Oil costs spell doom for suburbs

Oil costs spell doom for suburbs: "Residents and businesses in the outer suburbs of Australian cities will leave in droves if oil prices stay high, a new report predicts."

We could all squash into the cities and pile up on top of one another and become like lots of other places in the world. Is that what we want? In Australia you always had space to spread out and breathe but maybe we are not creating sufficient money for others that way. Maybe we do need the inner city squish so real estate can draw optimum prices for smaller amounts of land.We could invest in better public transport and we could look at creating regional centres and hubs. We tend to be very narrow in our thinking and in the end it will come down to us and what we want. The Australian lifestyle is about living unhampered with room to move but places are becoming increasingly crowded. Do we like it? Do we want it? We are a car dependent nation and we need to look at more efficient transport...but that takes thinking and planning. I'm still waiting for TGV type trains to connect our main cities so we can do the intercity by rail...I'd love it!!