Do you strictly interpret 'Brisbane' as the BCC area, or will you tell people you live 'in Brisbane' when you're just shy shy of Caloundra, Ipswich, or Toowoomba? I will always call Redcliffe, 'Brisbane', even though it was established long before Brisbane, but exclude Ipswich, but I don't have any good reason for either.
Journos use 'near Brisbane' for up to 200km from King George Square, and 'events in Brisbane' frequently have listings for the Gold Coast.
Is Brisbane just a state of mind? :)
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Zagorath@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
I use the same 5 LGAs that our politicians seemed to be using when talking about COVID rules. BCC, MBRC, Logan, Ipswich, and Redlands.
24Vindustrialdildo@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
BCC area, but within that I live in FNB
anathema_device@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
@24Vindustrialdildo Far North Brisbane? Is that, like, Caboolture? :)
billstickers@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
@24Vindustrialdildo @ anathema_device If he only counts BCC I fear he thinks Aspley is FNB
macrocephalic@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
I remember when it was...
GloomyBagel@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
anything north of Deception Bay, west of The Gap, south of the Logan River isn’t Brisbane to me.
GloomyBagel@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
also it depends, if someone asks “where are you from?” and you’re from Narangba or Caboolture, it’s easiest to just say Brisbane.
Treevan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
lordriffington@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
I feel like that would just have resulted in complaints from people who don't live in Brisbane about all the Brisbane-related content. That said, there's so little posted here so far that maybe it would have been okay, at least for a while. There's no reason we can't have state communities as well though.
Treevan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
macrocephalic@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
Why? I live closer to Sydney than Townsville. I live closer to Melbourne than Cairns. While those places are still in my state they may as well not be.
Treevan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
macrocephalic@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 1 pts · 3y
Are you suggesting that people from Sydney or Melbourne don't care about what someone from FNQ is doing to the GBR?
Realistically I have more in common with a resident of Sydney than Cairns.
Treevan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
macrocephalic@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
This is true, and I can understand why some in NQ would rather the state be split.
Treevan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Griffchang@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
Bribin is biggest city in the world made up of many councils smaller, so BCC limits because it so huge
Other city so ugly we just recoil away from them
womensweekly@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Anything outside postcode 4000 isn't Brisbane...
cccc@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
BCC, Moreton Bay, Pine Rivers, Ipswich and most of Logan fit my definition.
Definitely not the coasts.