think are issues here

yes and these roads cost a hell of a lot of money, that is my point. perth metro sprawl will soon be larger than brisbane to gold coast, all because clowns want to insist on living on their own bit of dirt near the beach and everyone else has to support their choice. we even have...

Fifth - i dont mean to argue with you, it is just something im passionate about. Sprawl is costing the govt and by extension all of us an enormous amount. money that could be used on much more productive things. this study is a good one to read...

Do you honestly not get it? Lets say 10 people live per hectare in the sticks and 50 in a more inner area. road constructed and maintained etc will cost a lot less per person in an inner area. public transport is even more reliant on density because it typically runs at a loss and is...

im talking schools, hospitals, trains, buses etc.

what do you expect? infrastructure is always going to cost more when is in the middle of nowhere and servicing fewer people due to the lack of density. our forefathers would indeed shake their heads at people who expect the same level of infrastructure in the sticks.