Problems in Melbourne?
Dec 8th 2016, 1:09 am
#61
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Re: Problems in Melbourne?
Last place in Aus I walked around where I figured I had to watch myself, was in Parramatta Sydney... Witnessed quite a few things, ice heads tripping and a bloke being chased after a robbery and plenty of people with seemingly plenty of 'Tude in one arvo up there. I'd go back though simply on the basis that it's so unusual here in Aus to see stuff in a concentrated form like that. Plus the away football will take me there with Melbourne Victory.
Last edited by ozzieeagle; Dec 8th 2016 at 1:18 am.
Dec 12th 2016, 5:05 pm
#62
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Re: Problems in Melbourne?
Is it broke? If not, don't fix it.
Do you have a much better offer to go to? If not, don't go.
Are you prepared to gamble, ball park £50k? If not, don't go.
Are you someone who sees life as a series of adventures rather than a need to put down roots in concrete? If so, then you have little to lose.
Melbourne wouldn't be my place of choice, not with Daniel Andrews at the helm anyway but each to their own.
If it works, it works, if it doesn't then move on, no shame in that, just don't burn any bridges - rent out your beautiful home in the country, suck it and see.
Do you have a much better offer to go to? If not, don't go.
Are you prepared to gamble, ball park £50k? If not, don't go.
Are you someone who sees life as a series of adventures rather than a need to put down roots in concrete? If so, then you have little to lose.
Melbourne wouldn't be my place of choice, not with Daniel Andrews at the helm anyway but each to their own.
If it works, it works, if it doesn't then move on, no shame in that, just don't burn any bridges - rent out your beautiful home in the country, suck it and see.
Dec 21st 2016, 3:00 pm
#63
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Re: Problems in Melbourne?
Melbourne really is all about the suburb in which you choose to live and, by extension, those where you choose to hang out. Melburnians tend to make a statement in this way.
As a result, the violence to which the OP alludes is very compartmentalised. I think south-eastern suburbs such as Dandenong and Noble Park may be problematic. Also, northern suburbs such as Broadmeadows and Roxburgh Park seem to be always in the news for the wrong reasons. However, it's not like UK cities at all - where otherwise lovely and affluent areas have a god-awful housing estate plonked somewhere in it. For instance, one of the roughest schools in London is in Chelsea! You won't see that in Melbourne.
The vast majority of suburbs in Melbourne are extremely safe, and do not experience transient populations of trouble-makers coming through them.
As a result, the violence to which the OP alludes is very compartmentalised. I think south-eastern suburbs such as Dandenong and Noble Park may be problematic. Also, northern suburbs such as Broadmeadows and Roxburgh Park seem to be always in the news for the wrong reasons. However, it's not like UK cities at all - where otherwise lovely and affluent areas have a god-awful housing estate plonked somewhere in it. For instance, one of the roughest schools in London is in Chelsea! You won't see that in Melbourne.
The vast majority of suburbs in Melbourne are extremely safe, and do not experience transient populations of trouble-makers coming through them.
