tasmania has historically been a relatively poor part of australia, recently hobart has been having an issue with availability and affordability of housing, par

tasmania has historically been a relatively poor part of australia, recently hobart has been having an issue with availability and affordability of housing, particularly relative to local wages: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-23/hobart-beats-sydney-most-unaffordable-for-renters/9788300 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-23/hobart-beats-sydney-mo... hobart is not a great choice if you are looking to find software-related work locally. you'd be better off in one of the bigger "mainland" australian cities, melbourne, sydney or brisbane, or perhaps perth if the mining industry is in full boom phase. +/- intellectual atmosphere.