I know I cannot afford to buy a house out here in Berwick. Even basic 3br 1 bath properties are now pretty much all 400k and above. Anything more is around 500k or more. And still the commute to the city is either on the Crap Sardine Can Express, stopping all stations to Flinders St, or on the Monash Carpark. Door to door to my uni used to take longer than a flight to Brisbane
Great if you bought a decade or so ago, but for someone who is single and a first home buyer, how the hell are they supposed to afford this, unless they are fortunate enough to be working a 100K+ job (which most people aren't).
I'm planning on moving north to a regional centre upon completing my course, which will place me in a work-from-home position and/or a fairly decent paying gig at a workplace. I don't intend on staying in Melbourne anyway, crap climate and light pollution among other things. Moving somewhere where housing is still affordable, has easy access to dark skies and all the facilities I need.