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by jimmy_2486 » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:47 pm
Have to agree with Rev there.
We cop shit because our lifestyle is different to other major capital cities in Australia (and possibly the world).
Last time I was in Sydney every time I told the cab driver where I was from, every time, they would give me shit that I was from Adelaide.
You talk to any random person on the street in Adelaide and a large percentage will tell you that they wouldn't move to Melbourne, or Sydney, or Brisbane etc cos its too busy and too big.
Ben folds five even made a song about Adelaide saying how quiet and peaceful we are (Ben Folds Five - Adelaide).
Reason why?? We have the largest percentage of elderly people in the country who want Adelaide to stay small so they can enjoy their relaxed lifestyle. We are not a city used to change either because of this and hopefully this trend will not pass down generations.
It hasn't got anything to do with our population why we have crap infrastructure, economy etc, its our attitudes towards moving towards something big. Perth is not that much bigger and got a boom with a lesser population than what we have now. If we planned to enlarge our economy, expand our road/PT infrastructures, push for high density living, then there will be an outcry because we will lose our easy going lifestyle and we will become what (the majority of us) we hate, which is becoming like the major eastern cities. This outcry would probably scare polititions into doing anything for this state as they would risk losing votes.
The attitudes of the majority of eastern state people are purely business, hence why they get all the business HQ's etc. We on the other hand would rather live comfortably.
So with that in mind, where do you think major Hq's will be set up, time and time again???
When I hear comments like, "I don't want to live a big city life, I want my backyard" or "I couldn't live in a big city, I would hate the traffic" It confirms to me why we get the short end of the stick with everything, and confuses me to how we want to have the luxury's of a big city (awesome PT, freeways, big buildings, etc) but don't want the lifestyles that a big city offers?? It makes Adelaide seem like a big retirement village when I hear crap like that.
These are my thoughts anyway, I love Adelaide, but me being under 30 along with the majority of people on this forum. I would love to have people change their attitudes and not say things like "I love Adelaide cos it is small". I would like to see Adelaide become something big as I would like to someday lead into a highly successful career and not to have to move interstate because we are insignificant.