According to a (largely) favourable article on the BBC website about Brisbane as a place to live:
Surprisingly, it's not Sydney's stunning harbour views that are pulling them in, nor the lure of seeing the Ashes battled over once again at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground. Instead, record numbers are making their way to Brisbane, halfway up the east coast where, according to NatWest's recently-published Quality of Life Index, every 10th person is a pommy.
In the comments following the article, quite a few people from the UK say they like the place, but this comment sounds so stereotypically “whinging Pom”, it’s not a send up, is it?:
I've been here for 50 years and have regreted it ever since I arrived and would have liked to return home but have never been able to afford to, but in my will I have requested that my ashes be returned to my country of birth and scattered on English soil. This place might be ok for a holiday but that's all.
It is odd to see comment from abroad about Brisbane. The article was OK but some of the comments odd. One fellow was surprised that the city was deserted when people went home at night. He was probably too dull to be told to that people who want that sort of thing go the Valley and James St.
ReplyDeleteI saw an English real estate program where they find a couple of houses for a prospective buyer and when they came to Brisbane instead of the English countryside it was like they thought they were getting every thing half price. Even with the weaker pound that is still a big incentive.