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Fishermans Bend was meant to house 80,000 people. What happened?(www.theage.com.au)

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Briongloid@aussie.zoneOPM
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Kudra :maybe_verified:@aus.social
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tfyoung@aussie.zone
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So beach front property then!

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Kudra :maybe_verified:@aus.social
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@tfyoung yup, you won’t need to worry about trams, you’ll need a boat.

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Taleya@aussie.zone
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Get the ferry lads in on it

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jonne@infosec.pub
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Sell it to Aquaman when you’re ready to move to higher ground.

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dumblederp@aussie.zone
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I had a friend who lived there years ago. The wall with the light switch wobbled.

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dropte_eth@lemm.ee
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I think it’ll probably take the university being active for anything to happen there - you need an anchor employer and consumers.

I worry it’ll end up like docklands - some ai generated idea of what a city should be

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tastypoobutt@lemmy.world
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It really upsets me how easily this country could house everyone, but doesn’t.

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