Round 741

The latest shot has been fired in the eternal pissing contest that is the Gold Coast. Last year in Surfers Paradise the Q1 building, which claimed to be the tallest residential building in the world, was officially opened. Of course, the units were sold at some ridiculous inflated price simply on the basis of being the "tallest in the world", at least until someone else comes along and builds a bigger one. Well, it now looks as though someone might in the near future.

A story was floating around in the local media this week that the Gold Coast City Council have already approved another residential building in Sufferer's Parasite -- 10 storeys higher than the Q1. Now they're just looking for a developer to put the money up. Normally these two steps occur in the opposite order, but then, this is the Gold Coast after all. That probably means it's fairly certain that it won't be long until someone does come along and put the money up to build it, and then the circus begins all over again.

These days I'm looking at things like this with a detached amusement. Watching people scurry around spending ridiculous amounts of money, and the fact that they aren't smart enough to realise that the major selling point (i.e. "tallest building in the world") is going to be negated within a couple of years of their expenditure, is actually quite entertaining if you can detach yourself from it sufficiently. And the building is probably a damn sight more attractive than the outer-urban trailer parks going in at places like Nerang and Mudgeeraba.