SoOverGlad

Gladstone has changed little in twenty years and desperately needs an infrastructure injection. The local council has a small town mentality and is out of it's depth when it comes to improving the lifestyle of the area. Despite the industry that is present and the high employment and wages there is nothing to do in the town, shopping is akin to some outback town with a corner store and there is an over-supply of males and a shortage of females. The realestate agents are impolite, borish, ignorant and exploitive. Most retail outlets of any kind, restaurants included, have poorly trained staff who seem more concerned with their social lives than providing service. In short, the only reason to live here is if you work here, the only thing to shop for here is food (anything else requires a trip to somewhere else) otherwise choose to live somewhere else.