Yeah that's a fair point - I don't have huge amounts of sympathy for families, but single parent households... yeesh, my heart does go out to them.

And yeah, I can definitely see the benefit of heading out of the city. I knew a few who did just that, strangely enough through ice hockey. One mate ended up on the Vic/NSW border, another picked up a decent plot of land outside of Bendigo I think it was. They commute one or two days into the city, but otherwise say that while they've had to give up some stuff, knowing their kids aren't growing up in the city is a blessing. As someone who was born in the city, lived his childhood out in the sticks... all I wanted was to be back here in Melbs. I don't think I can handle not being here.

I really do miss bonfires, the smell of woodfire smoke saturating my clothes, starry nights and good mates though. I took those times way too much for granted.