Most of the good have been covered. I can't believe the OP missed King's Park which is really one of Perth's shining lights.

Some more bad.

Insects - especially the flies and cockroaches
No insulation in houses - expensive to keep cool in summer and hard to heat in winter
Getting caked in suncream everytime you go out
Dodgy schooling - it's worth saying twice
No real heart to the city so it lacks character - just one suburb after another
It's a cultural wasteland

hi grunty,i wonder how many people there are reading these threads about perth that dismiss in their minds all the bad things about perth...

its funny of all the negative points i read i always try to come up with a positive,i hate flies and cockroaches though..the schooling i would hope that if we struggle ,i would try to come up with a solution,private perhaps..as long as my kids are happy that will do me...

but until i have wore the t shirt,god only knows what my opinion of perth will be this time next year..

i just like hundred like me ,would just be content with being happy...

only time will tell...i must admit though ,it would have to be pretty sihte,for me to be as unhappy as i am here in the u.k at the moment...sad but true..

ast

Hardly any flies here , had like 100 times more in rural Dorset !!
Our house is insulated just fine thanks
Spray on sunblock takes seconds ! ( you get sunburn any where in the world )
Yes our nipper was in a crap school , but moved him its now very good and still a state one
Never go in to the city really to busy chillin out at the beach, in me spa, at the pub ,etc LOL
Suburb after suburb / town merged with town uk/aus . If you don't like that here or in uk move to the sticks ( you'll know your there as you will get flies )

OK my list

Good
Same price house 3 times the space !
Good local school
lack of flies
Awsome beaches
Awsome bush
Loads of stuff always happening both free or pay for !
Off roading heaven
Traffic flows well almost all of the time if it says 80 everyone is doing 80 .
Climate is amazing
Airport is just 30-40mins away , use it all the time and not had any dramas .
Cheap fuel
Rates/council tax alot cheaper !!
You see cops
people will say hello
You can earn good $$$$
The guy next door knows who i am LOL
We are all happy and settled
Good food at most restaurants
Very good medical treatment , fast n sorted ( and we have needed them quite a few times the last year ) .
Talk radio rocks
Most shops do close on a sunday and yes this is a good thing !
Its the best darn place i've ever lived .

Ok the Bad stuff .
Grass very brown as lack of rain
Guy next door nice as he is gets wind !
Loadsa bad drivers with st georges crosses in the back window ( bloody poms )
Yeah too many ads on tv but hey so wot!
Slow Broadband.
Pricey telstra !
sand gets every where !
Hell can't think of any more and i'm really tryin too

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Same price house 3 times the space ! Depends on where you come from in the UK and go to in Perth. For me, twice the price, half the space, half the quality. For me it's same price, 5 times the space and variable quality.
Good local school Yes ours was too, supposedly, but year to year teacher quality is very variable. Very happy with my Son's school. It is private though as local primary schools are hit and miss.
lack of flies this year, because it has been so dry. Agreed.
Awsome beaches don't agree - preferred beaches in Portugal, Esperance, Cornwall, etc. I also don't think the beaches in Perth are anything special. Beaches in South Africa are much better.
Climate is amazing climate is annoying. Climate is great although winter can be cold. Today was beautiful, great for working outside, not too hot with a breeze to take the edge off.
Airport is just 30-40mins away , use it all the time and not had any dramas . agreed. Airport is 15-20 mins forom me so happy with that. Parking is fairly cheap too.
Cheap fuel is this a good thing in these days of impending environmental catastrophe. That's debateable. I guess fuel is expensive in relation ro Aussie earnings. I drive diesel cars so fuel costs for me are low.
Rates/council tax alot cheaper !! overall tax burden is higher and services are poorer. Agree totally that taxes are higher. We actually get very little for our local taxes.
people will say hello agreed. Mostly agree but I find a lot of shop assistants rude and ignorant.
You can earn good $$$$ haha. In my line of work salaries are awesome and still rising. This is one of the best places in the world for people with my skills right now.
Most shops do close on a sunday and yes this is a good thing ! why is it good, if you don't want Sunday shopping then just don't go. Agree. I cannot believe that we have little Sunday or late trading and that there is even a debate about this subject. Let shops open when they want. If you don't want to shop then don't.

Good
Same price house 3 times the space ! Depends on where you come from in the UK and go to in Perth. For me, twice the price, half the space, half the quality
Oh tough break !
Good local school Yes ours was too, supposedly, but year to year teacher quality is very variable
lack of flies this year, because it has been so dry
Flies last year were ok too ,
Awsome beaches don't agree - preferred beaches in Portugal, Esperance, Cornwall, etc.
So you don't like mile after mile of white sand , warm seas ,with plenty of space and free parkin right on the beach ?
Climate is amazing climate is annoying
LOL annoying , why? I do like heat and so do my old bones
Airport is just 30-40mins away , use it all the time and not had any dramas . agreed
Cheap fuel is this a good thing in these days of impending environmental catastrophe
Hell yes
Rates/council tax alot cheaper !! overall tax burden is higher and services are poorer
well re rates i uesd to pay 3 times what i do now would say that the services i get are better than we had in Dorset .
people will say hello agreed
You can earn good $$$$ haha
Most shops do close on a sunday and yes this is a good thing ! why is it good, if you don't want Sunday shopping then just don't go.
I used to work sundays and its a pain in the arse if you have too. There are still plenty of places like IGA Bunnings etc that are open , you just can't shop for a T-shirt !

I am not and I do live in WA and to my knowledge only one of my friends is affected by occasional hoon noise.

Why dont you have insulation? Ours is fully insulated and works a treat, doesnt get extremely hot and on the coldish nights we had a few weeks ago it wasnt freezing either

You can always have it added if you buy an older property that hasnt got any, definitely a home improvement worth doing.

Must admit Perthforme I'm with you, I actually quite like that most of the shops are shut on a Sunday. We have a local supermarket and chemist that are open so if you're really stuck for something you can pop down there, but Bunbury city centre itself is shut other than a few coffee places/restaurants. We have late night shopping on a Thursday, all shops open til 9pm which is a great time to get your weekly shop done and out of the way before the weekend.

Many of these are true, and to be honest I havent found many negative points about living here, life is for living, not sat on yer arse whinging, as many do. The one that jumps out at me though is Isolation, this really is the latest reincarnation of the Emporers' New Clothes. Perth or Australia ISN'T isolated, the moon is isolated, Australia isnt, its a state of mind. Granted some people will miss their friends and families more than we are missing ours, but there are tens of thousands of people living here from a broad range of different countries and cultures, one of the many things they all have in common, is they are all keen to make friends and socialise. I know we arent alone in having a much better and busier social life here than we had in the UK, as many of our friends have had the same experience.

Totally agree on all points, must admit I just ignore the word "isolation" now as it is complete codswallop to me!

We certainly have a far better social life here than we ever had in the UK

I find working any day is a pain in the arse if you want to do something else. Surely the important factor about when you work is how it fits with your own circumstances. For me, I work Monday-Friday and I am off every weekend which ties in with when my kids are not at school. If I had to work weekends, I'd get a different job - simple! If I didn't have kids, I would prefer to work a Sunday so that I could have a day off during the week when things were open.

I don't want to shop on Sundays (or any other day for that matter!) but I definitely do not like going to the lovely malls here on Saturdays when they are mental busy because everyone who works Monday-Friday has only that one day to do their shopping.

Also, it's a nonsense that supermarkets are not open 24 hours. I mean this is meant to be a major city in a consumer-driven, capitalist society isn't it?

no sunday shopping will have to go into my good point list,i honestly hope that i never have to suffer one of those bloody shopping centres again in my life....horses for courses but b&q,ikea and garden centres are not my idea of a sunday day out,,,its like a new sport here in the u.k..

bank holiday days out at a megastore,not for me thanks....but if that rings your bells,then good on ya...

its a free world..

I see what your saying , but belive me if you had no kids sunday work would be worse , you can't get drunk if you so wish on a sat night , plus if your mates are doing stuff on a sunday you can't go due to work !
If you want to do your weekend shopping without the crowds get up early most aussies don't get out of their pit till 10 am !
24 hour shopping ? All the local tescos near my old home were doing away with 24 hours !
How many times have you needed a loaf at 2am ?

Very true!!!

Where we live here in the UK, the supermarkets are open 24 hours. But realistically, you can only do a weekly shop in there between 9am and 6pm. Reason: the meat and fish counters are closed. Fresh veg has not been re-stocked. "Staple" foods like bread and milk have not been re-stocked either.

The time for grocery shopping that fits in best with my life would be 8pm on a weekday. I tried that a few times at our local Tesco (which is a 24 hour hypermarket). But I have now given up on that for the above reasons: they are basically empty of everyday and fresh goods at 8pm and don't re-stock until the early hours of the morning.

I also found that since 24 hour shopping became the norm here in the UK, it was the "thin end of the wedge": It was the start of the culture that everyone has to be available 24 hours a day seven days a week 365 days of the year. My husband has what used to be a "typical" Mon-Fri office job. But he can no longer have his mobile switched off in the evenings, or at the weekend, or when on holiday. Bosses and colleagues expect him to be always available.

Personally, I prefer a life where as many people as possible have the weekend off. Yes, it might make grocery shopping marginally more unpleasant - but overall it leads to a better quality of life if most people can "switch off" from work Sat and Sun because most places are shut.

Just my two cents worth.

Gina

P.S. I am moving to Perth and very pleased that Sunday trading is not the norm there .