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Sydney views
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Wife and I were at a party on Saturday night :beer: and met a girl who was over here from Oz and thought i'd share her comments and hopefully get some more views. Got speaking about our move out to Oz and when i said we were thinking of Sydney she almost choked on her drink. She said DON'T go to Sydney and avoid going if we can. Her reasons were something along the lines of lots of gangs hanging around street corners, lots of drugs, lots of crime, certain areas were no go areas for fear of serious trouble and she gave the general impression it was an unfriendly place. :eek: Realise it just one persons view but came away thinking bugger that not going to Sydney can get all that here. We would welcome your views on what sydney is really like and is it a safe and good place for a young family. Thanks Andy |
Re: Sydney views
Originally Posted by andydon
lots of gangs hanging around street corners, lots of drugs, lots of crime, certain areas were no go areas for fear of serious trouble and she gave the general impression it was an unfriendly place.
Don't let her put you off. Sample it for yourself and make your own mind up :) |
Re: Sydney views
Originally Posted by andydon
Hi
Wife and I were at a party on Saturday night :beer: and met a girl who was over here from Oz and thought i'd share her comments and hopefully get some more views. Got speaking about our move out to Oz and when i said we were thinking of Sydney she almost choked on her drink. She said DON'T go to Sydney and avoid going if we can. Her reasons were something along the lines of lots of gangs hanging around street corners, lots of drugs, lots of crime, certain areas were no go areas for fear of serious trouble and she gave the general impression it was an unfriendly place. :eek: Realise it just one persons view but came away thinking bugger that not going to Sydney can get all that here. We would welcome your views on what sydney is really like and is it a safe and good place for a young family. Thanks Andy My husband is from Sydney, and would probably say very similar things about the place. The fact is, yes, Sydney is just like any other city....it's not really much different to London (we've lived in both) same problems.....biggest difference is that Sydney's sunny more often! Don't be put of going there though, if that's where your heart is set on going.....just don't expect it to be an escape from all that you hate about the UK. Hope this helps. Tanya :) |
Re: Sydney views
Originally Posted by andydon
Hi
Wife and I were at a party on Saturday night :beer: and met a girl who was over here from Oz and thought i'd share her comments and hopefully get some more views. Got speaking about our move out to Oz and when i said we were thinking of Sydney she almost choked on her drink. She said DON'T go to Sydney and avoid going if we can. Her reasons were something along the lines of lots of gangs hanging around street corners, lots of drugs, lots of crime, certain areas were no go areas for fear of serious trouble and she gave the general impression it was an unfriendly place. :eek: Realise it just one persons view but came away thinking bugger that not going to Sydney can get all that here. We would welcome your views on what sydney is really like and is it a safe and good place for a young family. Thanks Andy I wouldn't let it put you off, it's like someone telling an aussie not to move to London because brixton's a bit rough. Yeah - but what about the rest of the city and all that it has to offer?? :rolleyes: Graham |
Re: Sydney views
Originally Posted by northerner
Like wmoore said - that could be a description of just about any city in the world. Sydney's got problems, London's got problems, Melbourne's got problems, Manchester's got problems. There's not a city on earth that won't have drug and crime issues.
I wouldn't let it put you off, it's like someone telling an aussie not to move to London because brixton's a bit rough. Yeah - but what about the rest of the city and all that it has to offer?? :rolleyes: Graham The main thing to bear in mind I guess, (especially if you have young kids like us) is that the nice parts tend to be pricier to buy homes in....we really wanted to go back to Sydney (as all of my husbands family live there) but to be honest, in order for my husband to avoid a 1 hour commute to work etc....we would need to live in a relatively central area(well, by australian standards!!!), and the 3\4 bed houses in the nice parts of these areas are far too expensive for us.... :( Yes, we could live further out... bla bla, but then we are completely missing the point of moving back, and will have less family time than we have now... Tanya |
Re: Sydney views
Originally Posted by andydon
Hi
Wife and I were at a party on Saturday night :beer: and met a girl who was over here from Oz and thought i'd share her comments and hopefully get some more views. Got speaking about our move out to Oz and when i said we were thinking of Sydney she almost choked on her drink. She said DON'T go to Sydney and avoid going if we can. Her reasons were something along the lines of lots of gangs hanging around street corners, lots of drugs, lots of crime, certain areas were no go areas for fear of serious trouble and she gave the general impression it was an unfriendly place. :eek: Realise it just one persons view but came away thinking bugger that not going to Sydney can get all that here. We would welcome your views on what sydney is really like and is it a safe and good place for a young family. Thanks Andy Did she specifically mention areas? i know a few areas to avoid, but likewise, there are far more areas that are a safe place to live. Sydney's a great place, lived there for a 14months in 2001/2002. IMO, the northern suburbs are best ie to Hornsby region. and near the coast. Others are just as good, but pricier. Places to avoid, IMO, are mainly located in the SW region. ie, Bankstown,Punchbowl, Cabramatta, Lakemba etc Unfortunately, the property prices have shot up since then and for us essentially too expensive, plus the added challenge of tougher job market to crack put us off a return there. I think looking back, the place is a great for tourists but not to live and work. We chose Perth instead and havent regretted it. |
Re: Sydney views
Stop slagging sydney :)
Its a great place with a great harbour to go with it. Yes there are parts of Sydney which are trouble zones, but thats part of any city.....there is always one bad apple...... It depends what you are after from Australia, the same you pay more for a brand name, e.g. Sydney is the most expensive city to live in OZ |
Re: Sydney views
:rolleyes:
Originally Posted by rapitts
Stop slagging sydney :)
Its a great place with a great harbour to go with it. Yes there are parts of Sydney which are trouble zones, but thats part of any city.....there is always one bad apple...... It depends what you are after from Australia, the same you pay more for a brand name, e.g. Sydney is the most expensive city to live in OZ Too add, some of the people( Sydneysiders), I found to be arrogant about their city. They thought it the top city to live...I begged to differ!! |
Re: Sydney views
SO!
To recap Andy.... Any city is going to have problems in areas, just as Sydney does. But it's also a great city - go out and find out for yourselves I'd say!! Don't be put off going to a particular place because of someones PERSONAL opinion about it... Graham :) |
Re: Sydney views
Graham
"go out and find out for ourselves" my thoughts exactly If we don't go we will never know, eh :) Cheers
Originally Posted by northerner
SO!
To recap Andy.... Any city is going to have problems in areas, just as Sydney does. But it's also a great city - go out and find out for yourselves I'd say!! Don't be put off going to a particular place because of someones PERSONAL opinion about it... Graham :) |
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