Originally Posted by Santa (Post 6888914)

That's nothing, 31 people have been bored to death in Perth just in the last week. If you go south it only gets worse, take Busselton for instance, the whole towns dead now, but at least the old people are happy !

Originally Posted by Uuuh Patsy (Post 6890989)

God, I don't know where you people come from, but Dublin is like the OK Coral compared to Joondalup. No comparison. You just have to look at the headlines on a daily basis. They reported today on Perthnow that a bloke was hit would a bottle yesterday. I was shocked... that they would even report such a trivial event. Although I'm sure it wasn't trivial for the victim. In Dublin, you don't make the papers unless your pretty much dead.

Take it from me... Its heaven here.. in comparison to most European metro areas that I have been too. Just have some common sense and keep you wits about you. Don't be the weak animal to pack singles out.

Originally Posted by manc1 (Post 6890995)

I hear they stand the dead up in the bus shelters to make it look busy. :rofl:

Originally Posted by Notts_bloke (Post 6891007)

They only reported it because it was the only thing that happened in Perth that day. ;)

Originally Posted by lovelyshine (Post 6891019)

ROFL!



Well that is a good sign. :D

Originally Posted by manc1 (Post 6891024)

On a more serious note, this was in the news today.

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/article.aspx?id=273634

Originally Posted by Santa (Post 6888914)

That's nothing, 31 people have been bored to death in Perth just in the last week. If you go south it only gets worse, take Busselton for instance, the whole towns dead now, but at least the old people are happy !

Originally Posted by elmtree (Post 6888933)

Been here 8 months and haven't been burgled, robbed or mugged. Never felt safer. :thumbsup:

Originally Posted by JRB (Post 6890544)

I'm going to put a spanner in the works here and say that there is no way I would travel on the trains alone at night in Perth. In Perth the city train station was full of weirdos - hairy biker blokes or gangs of kids. They have a police station there for a reason. At night they have guards on the train and again that is for a reason. Full of mostly weirdos. I saw quite alot of aggro on the Freo - Perth line. One beardy weirdo was really laying in to a nurse who had finished her shift, threatening, swearing etc luckily the guards stepped in. I have seen loads of people chucked off the trains. In the UK the average person uses public transport whereas in the States and Aus I find it is some of the more marginalised people who do. There was actually a Perth play written - night train to Freo (I think) about the dodgy trains. Also there are gangs of kids who think it's cool to swear and intimidate people. Lots of crime takes place at the Perth station and on the trains. Personally I had one really scarey experience on a train in the UK, back in the 80s when a skinhead was attacking people and then one in the states where a kind of gangster type guy started threatening my husband and was yelling all this ' homeboy' stuff and pointing to his pants like he had a knife, it was terrifying. Luckily in Perth there is the guards at night time and my advice would be if you have to travel stick near to them. Well dodgy. These days I stick to driving or walking !

Originally Posted by Geelong Gent (Post 6891052)

Try Mornington high street in Melbourne on a Friday or Saturday night - you will get better results:sneaky:

Originally Posted by elmtree (Post 6891261)

Nah, thanks. Can't be as bad as Manchester was.

Originally Posted by Geelong Gent (Post 6891270)

Most of which now reside on this high street;)

Originally Posted by Geelong Gent (Post 6891270)

Most of which now reside on this high street;)