Victoria’s two biggest cities to merge into giant megatropolis

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Demographer Dr Bob Birrell has forecast that never ending mass immigration will cause Victoria’s two biggest cities to merge into one gigantic city:

Respected demographer Bob Birrell said the predicted boom could see outer Geelong suburbs meet up with the outer fringe of Melbourne, effectively connecting Victoria’s two biggest cities.

“Melbourne is such a major recipient of migration and that’s contributed to forces pushing the suburban frontier of Melbourne into Geelong and beyond,” Mr Birrell said…

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.