asprilla

ok, I thought I'd start a thread on suburbs to avoid, as the question pops up quite frequently. Feel free to add to the thread but make sure you include some "evidence" to support your position.

Narangba

Located approx 1hr / 35km north of Brisbane. Frequently crops up in the local news headlines, stories typically involve drunk women assaulting police officers with fists, bottles and fingernails. The Narangba Industrial Estate provides some employment opportunities, for those who don't mind a little exposure to toxic waste. In terms of entertainment, there are weekly burnout events.

http://northern-times.whereilive.com...-with-bottles/

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/s...2-3102,00.html

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/s...0-3102,00.html

The Bloke

.... and what makes Narangba different to many other suburbs? Yes I will agree that there are problems but I' sure that there are other suburbs with the same or worse problems, like Inala for instance. Also I don't need news clippings to prove that there are drunks, domestic disputes, crime, burnnouts etc in Aspley for example. I work with several people that quite like living in Narangba, and find it quite comfortable.

The Flintstones

Yes I agree, only list the suburbs if you actually know its a bad apple from experience.

The Bloke

Never lived in Inala, and never will. Went there once to see someone and had to go to the shopping centre. Was glad to get out with car in one piece.

spartacus

OK . . . just to refine it a little further, only list a suburb if you know its a bad apple because you live / have lived there.

Just to summarise . . . if you live / have lived in a shithole, name names.

asprilla

nothing makes it different. whether a subject is "good" or "bad" will always be subjective... and I reckon it is generally a dodgy area to live. But people who live there might beg to differ.

JR230898

SEQ is one of the biggest 'Burbs' in the world....avoid it.

asprilla

I don't need to live in Cairns to know that it is hot, and I don't need to live in Inala to know that it is dodgy...

Having said that - if a person has direct experience of a dodgy suburb, their subjective views carry much more weight than someone like me who has never lived in e.g. Narangba or Inala. Most expats don't move to dodgy areas, so we might not get too many firsthand accounts.


So... post away whether or not you've lived there before....but the firsthand experiences will obviously be the most interesting..

ABCDiamond

I was thinking that myself ...

moneypenny20

My issue would be with what's 'dodgy' If you come from say Toxteth and lived there in the 70s/80s anywhere else could be heaven on earth. If however, you lived in Bourton on the Water and moved to the same suburbs you'd possibly think them dodgy.

As for SEQLD, it's a huge area, can you narrow it down a bit? The tiddly bit I live in has been called rough by one BE member (who doesn't live here and obviously doesn't know it) but it's fab for us. Not crime/violence free but no where is. It's about the same as where I came from in the UK.

NikiL

Bourton on the Water has its dodgy bits I'll have you know - there were 3 thefts from cars in one year ............3!!!!!

Ok, that was about 8 years ago, so it may have increased to about 6 by now

moneypenny20

I blame the tourists

asprilla

ok how about gold coast/brisbane/sunshine coast?! Still very big with 100's of suburbs. But I don't reckon there are too many dodgy ones

I know what you're saying, one man's "good" is another man's "bad". But I still reckon we can all mostly agree on some of the dodgiest, there probably aren't too many.

here's another couple.


Woodridge

Very high unemployment, and the parks are a little bit dodgy after dark.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...26/2430692.htm
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/s...9-3102,00.html

Inala

Former housing commission estate, 20km southwest of Brisbane CBD. Poor rates of school attendance, high rates of unemployment. Brisbane correctional centre & wolston park mental institution are 4km west of Inala. There is a lot of heavy industry in the immediate vicinity of Inala, and plenty of truck traffic.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...09/2414383.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...24/1987175.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...10/2114868.htm

Kim67

If you stay within 5-10km of the city, you're usually pretty okay, but like anything, there are exceptions to the rule. Some inner city suburbs like Woolloongabba, West End and Annerley have their dodgy parts.

The Bloke

Fortitude Valley, New Farm, Bowen Hills......