If one was to be reading an article by The Age publication of the headline "A city bursting at the seems: Melbourne's massive growth", one would have the comprehension that the conditions are so favourable that the people of Melbourne are on a breeding spree to populate the planet with their litter.
When we use the word growth with regards to population, we would associate this term with the words 'growth rate' in relation to natural growth rate or more specifically a statistic called fertility rate (a figure pertaining to births per woman; 1.83 for 2015 in Australia), where the figure relates to an overall percentage, for example 1.4% of Australia in 2016.
Australia's federal government has taken an action of dumping approx. 2500 people per week into Melbourne, creating pressure and stresses as a result causing a great deal of angst among the good people under the corporation of the City of Melbourne (in reference to an 1852 law).
As a result Melbourne's traffic has skyrocketed, where now gridlock is the norm, made worse by infrastructure projects in a lot of places, to satisfy the traffic of yesteryear rather than the future.
Years ago the Royal Automotive Club of Victoria mentioned that traffic jams are an assault on the family unit as this is time which could be as little as two hours per day needlessly taken away from children or one's partner.
The public transport system is stretched beyond its capacity, a capacity which is calculated in arrears based on natural growth and not a sudden onslaught.
With every second street's older houses being demolished to make way for units for anything between 3 to 8 dwellings, this puts extra strain on the pipes which are calculated to carry an amount of water base on a dwelling size of approx 30% of the total land area, where new residences now can take up 90% of the land.
The good ol' government slogan of "good for the economy" maybe in relation to the building industry does not really cut it anymore, especially when an action makes life more difficult for the current inhabitants.
'Good for the economy' does not necessarily man good for the people.
Another passive aggressive action brought to you by the people in government, supported by a corporate media headline lie.
You'd swear that Eryk Bagshaw was working for a Rupert Murdoch publication.
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