Latest NewsWhy We Live Where We LiveWednesday, 24 August 2016

The Australian Psychological Society has conducted research into why we choose to live where we do and discovered that old ties like family connections to a location are not as important as they used to be.

"It is aspects of the place and not people that are important in choosing the location in which you live," the research says.

"(People) select a locality based on those factors that support their lifestyle and which provide them with the environmental setting in which they want to live."

APS president Professor Bob Montgomery says people now choose suburbs according to how easy it can make their life, rather than whether they have family ties to an area or even whether it is close to good schools.

"You would think that being close to good schools and kindy’s would be important for families but people are more interested in the lifestyle attached to a suburb," he says.

"Modern technology and car-ownership means people are happy to drive to see family and friends or talk to them on the telephone and they would rather live close to work, good restaurants and good amenities than the people they are close to."

So there you go! It seems people are more interested in what a suburb can offer them, rather than what they can offer their community. It's all about fast and functional living with fun on tap.

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