Should Dunedin be trying to attract Christchurch families and businesses?

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Making room for Cantabs

Dunedin would benefit from another couple hundred thousand people. This should be discussed at a national level as it is bigger than Dunedin. Fair room needs to be made for any migrants. Senior DCC people and councillors will need to move over for better skilled people from a bigger population base.

Dunedin is a fantastic city in a great spot and it would be wonderful to see its culture expanding. Its tragic what has happened in Christchurch and we should keep an open door for Cantabs with no obligations. [Abridged]

Dunedin attracting Cantabs

Dunedin should by all means be pushing to be attractive as a place to invest, buy property or work for the families and people fleeing the Canterbury region. Although some may see it in a bad light someone must benefit from this terrible situation, be it from population growth, new businesses entering the Dunedin marketplace or just general economic growth.

Dunedin has a brilliant opportunity to become the new dominant southern city, as it once was in the past, and i dont think we should pass this opportunity by for fear of bad publicity. This could be the future of our city.