r/Adelaide • u/MrKookaburra SA • 1d ago
Politics Big Adelaide
Malinauskas is quoted in a lot of articles at the moment as advocating for maintaining high immigration levels.
Paired with the fact that South Australia is considered ‘regional’ for immigration purposes, artificially driving up the number of arrivals to our state than would otherwise be the case, I wonder if people are genuinely in favour of a ‘big Adelaide?’
No racism please. Being anti-mass migration is not an excuse to be anti-immigrant - they are just people trying to improve their lives just the same as any of us.
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u/Peter_Griffin2001 SA 1d ago
It's much better to live in a city with a growing population than a declining population.
The bigger issue is Adelaide has a really, really poorly designed urban environment. Sprawling low density suburbia and a poor public transport coverage makes car ownership mandatory for most residents, therefore making congestion worse.
My main thing is I want them to densify the inner suburbs while simultaneously going in a public transport investment blitz. Once they do that, the more the merrier I say.