I think that it is too simplistic to categorise deciions that idividuals and families make to change their lives into economic ones. If you make a decision to turn your life upside down and/or that of your family, economic reasons become justifications for those decisions not the main catalyst.
Brisbane has long been categorised by some as a place where you don’t have the opportunities offered by the bigger cities when it comes to corporate careers, to a large degree that is true (if you don’t work for the government!), but it is more often used as an excuse rather than a conclusion drawn based on research!
When you uproot yourself from the relative career security of Syd/Melb to come to corporately challenged Brisbane, you are forced to consider your working life differently – and that can be healthy.
By the way, how can you compare the Central Coast of NSW and Gippsland to QLD?
Another reason that QLD property market may be a little stronger in the face of flagging Syd/Melb property prices could be the fact that Bris has not seen a proprty boom since about 1988, so there was a LOT of room to move. I see no signs of the pressure for well located property waning.
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