Melbourne or Adelaide?
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Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
I bought a 4 bed detached with pool in a good suburb for not much more than I sold a 3 bed mid terrace ex council house on one of the worst council estates in Slough. Before that I rented a 3 bed near the beach for less than I rented a 2 bed flat in slough 10 years ago.
Some roads get busy - main north road, south road, etc but since I've had it take nearly 2 hours to get to Heathrow from Slough, and only a little less going to Wokingham so a lot less stressful driving usually (not counting the idiots on the road anyway which you get everywhere).
I can't comment too much on London - don't really like the place so despite living in Slough didn't go into the city often, but compared to Slough life here is def more relaxed and laid back.
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Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
Anyone who's been to Adelaide will know it may be a city but it's really a large town. The CBD is pretty small and the rest of the city is suburbs and surrounding small towns. I live in the northern suburbs and can be in the CBD in an hour if I want, or all the way through and at friends on the other side in the hills in less than 1 1/2.
I bought a 4 bed detached with pool in a good suburb for not much more than I sold a 3 bed mid terrace ex council house on one of the worst council estates in Slough. Before that I rented a 3 bed near the beach for less than I rented a 2 bed flat in slough 10 years ago.
Some roads get busy - main north road, south road, etc but since I've had it take nearly 2 hours to get to Heathrow from Slough, and only a little less going to Wokingham so a lot less stressful driving usually (not counting the idiots on the road anyway which you get everywhere).
I can't comment too much on London - don't really like the place so despite living in Slough didn't go into the city often, but compared to Slough life here is def more relaxed and laid back.
I bought a 4 bed detached with pool in a good suburb for not much more than I sold a 3 bed mid terrace ex council house on one of the worst council estates in Slough. Before that I rented a 3 bed near the beach for less than I rented a 2 bed flat in slough 10 years ago.
Some roads get busy - main north road, south road, etc but since I've had it take nearly 2 hours to get to Heathrow from Slough, and only a little less going to Wokingham so a lot less stressful driving usually (not counting the idiots on the road anyway which you get everywhere).
I can't comment too much on London - don't really like the place so despite living in Slough didn't go into the city often, but compared to Slough life here is def more relaxed and laid back.
#19
Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
Great that you're happy and I don't know Slough and wouldn't live in London either. All I'm saying is that if someone wants to escape London for a quieter life, they might not be much better off in Adelaide and could move to a rural area. It just depends what fast paced is for you? Your 4 bed detached was probably 3 times more than what I paid, so it's pointless to compare. You can also install a pool for little money anywhere in the world. At the end of the day you have to look at the whole picture.
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Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
Depends what you mean with laid back? You can feel laid back anywhere and create your own personal lifestyle, but if you want to escape the city for less stress, Adelaide won't be a huge difference. Might be smaller than London, but it's still a city with over a million people, expensive housing, traffic, environmental issue etc.
Living in Adelaide is nothing like London. It is much quieter, much less polluted, much cleaner (even the graffiti isn't too bad), much easier to get around and much, much smaller. Consequently there isn't as much to do in the city, however, you have much easier access to the suburbs and outer areas where you can always find something going on.
I do agree that you create your own personal environment, but living in an area where there is a constant buzz of activity, it can be all to easy to get caught up in it.
Seriously, walking through the wide streets of Adelaide CBD is far less stressful than rushing through the constant traffic and packed pavements and claustrophobic tube of London.
Adelaide is still the most affordable state capital (on a par I believe with Hobart). Yes there are pricey areas, but there are far more affordable AND areas.
IMO Adelaide is similar in size to perhaps Lincoln or Nottingham, but much better laid out.
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Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
Great that you're happy and I don't know Slough and wouldn't live in London either. All I'm saying is that if someone wants to escape London for a quieter life, they might not be much better off in Adelaide and could move to a rural area. It just depends what fast paced is for you? Your 4 bed detached was probably 3 times more than what I paid, so it's pointless to compare. You can also install a pool for little money anywhere in the world. At the end of the day you have to look at the whole picture.
Its quieter, cleaner, far less congested. Has a lovely genteel air about it - reminds me a lot of Hobart. If thinking of an English city/town to compare I would say Bath or Hove, has that kind of feel about it.
I would certainly say that moving to Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney would not be that different from London, but Adelaide? Not even close.
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Can't believe you are saying Adelaide is similar to London The population of Adelaide is approximately 1.2 million, but this covers the WHOLE of the metropolitan area - this stretches from Gawler in the North, to past Port Willunga in the South and from the coast to the Hills and Mt Barker (and a bit further I think). A huge area. This map indicates the area.
Living in Adelaide is nothing like London. It is much quieter, much less polluted, much cleaner (even the graffiti isn't too bad), much easier to get around and much, much smaller. Consequently there isn't as much to do in the city, however, you have much easier access to the suburbs and outer areas where you can always find something going on.
I do agree that you create your own personal environment, but living in an area where there is a constant buzz of activity, it can be all to easy to get caught up in it.
Seriously, walking through the wide streets of Adelaide CBD is far less stressful than rushing through the constant traffic and packed pavements and claustrophobic tube of London.
Adelaide is still the most affordable state capital (on a par I believe with Hobart). Yes there are pricey areas, but there are far more affordable AND areas.
IMO Adelaide is similar in size to perhaps Lincoln or Nottingham, but much better laid out.
Living in Adelaide is nothing like London. It is much quieter, much less polluted, much cleaner (even the graffiti isn't too bad), much easier to get around and much, much smaller. Consequently there isn't as much to do in the city, however, you have much easier access to the suburbs and outer areas where you can always find something going on.
I do agree that you create your own personal environment, but living in an area where there is a constant buzz of activity, it can be all to easy to get caught up in it.
Seriously, walking through the wide streets of Adelaide CBD is far less stressful than rushing through the constant traffic and packed pavements and claustrophobic tube of London.
Adelaide is still the most affordable state capital (on a par I believe with Hobart). Yes there are pricey areas, but there are far more affordable AND areas.
IMO Adelaide is similar in size to perhaps Lincoln or Nottingham, but much better laid out.
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Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
Of course there are going to be sacrifices sometimes, like a good job on an oil rig... or in Melbourne. But if you re-read my previous statement I did mention moving purely to live somewhere, without the job aspect.
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Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
I see Australia as a place that people come to for A) great "Aussie weather" -and- B) a well-paying job.
Of course there are going to be sacrifices sometimes, like a good job on an oil rig... or in Melbourne. But if you re-read my previous statement I did mention moving purely to live somewhere, without the job aspect.
Of course there are going to be sacrifices sometimes, like a good job on an oil rig... or in Melbourne. But if you re-read my previous statement I did mention moving purely to live somewhere, without the job aspect.
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Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
Nothing noble about it in my case either. Complicated yes, noble no.
Would I do it again?
Not wishing to offend anyone, but never in a million years.
#30
Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
Yes Adelaide has it's issues and is by no means perfect, but to say that someone moving from London to Adelaide would not get a quieter life is misleading. Given that most places shut at 5pm, it is safe to say that yes, it is much quieter