As Queensland grapples with the ongoing housing crisis, two burgeoning cities an hour south of Brisbane continue to steadily grow.
A decade ago, the Anna Bligh state government declared two "priority development areas", or PDAs, south of Logan City, at Flagstone and Yarrabilba, earmarking them as the future home of 190,000 people within 40 years.
The move put state body Economic Development Queensland in charge of fast-tracking planning approvals on two massive greenfield sites, rather than the local council.
Ten years on, Greater Flagstone — the largest PDA at 7,188 hectares — is already home to about 8,000 of an expected 138,000 residents, a population nearly as big as Cairns.
Flagstone City's central development is being constructed by developers
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As Queensland grapples with the ongoing housing crisis, two burgeoning cities an hour south of Brisbane continue to steadily grow. But what do residents who were first attracted to the area think?