Melbourne or Adelaide?
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Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
I refer you to my earlier point. The city does not have over a million people. The greater metropolitan area as indicated on the map I posted does. This is approximately 1257 sq miles. Greater London is approx 611 sq miles with a population of over 7 million. Hardly comparable, which is what your earlier post inferred.
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
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
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Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
I refer you to my earlier point. The city does not have over a million people. The greater metropolitan area as indicated on the map I posted does. This is approximately 1257 sq miles. Greater London is approx 611 sq miles with a population of over 7 million. Hardly comparable, which is what your earlier post inferred.
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
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
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Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
Hi All, thank you for your invaluable advice
Although I have never visited Adelaide, i really cannot see it being as busy as London. We currently live in North London but both work in Central London therefore need to make the commute by tube every morning. If any of you have had the opportunity to travel into London at peak time, you'd know it is a nightmare and can be extremely draining! Not to mention the miserable faces you encounter
Rasen78 mentioned most places close at 5pm. This is exactly what me and my husband are seeking, a laid back city where life isn't all about working but having a good life/work balance. As mentioned before, i work as an optometrist and my store closes at 6.30pm. By the time i get home, it's 7.30pm and i barely have time to spend with my husband. I'm also expected to work on Saturday so i only get to spend Sunday with him.
Life is London is just too hectic for us, we want to move somewhere a bit more relaxed, slower pace to life.
Although I have never visited Adelaide, i really cannot see it being as busy as London. We currently live in North London but both work in Central London therefore need to make the commute by tube every morning. If any of you have had the opportunity to travel into London at peak time, you'd know it is a nightmare and can be extremely draining! Not to mention the miserable faces you encounter
Rasen78 mentioned most places close at 5pm. This is exactly what me and my husband are seeking, a laid back city where life isn't all about working but having a good life/work balance. As mentioned before, i work as an optometrist and my store closes at 6.30pm. By the time i get home, it's 7.30pm and i barely have time to spend with my husband. I'm also expected to work on Saturday so i only get to spend Sunday with him.
Life is London is just too hectic for us, we want to move somewhere a bit more relaxed, slower pace to life.
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Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
Hi All, thank you for your invaluable advice
Although I have never visited Adelaide, i really cannot see it being as busy as London. We currently live in North London but both work in Central London therefore need to make the commute by tube every morning. If any of you have had the opportunity to travel into London at peak time, you'd know it is a nightmare and can be extremely draining! Not to mention the miserable faces you encounter
Rasen78 mentioned most places close at 5pm. This is exactly what me and my husband are seeking, a laid back city where life isn't all about working but having a good life/work balance. As mentioned before, i work as an optometrist and my store closes at 6.30pm. By the time i get home, it's 7.30pm and i barely have time to spend with my husband. I'm also expected to work on Saturday so i only get to spend Sunday with him.
Life is London is just too hectic for us, we want to move somewhere a bit more relaxed, slower pace to life.
Although I have never visited Adelaide, i really cannot see it being as busy as London. We currently live in North London but both work in Central London therefore need to make the commute by tube every morning. If any of you have had the opportunity to travel into London at peak time, you'd know it is a nightmare and can be extremely draining! Not to mention the miserable faces you encounter
Rasen78 mentioned most places close at 5pm. This is exactly what me and my husband are seeking, a laid back city where life isn't all about working but having a good life/work balance. As mentioned before, i work as an optometrist and my store closes at 6.30pm. By the time i get home, it's 7.30pm and i barely have time to spend with my husband. I'm also expected to work on Saturday so i only get to spend Sunday with him.
Life is London is just too hectic for us, we want to move somewhere a bit more relaxed, slower pace to life.
Some places do open later in the CBD, but these would tend to be around the Rundle Mall area. Saturday afternoons in the city (Rundle Mall excepted) are dead. I was gobsmacked at how quiet the city was on a Saturday afternoon. North Adelaide tends to have a bit more of a vibe about it on a Saturday and it has lots of nice bars and cafes etc and the odd boutique shop.
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Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
So Adelaide definitely must be a lot quieter than London.
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Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
Hi All, thank you for your invaluable advice
Although I have never visited Adelaide, i really cannot see it being as busy as London. We currently live in North London but both work in Central London therefore need to make the commute by tube every morning. If any of you have had the opportunity to travel into London at peak time, you'd know it is a nightmare and can be extremely draining! Not to mention the miserable faces you encounter
Rasen78 mentioned most places close at 5pm. This is exactly what me and my husband are seeking, a laid back city where life isn't all about working but having a good life/work balance. As mentioned before, i work as an optometrist and my store closes at 6.30pm. By the time i get home, it's 7.30pm and i barely have time to spend with my husband. I'm also expected to work on Saturday so i only get to spend Sunday with him.
Life is London is just too hectic for us, we want to move somewhere a bit more relaxed, slower pace to life.
Although I have never visited Adelaide, i really cannot see it being as busy as London. We currently live in North London but both work in Central London therefore need to make the commute by tube every morning. If any of you have had the opportunity to travel into London at peak time, you'd know it is a nightmare and can be extremely draining! Not to mention the miserable faces you encounter
Rasen78 mentioned most places close at 5pm. This is exactly what me and my husband are seeking, a laid back city where life isn't all about working but having a good life/work balance. As mentioned before, i work as an optometrist and my store closes at 6.30pm. By the time i get home, it's 7.30pm and i barely have time to spend with my husband. I'm also expected to work on Saturday so i only get to spend Sunday with him.
Life is London is just too hectic for us, we want to move somewhere a bit more relaxed, slower pace to life.
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Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
Fair enough and it really depends where you are in Adelaide, just don't expect it to be paradise. If you want places to close at 5pm, then why bother living in the city at all, because you're still paying city prices? Mediterranean climate sounds great too, but ever heard of the urban heat island effect and not getting better (see water charges etc.). Don't want to put you off, but if you have the chance to start from scratch and want a slow paced life, smaller towns would offer far more.
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Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
Hi All, thank you for your invaluable advice
Although I have never visited Adelaide, i really cannot see it being as busy as London. We currently live in North London but both work in Central London therefore need to make the commute by tube every morning. If any of you have had the opportunity to travel into London at peak time, you'd know it is a nightmare and can be extremely draining! Not to mention the miserable faces you encounter
Rasen78 mentioned most places close at 5pm. This is exactly what me and my husband are seeking, a laid back city where life isn't all about working but having a good life/work balance. As mentioned before, i work as an optometrist and my store closes at 6.30pm. By the time i get home, it's 7.30pm and i barely have time to spend with my husband. I'm also expected to work on Saturday so i only get to spend Sunday with him.
Life is London is just too hectic for us, we want to move somewhere a bit more relaxed, slower pace to life.
Although I have never visited Adelaide, i really cannot see it being as busy as London. We currently live in North London but both work in Central London therefore need to make the commute by tube every morning. If any of you have had the opportunity to travel into London at peak time, you'd know it is a nightmare and can be extremely draining! Not to mention the miserable faces you encounter
Rasen78 mentioned most places close at 5pm. This is exactly what me and my husband are seeking, a laid back city where life isn't all about working but having a good life/work balance. As mentioned before, i work as an optometrist and my store closes at 6.30pm. By the time i get home, it's 7.30pm and i barely have time to spend with my husband. I'm also expected to work on Saturday so i only get to spend Sunday with him.
Life is London is just too hectic for us, we want to move somewhere a bit more relaxed, slower pace to life.
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Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
And Adelaide is a favourite too, for different reasons again, its quiet, its slower, its more relaxed. they all suit me at different times. But I would really struggle to say Adelaide life is like London life!
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Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
Pollyana, it's pointless writing my whole life story here and I just wanted to give advice. I've been to Australia for a while, still have friends in Oz and there's nothing wrong with Adelaide. London is London and Adelaide is Adelaide (certainly not Bath:-). Depending where you work in Adelaide, you still have to commute and life can be just as stressful. I just wouldn't move there personally for work life balance and looking at property prices in Adelaide (all cities), it's not work to live and the UK isn't just London.
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Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
I love Melbourne because it is more European, but its still miles from being London -a city i also love.
And Adelaide is a favourite too, for different reasons again, its quiet, its slower, its more relaxed. they all suit me at different times. But I would really struggle to say Adelaide life is like London life!
And Adelaide is a favourite too, for different reasons again, its quiet, its slower, its more relaxed. they all suit me at different times. But I would really struggle to say Adelaide life is like London life!
In comparison to the likes of Adelaide or Melbourne, what is Perth like? Seems like the forgotten option at times, but whenever someone I know mentions it they are full of praise and often wonder why I didn't head there in the first place...
The subway system in itself is a major downer. Sure it's extensive, but it's old and calling it claustrophobic would be the understatement of the year. The width of the train cars is ridiculously tiny - arriving from Singapore it seems like a mini or rather mock version of public transport. Plus it's old and looks & feels like it. No wonder there are few happy faces around. Imagine flying an old, rattling DC-10 with more seats across than today's A380 and expecting people to be all smiling from ear to ear... ain't gonna happen!
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Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
Pollyana, it's pointless writing my whole life story here and I just wanted to give advice. I've been to Australia for a while, still have friends in Oz and there's nothing wrong with Adelaide. London is London and Adelaide is Adelaide (certainly not Bath:-). Depending where you work in Adelaide, you still have to commute and life can be just as stressful. I just wouldn't move there personally for work life balance and looking at property prices in Adelaide (all cities), it's not work to live and the UK isn't just London.
From what I gather you're now living in Ireland, which fair play we all have our reasons for living where we are living, but when speaking with 'authority' about pros and cons of particular Australian cities, I don't think it's unreasonable to actually 'prove' you have spent meaningful time living in that city.
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Re: Melbourne or Adelaide?
Except that you pop up all over BE giving advice to people in the Canada, US, UK, Spain, New Zealand and Australia forums.
From what I gather you're now living in Ireland, which fair play we all have our reasons for living where we are living, but when speaking with 'authority' about pros and cons of particular Australian cities, I don't think it's unreasonable to actually 'prove' you have spent meaningful time living in that city.
From what I gather you're now living in Ireland, which fair play we all have our reasons for living where we are living, but when speaking with 'authority' about pros and cons of particular Australian cities, I don't think it's unreasonable to actually 'prove' you have spent meaningful time living in that city.