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As Tory wrote yesterday The Punch conducted a survey on attitudes to population growth last week. One question we asked was what people thought of the idea of building a new city, and 70 per cent said yes. So given there’s probably broad support for building a new city, the next question is: where should it be? There are some suggestions in already but we’d like to hear your thoughts in the comments - some of the initial suggestions are in this map and we’ll add to it as your ideas come in.
View Location for a new Australian city? in a larger map
Have a click around the map: zoom in and check out the various icons - there’s a little summary with each location and why they might work - or you can see a full-size version of the map here. But be bold and make your own suggestions in the comments below and we’ll keep building the map out.
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So the other night a friend and I were trying to suss out some directions using Google. My aim was to get from my home, in Erskineville, in Sydney, to Orange, NSW.
So I typed in From: Erskineville. To: Orange.
Seems Google thought I meant directions to Orange, California.
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Paul Web says:
There are a few locations like this as well, e.g New York to Japan, or Hawaii to the US. Great to see a sense of humor from Google. Read more »
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jeff says:
go from the bronx to london Read more »
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