tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407954869793373668.post3807691089200033501..comments2023-05-12T21:41:08.215+10:00Comments on The Spiralling Shape: As we bogans who don't live in metropolitan areas like to say....Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08890231930979311533noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407954869793373668.post-10909347778289466932009-10-27T10:02:22.837+10:002009-10-27T10:02:22.837+10:00Ah, the Regionals, almost but never quite as good ...Ah, the Regionals, almost but never quite as good as a Capital. Know the feeling well!!2pawhttp://cindy2paw.typepad.com/2paw/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407954869793373668.post-15412317961580433072009-10-24T19:55:28.165+10:002009-10-24T19:55:28.165+10:00well then I'm really not funky at all then I g...well then I'm really not funky at all then I guess. because i like living here away from the busyness of the city. although i quite like to visit. but i'm always happy to come home.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890231930979311533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407954869793373668.post-41546232775449704072009-10-24T19:21:29.314+10:002009-10-24T19:21:29.314+10:00I find people have a similar reaction when I say I...I find people have a similar reaction when I say I like living in suburbia. Okay, "suburbia" in Brisbane starts about five minutes' drive out of the city centre (it's one of the things I love about Brisbane) and it's not one of those paint-by-numbers new estates, which have a whole raft of problems associated with their relative age, their isolation, the density of peer-grouping, the lack of necessary infrastructure, and so on--but it's still suburbia.<br /><br />I love it.<br /><br />I love the space and the wildlife.<br /><br />I really wouldn't want to live cheek-by-jowl with my neighbours in the <i>inner</i> inner city, no matter how funky it is.Catrionahttp://circulatinglibrary.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407954869793373668.post-6238359797558793242009-10-24T12:16:53.922+10:002009-10-24T12:16:53.922+10:00Yes it is indeed shocking!!! Maybe there should be...Yes it is indeed shocking!!! Maybe there should be a special Centrelink payment for people like me.... ;)<br /><br />Actually, seriously, I hadn't thought about the Queensland thing but I think you might be right sadly. Although I do find your own experience quite amazing, I did encounter some similar attitudes when I went to postgrad seminar at ANU many years ago. Everyone else was from Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Hobart. It was evident they had never considered the possibility of someone living and working in regional area. It was clearly quite mystifying to them. A little funny really.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890231930979311533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6407954869793373668.post-67603109570564312692009-10-24T10:46:08.305+10:002009-10-24T10:46:08.305+10:00I wonder where that rude commenter was? Because I ...I wonder where that rude commenter was? Because I suspect it's not just the "central" part that sparked their ire, but the "Queensland" part. When I was planning to move here (from, broadly speaking, Sydney), I was astonished at the number of "don't forget to leave half your brain at the border"-style jokes I heard.<br /><br />And though in academic circles the prestige of the university I studied at is well established, people were scornful about my attending a Queensland university for postgraduate studies, as well.<br /><br />It boggled my mind.<br /><br />So you're suffering (in that commenter's eyes, at least) from a double disadvantage: you're not only in a rural area, you're not even anywhere near Sydney or Melbourne.<br /><br />Shock! Horror!<br /><br />;)Catrionahttp://circulatinglibrary.netnoreply@blogger.com