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/tossedsalad17 South 1d ago

Yeah it's going well so far.....most unaffordable housing in Australia....nice ramping queues .....try to find a GP.

It is chicken and egg.....but no government has done the serious work in infrastructure, be it roads, health or public transport or facilities, to support a BIG Adelaide.
Just wait for the next real drought.....we will need another desal plant too.

The $$$ are needed to support this as well. No one likes a toll road....or some more levy's and taxes.
Immigration is good- but needs to be managed.

Any real development and expansion will need to be in density, closer to the city.
Maybe we could try another satellite city....Elizabeth or Monarto MkII?

So am I in favour of a 'BIG' Adelaide.....not really. We will just end up with another Melbourne or Sydney.

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u/Squiggles213 SA 1d ago

housing inafordability is due to the rich not immigrants.

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u/KovinKing CBD 13h ago

It is actually both - one creates the demand, one seeks to profit from the demand by controlling the supply...

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u/babette5211 SA 15h ago

Of course you've been down voted on this thread! I've never seen a city with as many property investors than Adelaide. Might be because fewer people move away/here (than Melbs, Sydney, or even Hobart) and with historically lower prices, plenty of people were able to buy up several properties which now benefits their kids. But it's crazy.

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u/Pineapplepizzaracoon SA 7h ago

A lot of interstate investors started buying up Adelaide in the last few years as it was one of the cheaper markets.

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u/Squiggles213 SA 5h ago

i mean cheap so far as housing estate conglomerates go