People who live in Sydney are obsessed with property prices. If conversation falls a bit flat at a social gathering, the ‘get out of jail’ topic is real estate. The rest of Australia holds us in contempt for our shallow obsession, but can I just say in our defence – when something eats that much of your income, it’s perfectly reasonable that it would occupy your thoughts. We can’t talk about other things because we don’t do them. We can’t afford it.
So, the next observation comes from that context and will probably reveal more about me than it does about international politics.
I keep seeing footage of that “Million Dollar Compound, just outside Islamabad,” where Osama was shot and thinking,
“You know, even if you allow for the blood stains (And they will wash out. You’ve just got to visualise what your furniture will look like, once it’s in.) a million schmackos doesn’t get you much in the Pakistani real estate game, does it?”
hahaha I agree.
ReplyDeleteThey could have at least rendered that outside wall.