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heritagestonemason.com/Fordlouisvillerestoration In order that the labour of centuries past may not be in vain during the centuries to come...... D. Diderot 1752
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No. Doesn't milk come out of a box?
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It is nice in theory to live in the country, but most of my experience is the jobs are still in the big cities. Central coast for example. Nice cheap living but people still have to commute. Same in the Southern Highlands. Ask the people in Goulburn, a nice country town, where they all work?
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Guess I'm no different as I work between Melbourne and the Qld border but still mostly on country estates. I commute once then stay onsite till the job is done. In reality, I probably spend 3 months out of the year living at home. The way we like it. Gunning's another example.. Canberra commuters.
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heritagestonemason.com/Fordlouisvillerestoration In order that the labour of centuries past may not be in vain during the centuries to come...... D. Diderot 1752
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Manufacturing and livestock?!
In the city everything is manufactured in China and keeping live stock is banned. We are civilised in the city.
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i vote no
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Has the bubble burst yet?
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Only woolworths lite white for me. I only work 38 hours per week, it's all I can afford.
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I missed out on an overtime shift today, looks like I'm having my coffee* black this week
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I just had a thought. If no one buys a coffee then don't the people in coffee shops not have a job then have an even harder time trying to even afford accommodation let alone buy a house? The consumer economy is pretty complicated. If everyone was a thinker and there are no people to do the labour then how does anything get done? We can't all be in finance. My job involves both thinking and getting it done. Some people relegate themselves to being told what to do, and others get into positions to tell people what to do. I'm buying the boys coffees tomorrow when I rock up to work. It's probably going to put an hour onto my mortgage but it will be motorvation for the boys.
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Im 27, I have been working FIFO on a couple of the biggest industrial projects in the country for the past 3-4 years. 10-12 hour days on a 4 weeks on 1 week off roster. I consider myself to be extremely lucky. I have many mates who would kill to get a shot to do the big hours and make the good money, hell I've even tried to get them jobs but its not always that easy. It is easy however to just brush them off as lazy cause 38h week is all they can get. I bought my first house at the end of last year in Newcastle, 605k (low-mid range). I was lucky enough to be able to save a 20% deposit in just a couple of years. I don't have a missus or kids and I rent two rooms out to friends just to make things easier. If house prices were 3x average wage like they were way back when id just about own the thing by now. Im doing a similar thing to you working the best years of my life away, making big sacrifices to get ahead but thats where our similarities end. I don't sit on my high horse calling my peers lazy or denying the fact that I am extremely lucky to be given the opportunity in the position I'm in right now. Its made even simpler in the fact that I'm not raising or supporting a family at this time. A situation that probably half the people my age have to manage as well. Fact is housing is way more unaffordable now than it was 30 years ago and if you think its not you're kidding yourself. My place is less than a km away from my parents house. They built the house just before I was born in 1990 for 54k, house and land. My dad was a mechanic working a 40h week, mum was working part time and they were raising 3 kids. Times were tough but they managed. Try and do that in todays market. It would be just about impossible. I have a big circle of friends and I like to be close to my family so moving to the country isn't even a consideration for me and I'm sure I'm not alone. Yes places are more affordable and I could do my work (electrician) just about anywhere but if i was to leave everything I've ever known back home I know I wouldn't be happy with life so whats the point? My family and friends are more important to my happiness than anything else. Not having a go at you mate, you seem very happy and obviously led a successful life, just saying what worked for you back then won't work for everyone now. Not everyone gets the opportunity to make big bucks and even people who work 2 jobs are still going to struggle in todays market. On a side note I do love the mid north coast, holiday up there a few times a year its a beautiful part of the country. Last edited by FlipXW; 22-09-2017 at 11:10 PM. |
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I live in the country and it blows, its not even that cheap to buy out here either
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Hahaha don't laugh some people spend quite a bit of money going out and having coffee - granted it's cheaper than smokes,booze and take-away food. Coffee is the 2nd biggest (or was) traded commodity - those small shops and coffee trucks that make a good coffee generate a lot more money that would surprise most, and from just coffee alone. You blokes are the worst, always derailing the thread, I never do that. |
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Well hasn't this thread had quite a bit of traffic lately. I have finally moved into my place after getting new carpet and paint and it has been pure bliss.
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