Unatainable

...about ten years ago.
But progress found our little town, and now every man and his dog wants to live here. Which is good for them, but not so much for the people who've wanted a quiet life in their small town.
There's four major housing developments going on, and if you happen to live anywhere near them, too bad! Too bad if you dislike dust, noise at all hours, and the loss of your privacy that you so dearly cherished, thanks to neighbours popping up directly behind you, where once there were vines.
Everyone seems to think that they can now sell their houses for tripple the amount since the new housing development. Which makes it hard on the renters who are now paying ridiculous rents for low grade houses.

If you enjoy the peace and quiet, then you will find it IS...for around 6 months of the year. Then harvest time comes around, and you will notice an increase of traffic in the town.
Crime? Well, ever since the local constabulary closed it's doors (in McLaren Vale), it's been open season for the idiots to do what they like. No cops= free for all.
Road hoons are big in the town.
Graffitti is creeping in. Breakins are on the increase. Where we once left our house and cars unlocked five years ago, I would NEVER do that now.

Mobile phone reception is terrible. We either have to go and stand under a carport outside, or basically have no reception at all. And that's with Optus and Virgin. Vodaphone and others aren't much better. Telstra is probably the only one that is half decent. There really needs to be another mobile phone tower locally.

Eating out/night life is non existant. You have to go to McLaren Vale for a feed. Which is only a few K's up the road. Which is Ok for us, we don't mind. Night life here, is when the local teens decide to go 'Walkabout', and remove signs and replace them on someones front lawn or house.

Clean streets, mostly. Green? Well, I would've said yes, but unfortunately, our local Onkaparinga council, in their infinite wisdom, have decided to cut down around ten lovely old Ash trees to the East of the town in coming months.
Their excuse is they will replace them with "Native" flora. Ugly in anyone's language, and will take at least ten years to give shelter.

Parks, well, there is only the one.

Cost of living is expensive, considering you have to travel anywhere to get anything.
There is no natural gas available, so you either have to fork out through the nose for a bottle, or go all electric. And we all know how expensive electricity is these days, don't we?

Local government. Do I really need to say? They are pathetic.

Child care in non existant in the town.

Public transport has just started up, and by all accounts, is reliable. I can set my watch to when the last bus passes by at 7pm.

Would I reccomend this town to young families? No. there is very little to entertain the young people here. It's more a retirees place, or people who don't mind going without.