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Old 05-27-2007, 07:39 PM   #575
Aliantha
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Yeah, we have more room, but most of it's desert where no one except indigenous people have been able to live. We definitely don't have the same issues with population that other more populated countries do, but we still don't have enough resources to support what we do have. Namely water at the moment. Our deserts are growing, water is becomming more scarce, and yet our primary industries are not changing their way of thinking in order to face these changes head on.

We definitely have issues here, and definitely some things are more highly regulated than others, but in my experience and from my own observations, we still have a very ideal lifestyle here. Maybe I only say that because I've lived here all my life so I'm culturally socialized to think that way, but it's amazing how many people from other countries are enthralled with the lifestyle here. There must be something attractive about it.
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