Poyndexter
G'morning to you.
What creates the drive / pull to urbanise in these two centres, Melbourne & Sydney?
If these drivers(?) to the vertices can be identified, then can those powers be distributed to other better well planned & conceived locations?
Do you suppose the ancient Latin dictum "If you build it, & they will come..." is a true adage?
Si tu id aeficas, ei venient!
Buildings are not the "it", that needs the building, to my mind.
Big cities do have their specific problems, but despite those problems - urbanisation is a great way for citizens to uplift their standard of living, and they are a great way for governments to reach & uplift their citizenry too.
I like that citizens make their own decisions to enhance their own welfare. Taking one step at a time, in the direction that they see is best for themselves. The net vector of millions of peoples free decision making, is a Sydney or a Melbourne, as they exist today.
Maximising that independent unilateral freedom is a foundation to my desired societal structure, even if the drawback is the inevitable squeeze.
If that is the price to pay, then so be it.
One day, as when the Nile silts up, a new city's location will of needs - need to be found- and left to its own device - it will find itself?
