Community - Go Find Yours.

We will build a community the politicians said;

And they did – towering glass structures as they forged ahead.

Many were to be lovely of this there would be no doubt,

(Shining phallic symbols – some critics thought they were about).

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People had to live in them if they could stump up the price;

To find the place affordable was not a fall of the dice:

Wealth and income played a large part - choosing parents with care. 

Life in a big city - you’re deluded if you think it fair.                                                                                               

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Purchase was not the end of it - some towers were jerry built.

Building defect information of course was rarely spilt –

Few property owners volunteered to be the hero;

Their investment resale value would have just been zero.

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Sometimes air conditioning came through a crack in the wall,

Though the air was very fresh atop a building that tall.

Garbage chute problems meant waste disposal was not so neat -

An alternative option could be something of a feat.

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What about community you might at this late stage ask:

There’s a scandal here awaiting someone to unmask:

For we’re talking Sydney here mate – get your banner unfurled,

For this city has the second highest property prices in the world.