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Maybe because it's a fairly flat city with very easy layout?
by anitil 8y ago
Maybe because it's a fairly flat city with very easy layout?
- oska 8y agoEasy layout, yes. Fairly flat? No. Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth are far flatter. Canberra is situated in a horst and graben [1] landscape with multiple prominent ridges separating the various urban 'valley' sections of the city. Don't get me wrong, I can see some of the reasons why they may have picked Canberra. Generally a population with a high percentage of early tech adopters. Houses set back from the road with easy landing driveways at front. Power lines run along the back of property lines, not along the street. Etc, etc. Just I think they underestimated the resistance they are very likely to experience and also underestimated the danger of annoying the actual lawmakers who live there. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_and_graben https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_and_graben