l used to live in Adelaide for a few years but was able to escape across the border into Victoria.

Yeah but theres a difference between people having to say things out of retaliation and people saying things that are actually true isn't there

Well its obvious you escaped from somewhere.

Not too sure what you mean Steve... I wasn't trying to retaliate for what Renth had said if thats what you mean. I don't give a monkeys what people say about other places, until i have experienced them for myself.

All i was trying to illustrate was the fact that Aussies will always put down the "other" states and capital cities.

The feeling i am getting from these posts is that people are lead to believe that Adelaide is a city of oldies sitting around quilting. Quite the opposite from the Adelaide i know, which has a superb "cafe culture", rampant night life and lots to see and do.

.. and lots of bogons

My English sense of humour/ sarcasm obviously went unappreciated

" Rampant night life" like the old folks Bingo night at the local church.
Where they all wear their incontinence bags incase they get over excited. :scared:

Hehe you are cracking me up

What part of adelaide did you visit after dark then Wombat?

I guess thats possible...Would seem less to me though travelling to Adelaide from Mount G. Mount G seems to have an unusually high bogon to person ratio....

Here's a good definition of "bogon", or "bogan"

http://phat.shafted.com.au/text/bogan

What is a bogan? Well a bogan is a yobbo or a bevan, typically with a mullet haircut and tight jeans. Some bogans are obvious, like Warwick Capper and Brian Mannix (their haircuts say it all), others are understated like Tina Arena or Kate Langbroek. While other Bogans are more complex, like the entire population of Adelaide and Boris Yeltsin, who is an example of an 'International Bogan'.

The cemetary, the most lively place in town.

Hi Yam Yam
You might be interested in reading this thread.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...laide+brisbane

It focuses more on Adelaide V Brisbane but might give you some ideas. We recently visited Brisbane and Adelaide on a reccie and despite being certain that we would be going to Brisbane we much preferred Adelaide! I put MY opinions down on the above thread if you want to see them.

Good luck with your decision but as people have said I also noticed that the Australians were very, very patriotic to their own state so take what they say with a pinch of salt!

Carolyn

Well I can speak from experience having lived in Adelaide. We came back to UK last year.

Adelaide is really nice and many Aussies who have moved there for work etc had said that they would never have dreamt it possible, but were amazed when they went and saw how nice it is. Remember most Aussies dont travel anywhere and their views of other cities are purely based on what they have heard.

The layout of the city is near perfect with the CBD, ringed by parks, ringed by suburbs, ringed by hills, ringed by villages, ringed by bush, ringed by outback, ringed by desert!

It is so easy to move round the city and the parks are a Sunday haven. The people are really nice and there is very little pommie bashing.

BUT......

It is a bit backward. People say it is 10 years behind everywhere else but thats not true - more like 25 years.

Work is not easy to come by depending of course on your profession and upset anyone at your peril. Industry is small and everyone knows everyone else. Pay rates are miserable. Travel is limited to the beach and Barossa.
It can get really hot (45 degrees plus for two weeks solid). Air pollution is high as there is no MOT and there are loads of 1970's clapped out gas guzzlers belching out smoke, and the city is shielded by the Hills, so the smog heats up. Employer attitudes are dreadful. Hills living is hard with abundance of bugs especially millipedes which invade annually by the billion (expect to wake up to a bug every three inches on all walls and ceilings inside and out!)

If your are a tradesman looking for a quite life - go for it. If you think you will miss the culture and choice you take for granted in the UK, think carefully.

Funny thread

I'm a native Adelaidean, but being fairly wide travelled, I don't feel too biased in saying that it's a great place to live . Although it's true that we all knock each other's cities and states as a matter of course. For example, when we feel like having some fun, Adelaideans generally pick on Sydney first, then Brisbane. We like Melbourne (except when it comes to the football). We forget that Perth and Canberra exist. And Darwin and Hobart don't rate a mention . All in good fun, of course (mostly )

Adelaide can get hot in summer but never 2 weeks 45 degrees plus. l don't think its ever even got as high as 45 degrees in Adelaide. Sometimes in Adelaide during summer you can get up to around 10 days in a row between 35-42 degrees then it cools down to the high 20's low 30's degrees.