So on what grounds might you advise the OP to consider, or even prefer, southside or inner west options over northside ones, given the OP's stated parameters?
I'm just saying that, based on train lines alone, you cannot say only the north side is viable. It is one stop and 4 minutes from Central to Fortitude valley. To my mind that means that anywhere that is not viable for Fortitude Valley is also not viable for the CBD.
Widen the search net and you might find something more suitable to your taste.
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I'm just saying that, based on train lines alone, you cannot say only the north side is viable. It is one stop and 4 minutes from Central to Fortitude valley. To my mind that means that anywhere that is not viable for Fortitude Valley is also not viable for the CBD.
Widen the search net and you might find something more suitable to your taste.
But isn't the OP a new arrival to Brisbane, asking for advice on where to live (though God help him, on present form, if he accepts it from us...), with a Fortitude Valley destination for his daily commute?
In that case, isn't "Northside" a useful paring-down of his otherwise infinite Brisbane-area options, based on one of the few salient facts we know about his requirements?
Sure, he could live Southside instead. Hell, he could live in Toowoomba.
Well, if one has a maximum commute in mind, one should exclude anywhere with a longer commute, which will almost both exclude and include suburbs on the north side and on the south side.
For example, let's look at the suburbs mentioned in the OP and the commute time to Fortitude valley:
Towns/subusrbs on the Northern Line and train time to fort. Valley
Burpengary 54min Narangba 50 mins Dakabin 46 mins Petrie 41 mins Lawnton 38 mins Bray Park 36 mins Strathpine 34 mins Bald Hills 31 mins Carseldine 27 mins Zillmere 25 mins Geebung 23 mins
BUT there are also quite a lot of express trains that only stop at Petrie, and the commute on the express trains is only 33 mins instead of 40 mins on those trains.
Coming from the other direction:
Ipswich 62 mins East Ipswich 60 mins Booval 57 mins Bundamba 55 mins Ebbw Vale 53 mins Riverview 49 mins Redbank 46 mins Goodna 42 mins Gailes 39 mins Wacol 37 mins Darra 32 mins Oxley 29 mins Corinda 26 mins Sherwood 24 mins Graceville 22 mins Chelmer 20 mins Indooroopilly 18 mins Toowong 13 mins Auchenflower 11 mins Milton 9 mins
BUT There are a lot of express trains that Only stop at Darra and Indooropilly on the way in after Wacol, and they cut the Wacol commute to 24 mins from 32 mins.
So, if you considered Geebung as viable, you would also have to consider Darra, Corinda, Sherwood and Graceville and Chelmer as well. 3-bedders in Geebung seem clustered around the $400k asking price mark, whereas there are heaps in Darra under $350k. On top of that, Darra is fast-gentrifying because the cement factory and the Wacol prison farm have closed and the Vietnamese community seem to have pushed the riff-raff out. If you want to drive, Darra and Wacol are *much* quicker to get into the city than Geebung.
If on the other hand, you are happy to spend $450k-$500k, then Corinda, on the right side of the tracks, is a genteel old leafy suburb where nobody will put you down for living in.
Oxley might be a good compromise between the two but it seems to be getting dearer now.
You might even find something under $450k in Indooroopilly, but it won't have 4 beds and it won't have a pool. That bird has probably flown.
If you are prepared to live in Burpengary you should also be considering Ipswich. Same commute if you catch the express from Ipswich and far far better facilities in Ipswich.
Well it does give the OP a full view based on logic instead of a myopic view based on personal opinion and preference.
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