paulg1770

Im from ireland and we dont pay water charges at least I dont anyway. They tried to bring it in a few years back but there was war as it rains every day here.

ExKiwilass

wow, it sounds like the climate has really changed since I lived there. The Melbourne I remember was green.

Likes:

cosmopolitan
night life
fashion
fabulous food/ethnic variety yum


dislikes:

the climate (and if it's so dry, I'd hate it even more now). could be 20 degrees one day and 36 the next. Very variable.
the racial tension
not a beautiful city
transit wasn't great, esp. on hot days blech
found the people very hard to break in with, it all seemed to hang on where you went to school, though the aussies that had travelled were better.
crass attitudes

scotty9000

Melbourne is a wonderful city. It has loads to offer whatever your interests (probably!) and is cheaper and more pleasant to live in than, say, London.

The CBD is very compact - easy to get around the CBD & inner suburbs (where most of the good stuff is) on foot.
Although it is a pain waiting for the Green Man and you virtually have to run across junctions before the lights change on you.

I like the inner suburbs - not so keen on the sprawling suburbia though.

Lots of great places for weekends away in Victoria - Wilsons Prom, Grampians etc and some good day trips as well - Mornington Peninsula / Dandenongs etc.

some days are too hot in the summer
I find it is quite noisy 24hrs - but that's cities for you

ExKiwilass

I'm sad to learn that Melbourne is so much dryer now. My best friend was there recently burying her uncle; she said she saw trees in Melbourne that were actually black from the heat.

hevs

What a strange post....

Property in Perth is on a par or dearer than Melbourne. Land? You can buy any size you like...

Dodgy drunk people...Its a city.....

And yes Vic is small, but still the same size of the UK with an 15th of the population...

Don't get me wrong theres stuff about Mellie that I don't like, but these comments just seem a bit off.....

markbhx

What beaches? St Kilda is a sand pit

Zambia

A hoon is someone who behaves like a joyrider in their own clapped out piece of sh1t.

Holy cr@p frankston ... thats in like another world from Melbourne. Dont worry about St Kilda try the inner outer suburbs like Essendon , Moonee Ponds, Fitzroy , Brunswick , Ascot Vale all easy commutes to the city.

the troubadour

Yes a little stange.I found Perth property overpriced when doing a comparison especially considering Melbourne being the second city and having far more of most things apart from sun and beaches than Perth.
There are more than one may expect, share of well dodgy people around the centre here in Perth also.

the troubadour

Pretty fair comments. I do believe this comment with regards to it being hard to break in with, the people as you put it pretty much an Australia wide thing and would be a major negative comment about life here.

ozzieeagle

I'm surprised about the racial tension comment though.

Other than that a good post.

Zambia

Is hating taxi drivers racist ?

jimbo_d

Thinks it's Europe but it's not it's in Australia. If you want to live in Europe then live in Europe not some suedo Aussie crap impression. The place actually reminds me a lot of London, plenty of late 18th/early 19th centuary architecture from the gold rush years which is alright. CBD & St Kilda are alright for a drink, casino is the best in Oz. Rest of the place is a dump until you get out of the city borders then country Vic is quite nice. Gets quite hot in summer, then around March it turns and is just like a mild UK winter until November time. If it's good weather you want don't go to Melbourne. The people are quite nice, best thing about the city. I couldn't ever live there again. All my opinion though, if you can't take the fierce summers then Melbourne/Tassy are for you.

jond

if you can't take the fierce summers then Melbourne/Tassy are for you.








One of the main reasons I love it here is because of the weather


Dunno about it not being fierce though, 3 days of 40+ sorts the men from the boys that for sure

ozzieeagle

Personally I reckon Brunswick, Carlton, Northcote and Fitzroy are some of the best Urban areas I've ever seen. They are certainly up there with the best that London can offer in my opinion. I'm not aware of anything in Sydney that comes close to the vibe of these districts.

I dont believe that Melbourne sees itself as anything else but Melbourne, That European tag is what visitors and other parts of Aus like to give to Melbourne.

Zambia

I would go as far as to say London and Melbourne do not deserve to be in the same post unless London is preceeded by "Melbourne is much better than"