A recently sold property in Upwey, Victoria, Australia, in Mid-November.
Photographer: James Bugg/BloombergLiving
People Fleeing Big Cities Risk Overwhelming Small Towns
From rum factory towns to historic gold rush centers, formerly quiet backwaters are reeling as the work-from-home trend gathers momentum.
The property market is running red hot in small-town Australia. Buyers are snapping up houses — sometimes sight unseen — as city folk bet the era of working in an office fulltime won’t return.
That's filling some locals with horror.