Life in the ’burbs can come as a shock to the long-time apartment dweller. And it changes you.
What this week’s Life in the ’burbs suburb lacks in sandwich shops and wine bars it makes up for in proximity to friends and wine drinking on back decks.
It’s a suburb of stark contrasts:community and commerce;wildlife and traffic;the living and the dead.
The scene of a fondly remembered childhood,the population of this suburb has tripled in 25 years. But not a single new service has been added.
This suburb has come a long way since its blue-collar days. But don’t mention the aircraft noise.
Life is sweet in this week’s locale,if sometimes a little confusing.
We asked Brisbane locals to write about their suburb – whether the clichés are true,how it has changed,and how living there has shaped their lives.
This week’s suburb may come with increased insurance premiums,but it also has a particular type of community bond.
You never know who or what you might meet on the walking tracks of this week’s quiet Life in the ’burbs locale.
The subject of this week’s Life in the ’burbs story is a shabby-chic pocket of character homes and character people – loomed over by a future stadium.