List of Sydney's unsafe suburbs
Dec 11th 2009, 9:37 pm
#46
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Re: List of Sydney's unsafe suburbs
I've said before, probably on this thread (if I could be bothered to look back) - everywhere has its moment.
I got off the train in North Sydney on Thursday, about 8pm, to find the station full of police. They weren't the fare-dodging police - one had a dog.
That's not a weekly ocurrence so I don't know what was going on (looking for the karaoke murderers sprang to mind) but sleepy little (expensive little) McMahons Point is overrun with teenage drinkers every Thursday night. We can never park outside our own house on Thursdays and on Friday mornings I pick my way through broken glass - and sometimes puke - virtually all the way up to the station.
PR app is underway, we'll probably be buying in the new year - thinking we might as well just save money and move to Redfern
I got off the train in North Sydney on Thursday, about 8pm, to find the station full of police. They weren't the fare-dodging police - one had a dog.
That's not a weekly ocurrence so I don't know what was going on (looking for the karaoke murderers sprang to mind) but sleepy little (expensive little) McMahons Point is overrun with teenage drinkers every Thursday night. We can never park outside our own house on Thursdays and on Friday mornings I pick my way through broken glass - and sometimes puke - virtually all the way up to the station.
PR app is underway, we'll probably be buying in the new year - thinking we might as well just save money and move to Redfern
Dec 12th 2009, 1:47 am
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Re: List of Sydney's unsafe suburbs
I lived in Kings Cross for 2 years and wouldnt recommend it - living there is different to just passing through.
I never felt very unsafe late at night etc but lots goes on. My visiting friends had the husbands teeth knocked out when we were letting ourselves into the flat, I came home to people screwing against my doors, I regularly woke up to the lovely sounds of "White CAAAAAUUUUUNNNNNNT, YOU WHITE DAAWG" etc, we witnessed lots of assaults - I witnessed in court in one particularly bad one where the victim had his head absolutely smashed to bits, lots of my neighbours were robbed, my dog got a liking to syringes, I would walk to the train station to work and say hi to all the prostitutes - some pregnant. It was fine but mentally I found it exhausting. Its funny, the heroin addicts can be found in inanimate positions all over the place.
After a while I was worming all the vagrants dogs and was on speaking terms with lots of the street people. Many have mental illness and there are lots of vulnerable groups there. I later moved to rushcutters, then darlinghurst - still lots of roughies around but not quite so on my doorstep (although one transvestite did get stabbed in the neck and killed on my door which wasnt great. You want to see the cars that pick up those doggie old prostitutes - unreal - bmws etc. Obviously after something interesting.
I would live in darlinghurst though, loved drummoyne and five dock for family life. Loved Darlinghurst until I got pregnant
Viv
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I never felt very unsafe late at night etc but lots goes on. My visiting friends had the husbands teeth knocked out when we were letting ourselves into the flat, I came home to people screwing against my doors, I regularly woke up to the lovely sounds of "White CAAAAAUUUUUNNNNNNT, YOU WHITE DAAWG" etc, we witnessed lots of assaults - I witnessed in court in one particularly bad one where the victim had his head absolutely smashed to bits, lots of my neighbours were robbed, my dog got a liking to syringes, I would walk to the train station to work and say hi to all the prostitutes - some pregnant. It was fine but mentally I found it exhausting. Its funny, the heroin addicts can be found in inanimate positions all over the place.
After a while I was worming all the vagrants dogs and was on speaking terms with lots of the street people. Many have mental illness and there are lots of vulnerable groups there. I later moved to rushcutters, then darlinghurst - still lots of roughies around but not quite so on my doorstep (although one transvestite did get stabbed in the neck and killed on my door which wasnt great. You want to see the cars that pick up those doggie old prostitutes - unreal - bmws etc. Obviously after something interesting.
I would live in darlinghurst though, loved drummoyne and five dock for family life. Loved Darlinghurst until I got pregnant
Viv
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Dec 12th 2009, 1:57 am
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Re: List of Sydney's unsafe suburbs
If I moved back, with my 3 young children, I would most likely move to inner west. With less children I would choose inner city/Eastern suburbs.
I have also lived at Lane cove (2 years 1994 and 1997), Vaucluse (1999). Vaucluse was a pain and too far to travel in. Lane Cove was ok but needed a train line. Artarman was quite accessible. Northern suburbs (Manly etc) meant I didnt tend to go into the city as much as all that, I didnt think I missed it but it was like only 1/2 the places were available on a day to day basis
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Dec 12th 2009, 2:08 am
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Re: List of Sydney's unsafe suburbs
I lived in Kings Cross for 2 years and wouldnt recommend it - living there is different to just passing through.
I never felt very unsafe late at night etc but lots goes on. My visiting friends had the husbands teeth knocked out when we were letting ourselves into the flat, I came home to people screwing against my doors, I regularly woke up to the lovely sounds of "White CAAAAAUUUUUNNNNNNT, YOU WHITE DAAWG" etc, we witnessed lots of assaults - I witnessed in court in one particularly bad one where the victim had his head absolutely smashed to bits, lots of my neighbours were robbed, my dog got a liking to syringes, I would walk to the train station to work and say hi to all the prostitutes - some pregnant. It was fine but mentally I found it exhausting. Its funny, the heroin addicts can be found in inanimate positions all over the place.
After a while I was worming all the vagrants dogs and was on speaking terms with lots of the street people. Many have mental illness and there are lots of vulnerable groups there. I later moved to rushcutters, then darlinghurst - still lots of roughies around but not quite so on my doorstep (although one transvestite did get stabbed in the neck and killed on my door which wasnt great. You want to see the cars that pick up those doggie old prostitutes - unreal - bmws etc. Obviously after something interesting.
I would live in darlinghurst though, loved drummoyne and five dock for family life. Loved Darlinghurst until I got pregnant
Viv
Vivienne
I never felt very unsafe late at night etc but lots goes on. My visiting friends had the husbands teeth knocked out when we were letting ourselves into the flat, I came home to people screwing against my doors, I regularly woke up to the lovely sounds of "White CAAAAAUUUUUNNNNNNT, YOU WHITE DAAWG" etc, we witnessed lots of assaults - I witnessed in court in one particularly bad one where the victim had his head absolutely smashed to bits, lots of my neighbours were robbed, my dog got a liking to syringes, I would walk to the train station to work and say hi to all the prostitutes - some pregnant. It was fine but mentally I found it exhausting. Its funny, the heroin addicts can be found in inanimate positions all over the place.
After a while I was worming all the vagrants dogs and was on speaking terms with lots of the street people. Many have mental illness and there are lots of vulnerable groups there. I later moved to rushcutters, then darlinghurst - still lots of roughies around but not quite so on my doorstep (although one transvestite did get stabbed in the neck and killed on my door which wasnt great. You want to see the cars that pick up those doggie old prostitutes - unreal - bmws etc. Obviously after something interesting.
I would live in darlinghurst though, loved drummoyne and five dock for family life. Loved Darlinghurst until I got pregnant
Viv
Vivienne
Dec 12th 2009, 2:11 am
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Re: List of Sydney's unsafe suburbs
We can't decide between Newtown and Balmain...
Dec 12th 2009, 10:07 am
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interesting
Dec 13th 2009, 1:23 am
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Re: List of Sydney's unsafe suburbs
To me everywhere could be unsafe if you look like a target.
Based on people's feedback on several threads, I have compiled a list of Sydney's not-so-safe suburbs:
Granville, Bankstown, Lakemba, Liverpool, Cabramatta, Fairfield, Mount Druitt, Blacktown, Auburn, Redfern, Campbelltown, Kings Cross, Wooloomooloo, Penrith, Macquarie Fields, Glenfield, Maroubra, Blackett, Whalan, Emerson, Plumpton, Coogee, Bronte, Bondi, Tamarama, Campsie, Wentworthville, Rooty Hill, St Marys, Parramatta, Greenacre, Punchbowl, Matraville, Lewisham, Glebe, Eastlakes.
Anyone wants to add/remove?
Granville, Bankstown, Lakemba, Liverpool, Cabramatta, Fairfield, Mount Druitt, Blacktown, Auburn, Redfern, Campbelltown, Kings Cross, Wooloomooloo, Penrith, Macquarie Fields, Glenfield, Maroubra, Blackett, Whalan, Emerson, Plumpton, Coogee, Bronte, Bondi, Tamarama, Campsie, Wentworthville, Rooty Hill, St Marys, Parramatta, Greenacre, Punchbowl, Matraville, Lewisham, Glebe, Eastlakes.
Anyone wants to add/remove?
Dec 13th 2009, 9:23 am
#56
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Re: List of Sydney's unsafe suburbs
With no financial appraisal - I would say Balmain - no shadow of a doubt. You can walk around with your children at night - it has a nice village feel with lots of pubs and places to eat, easy for town and very accessible.
Newtown is also ok. Ok to go out, lots of interesting things but more students and a bit more skanky. Not as safe. Unless you are a very fringe type person I would say Balmain would be perfect.
Parking is shocking in both
Newtown is also ok. Ok to go out, lots of interesting things but more students and a bit more skanky. Not as safe. Unless you are a very fringe type person I would say Balmain would be perfect.
Parking is shocking in both
Dec 13th 2009, 9:51 am
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Re: List of Sydney's unsafe suburbs
Balmain is entirely in a different league than Newtown
Dec 13th 2009, 11:04 am
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With no financial appraisal - I would say Balmain - no shadow of a doubt. You can walk around with your children at night - it has a nice village feel with lots of pubs and places to eat, easy for town and very accessible.
Newtown is also ok. Ok to go out, lots of interesting things but more students and a bit more skanky. Not as safe. Unless you are a very fringe type person I would say Balmain would be perfect.
Parking is shocking in both
Newtown is also ok. Ok to go out, lots of interesting things but more students and a bit more skanky. Not as safe. Unless you are a very fringe type person I would say Balmain would be perfect.
Parking is shocking in both
Dec 13th 2009, 11:14 am
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Re: List of Sydney's unsafe suburbs
I found almost all the suburbs along the north shore line very safe. From north Sydney all the way up...
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Oct 4th 2010, 8:22 pm
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Re: List of Sydney's unsafe suburbs
Everywhere is unsafe to some degree. I live in one of the more expensive areas and in the last few months we have had the SWAT team raiding a sleepy little cafe via the windows (to arrest a couple of rather nasty men), an ATM blown up, and drunk kids fighting and puking just up the hill almost every weekend.
Successful crims don't live in rough areas, so you can move to Kirribilli and have a gang leader for a neighbour (and I don't mean Kev).
Of course some areas are more safe than others, and you have them included in your list but as PPot says, some of those you included are des res areas. They also get rough because they are at the beach and people go, have a good time, drink too much, get leery. If that's why you've included them, put Manly on there too
Successful crims don't live in rough areas, so you can move to Kirribilli and have a gang leader for a neighbour (and I don't mean Kev).
Of course some areas are more safe than others, and you have them included in your list but as PPot says, some of those you included are des res areas. They also get rough because they are at the beach and people go, have a good time, drink too much, get leery. If that's why you've included them, put Manly on there too
We don't have SWAT in Australia! and yet NSW Police don't have an area of such yet, Melbourne does however.
Victoria is the only state to have something like SWAT, it's called SOG, rated one of the most advanced Police Units in the world.
Sydney overall has more crime than any other city in Australia, there is always people dying and they need more Police in NSW.
It's not just technology that's outdated in NSW, it's everything including law and order.
Melbourne has been rated as the safest city in Australia and one of the safest in the world by world standards!