Does only Sydney have unsafe suburbs?
Oct 7th 2010, 12:33 am
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Re: Does only Sydney have unsafe suburbs?
It's not nearly as snooty as the somewhere like Clayfield. Other than some of the river avenues I don't think it looks that flash - even on those streets there are a fair few dilapidated old houses.
Oct 7th 2010, 1:17 am
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Re: Does only Sydney have unsafe suburbs?
Adelaide has a few dodgy areas that you would do well to avoid. I wouldnt name any but areas with high level public housing can be dodgy, an unfair stereotype maybe but when the Govt houses people with drug/alcohol and mental health issues all in the same suburb, chaos follows and theres no reasoning with a newly parolled, drunken, schizophrenic meth-head. 
Adelaide can be deceiving, with its leafy streets and 'city of churches' label but it hides a lot of disappearances and grisly murders. So whilst you may not have your manbag snatched, you may well be bundled into a van and then dismembered.
Adelaide can be deceiving, with its leafy streets and 'city of churches' label but it hides a lot of disappearances and grisly murders. So whilst you may not have your manbag snatched, you may well be bundled into a van and then dismembered.
Oct 7th 2010, 2:28 am
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Re: Does only Sydney have unsafe suburbs?
Oct 7th 2010, 2:36 am
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Re: Does only Sydney have unsafe suburbs?
It was the X5 drivers (and the A6s and Lexus princesses etc etc ) I was worried about - definately not bogan - but not 'welcoming'. I felt like I'd be shot for not dressing well enough or making the place look too untidy.
My point I guess is that the perception of safety is dependent enormously on your own state of mind and appearance. A guy in a suit driving a Mercedes might feel a little nervous parking up next to the armour plated petrol station in Logan - but the scruffy backpacker might hardly notice (Brisbane grim bits, really arent that grim). By comparison the scruffy backacker might well feel 'on edge' in the 'rich white ghettos' worrid about being swept up by Police, called in by over-anxious curtain twitchers wondering why such a vagrant type would be strolling around their patch of privately owned meticulously manicured street.
...I have of course become far more respectable these days and no longer fear middle class warriors. (but I still dont fear urban degredation environments either)
My point I guess is that the perception of safety is dependent enormously on your own state of mind and appearance. A guy in a suit driving a Mercedes might feel a little nervous parking up next to the armour plated petrol station in Logan - but the scruffy backpacker might hardly notice (Brisbane grim bits, really arent that grim). By comparison the scruffy backacker might well feel 'on edge' in the 'rich white ghettos' worrid about being swept up by Police, called in by over-anxious curtain twitchers wondering why such a vagrant type would be strolling around their patch of privately owned meticulously manicured street.
...I have of course become far more respectable these days and no longer fear middle class warriors. (but I still dont fear urban degredation environments either)
I was there fairly recently on a sunny day and couldn't help thinking what a thoroughly "pleasant" place it is....cafe's full, people having a afternoon boogie on the terraces, parks full of kids and teenagers, lovely trees, sun shining, some interesting character homes, citycat ferry to the city at the end of the street....bit like Brisbane really....long time until it is as exciting and edgy as bigger cities like Sydney and Melbourne but often is just a thoroughly pleasant place to live....suits people past partying age the most I imagine who possibly have families and just want day to day pleasant (some really sweaty summer days excepted)...
Oct 7th 2010, 2:39 am
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