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Changing
New Farm…
It’s changed a lot from the New Farm of a couple of years ago,
especially the housing and property prices, it’s gone up like mad, it’s
triple the amount now. Even a couple of years ago people could buy a two
bedroom unit priced at $100,000 or just over a $100,000 but now it’s
$700,000 or $800,000 – it’s very bad for the poor people who live here.
Lots of people lived in what is called a boarding house, but the price
of property is going up so a lot of people who live in the boarding
house are finding that the rent is going up very high. This is not like
a natural disaster – Government policy can change that, so I’m not
worried, the Government can eventually change that.
More young people
are coming to live in this area, especially nowadays it is very easy to
get a job now so young families like to stay in New Farm property. In my
own apartment block there are now a couple of younger families. It is a
mixture of good and bad; safety is improving but the price of property
is not good for the homeless - you can’t just have it perfect in
everything – not one hundred per cent perfectly good for everyone. It’s
good for some but bad for others.
Getting
around New Farm...
New Farm is very convenient for transport. My son goes to university in
the city and public transport is very convenient. He can take a bus or a
City Cat to Queensland University. Sometimes I go to a course in
university, to take a spiritual course or whatever, and it’s easy to
catch a bus in, it’s very convenient. Mostly I feel very happy, very
relaxed here, have a cup of coffee in the Neighbourhood Centre or go to
the library to an exhibition or something like that.
Food...
I am a Vegetarian – I have been Vegetarian for fifteen or twenty years
now. Occasionally I have fish or perhaps a little chicken, but mostly
Vegetarian. Yes, yes, because I believe the Buddha philosophy which is
respect for life – every life. If you have respect for them, you don’t
kill them.
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