I can believe that, as I have a mate in HK who was born and grew up near Brisbane, after his parents emigrated from HK. He tells me it is a nice place, and a crap life if you are poor. A lot of retired, wealthy people in Queensland.

This Canadian bloke who is a v-logger in Taiwan, certainly thinks Queensland is nice, and as much as I think he is a tosser, he is onto something, look at those houses and that scenery:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm8pw0o-Yq0