"Yes it's hard not to agree and i loved living in Bangalow for 3 years and driving down and surfing at Broken Head via Picadilly Hill Rd, i knew every curve in that road backwards, but i guess to be brutally honest the yuppification factor got to me and many others who left, along with the extremley high rents and food prices etc.

I once drew cartoon of Tom Meisner and his mates at the Byronian Cafe all sitting around looking kind of bored with each other and the many clones of themselves when Tom perks up and asks "Can anyone here busk" ? One of them replies sorry mate, they all left years ago!!"

":) Rent is expensive here Glen for sure so is driving, with four kids the cost of rent is offset to some degree by kids being able to walk to school, cricket, afl, etc.

We have looked at moving somewhere more affordable however the travel always gets us. Any unhappiness we have experienced here seems to have a financial dimension somewhere and I'm pretty sure there would be a big smile on our faces if someone told us that our rent was to be halved.

So yep I get your point.

I do think it's a wonderful place to raise a family and I do love it here."

"mmm....i suppose it is if you can afford to live there but with rents on average over $500 week it's not for the common people..so maybe money does make you happy afterall?"