fish.01

So from a Brisbane point of view my guess at the most popular extreme generalisations I hear are:

- Sydney is seen generally as a beautiful core surrounded by masses of the most ugly struggling looking suburbs in Australia. The place to go if you want to see Australia at its best and worst. It is also seen as incredibly expensive. The people are seen as brash, unfriendly braggarts.

- In the old days Melbourne was always depicted as a flat, rundown looking, grey, freezing place full of foreigners. It now seems depicted as having a great inner city, shopping etc, endless flat boring suburbia, bad weather and parochially pretentious people.

- Adelaide is seen as a nice place that is stagnant.

- Perth is not discussed much (in front of me anyway).

- Tasmania is seen as cold, quaint and natural and most say "will visit one day".

- Darwin as crazy, backward and humid but rarely discussed.

- Far North Qld as beautiful, backward and humid.

Of course these should be taken with a grain of salt as of course generalisations are often out-of-date, flat out wrong or just tendencies where parochial people like to make them seem like the whole overwhelming picture.

fish.01

Suburban Australia is very similar in the outer suburbs of all the big cities. Almost all of the same complaints exist in every city when a person not suited to quiet suburban living moves to the outer ring or a regional city...for example Melbourne and Sydney are chock full of suburbs that would be miles down the list of someone who prefers more urban living. And the expense often forces people into them.

Buzzy--Bee

- Brisbane is seen as a place of endless warm summer days, beautiful beaches and stunning girls in bikinis sipping martinis at cafes looking over flawless turquoise seas.

I think this may be why so many people who move there are disappointed.



BB

fish.01

Yes, you would have to know nothing about Brisbane to see it that way. The surrounding areas maybe but not Brisbane....apart from the sun thing. It is far more urban than that and attracts more of the people in the region who prefer urban life in a city rather than seaside life...but then it's pretty clear from the comments on this thread that the most strident have unbalanced views of it but then city parochialism does that.

The main reason on here that I have read that people are disappointed (apart from personal issues) is when they live in outer suburbs nowhere near inner Brisbane where it is very suburban and can be quite isolating for a newcomer and dull if you like urban life. That is a Australia wide warning though. Don't be attracted by the lure of a cheaper big house if you don't like that life.

astera

Sydney has some nice suburbs like Cronulla which are hidden gems. Of course heading inwards (in the westerly direction) things will deteriorate rather quickly. I wouldn't say the people are that unfriendly. People say the same about Melbourners but the ones I know are very friendly folk. I think this is more to do with city people vs more relaxed people who aren't part of the rat race.

Melbourne is the dumps in terms of the climate unless you ask a Tasmanian his thoughts on this, but it generally carries a positive connotation as a city. Most Melbourners who moved to the Gold Coast love it here and give their home city a hammering when it comes to the climate, but they also admit that upon moving it took them a good year to adjust and that they had thoughts of moving back during that time.

fish.01

Yes, both cities provide many people with a great life. Stereotypes have a grain of truth usually but they get ridiculous when people push them far beyond the truth to suit their own parochialism. We have our own share of parochial people here who are willing to do that as well but the majority I talk to are more balanced.

DC10

Would you like some paaaaaasta with that?

Pollyana

with yo-gert for desert?!

Amazulu

Is it made by Nessles (UK version of Nestle)?

Pollyana

I don't know -personally i've only ever heard of Nestle, so don't know what the other lot make

Amazulu

So had I - until I went to the UK!

rabble_rouser

that word makes me laugh every time.

Also when asked "how you goin?" or "hows your day been?" by some spotty checkout assistant I tell them that sadly today has been the worst day of my life. They don't seem to notice.

Pollyana

i know. Last week I told one that my cat had just died, he said "thats nice....."