AliG123
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"think what you need to think"
townsville has recovered to some extent.
Great for
- Not a major city
- People who rent
Not great for
- Council shutting access to unique tourist places
- Highest council rates in Australia and no work
- Sizeable part of community doesn't care
- High Cost of Living
- High unemployment
- Military City
- Theft is bad
Who lives here?
- Retirees
Maybe I should warn more people in a more determined way not to buy here. I think you've motivated me.
Well mine has risen so hopefully yours will soon too, but some of us plan to stay here for life hence why property value means little.
That's a bald faced lie. The real estate agents need to try and do something positive in Townsville rather than try and feast on the dry bones at the moment
no work? you obviously havent been looking hard enough, i came over from new zealand and initially it was a struggle to find work but in the end i found it. persistence pays off
The economy in townsville is like a roller-coaster, when things are good - they are good but the bad times are always around the corner. At the moment things are good, people are fleeing the majpr cities the politicians built - vast real estate ponzi schemes where house prices are high and you'll lose a significant amount of your life in traffic or using public transport.
Be aware , education isn't as evolved in the major cities where you can take part time evening technical courses where the theory and practical all gets done together. Whatever level of education you've got / licensing you arrive is what you'll have for the rest of your life. Unless you have lots of money and time to take off from full time work or a mortgage. If you are connected to the mates network or work for the government you'll be fine - more than fine. The interview process will be stacked against you, I went for a government job and was handed a question sheet minutes before the interview that friends and family had been given WEEKS before.
I don't worry about it anymore, just make sure you put deadlocks on your doors and padlocks on your garden gates and it will be good enough to keep the community out of your house and stop them stealing your car.
alig123 - alot of my newfound friends are from melbourne and they have no regrets moving to townsville the weather is alot warmer, rents alot cheaper and the people alot friendlier plus we always agree that daylight savings is a bad thing and as queensland doesnt have dst we are alot happier here than in the SE states or even new zealand
What a troll, I love it here. You sound like a serial whinger, all those things you listed could be attributed to any city in the world so im sorry just grow up!