More and more people in Melbourne are attempting to escape the city’s stage four lockdown - often taking extreme measures to do so.
Police stand guard in front of the Shrine of Remembrance during an anti-lockdown rally in Melbourne on September 12, 2020, as citizens become increasingly frustrated about lockdown. Picture: William West/AFPAreas of interest in regional Victoria include Smythesdale, Linton, Buninyong, Castlemaine and Bendigo, where houses can be bought for less than $500,000.
Professor Deborah Lupton from the University of NSW has been researching the long-term impacts of COVID-19 and told news.com.au “People are moving to the country now that they don’t have to commute to work in the city as much.“People in rural areas feel safer and more protected.” She said this was only the tip of the iceberg, as perceptions around working from home are changing and could lead more people to seek a rural lifestyle.commissioned a report into regional migration during COVID-19Sales in regional areas are much more lucrative and resilient than their capital city counterparts at this time, the report found.
Researchers compared the rolling quarterly change in dwelling values for Queensland‘s Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast, New South Wales’ Illawarra and Newcastle, and Victoria’s Geelong and Ballarat with the capital cities in those respective states.Illawarra and Ballarat have even seen a two per cent increase in prices since last year.
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