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Old May 27th 2009, 7:27 am
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I have been doing some research on Perth and surrounding areas.
and don't seam to get many good reports .i know its the same old you get problems where ever, but the idea is improve life .
at the moment its about 70/30 for the bad eg schools rundown, robberies ,violence.

whats the deal
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Old May 27th 2009, 7:34 am
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Originally Posted by blades1889
I have been doing some research on Perth and surrounding areas.
and don't seam to get many good reports .i know its the same old you get problems where ever, but the idea is improve life .
at the moment its about 70/30 for the bad eg schools rundown, robberies ,violence.

whats the deal
Only way to find out is to come and see for yourself - you cannot ge tthe real picture from the internet, books, opinions etc. Perth, as well as the rest of Australia, has the same social/crime/wanker problems as any other western country - some better, some worse.
I love it here. We have a great lifestyle, my son goes to a fantastic school and the only crime we have experienced is having a GPS nicked out of a car that we left unlocked.

It's all good.
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Only way to find out is to come and see for yourself - you cannot ge tthe real picture from the internet, books, opinions etc. Perth, as well as the rest of Australia, has the same social/crime/wanker problems as any other western country - some better, some worse.
I love it here. We have a great lifestyle, my son goes to a fantastic school and the only crime we have experienced is having a GPS nicked out of a car that we left unlocked.

It's all good.
+1 Perth is Ace!

There are wankers everywhere in the world and WA is no different.
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Perth has a high majority of wankers and most are British....
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Here we go again.
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Just a warning to keep the language clean please and no personal insults of any kind. OK.
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We live an hour south of Perth - we like it!!
We come from Glasgow, so the crime here is nothing compared to there!
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i ve been looking at Hillary's
wat areas are recommended and not
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i ve been looking at Hillary's
wat areas are recommended and not
Hillarys is very nice, so is Sorrento,
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Hmmm only the positive attributes have been mentioned thus far.
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Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
Hmmm only the positive attributes have been mentioned thus far.
and what are the negatives
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and what are the negatives
That was tounge in cheek that last comment

To be truthful the only one I can think of is the one that would turn me off permanently.

ISOLATION.

It's bad enough being this far away from the rest of the world living in Melbourne. It would be 100 times worse in far less cosmopolitan and much smaller Perth. However I do understand thats the reason that some people love the place.
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Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
That was tounge in cheek that last comment

To be truthful the only one I can think of is the one that would turn me off permanently.

ISOLATION.

It's bad enough being this far away from the rest of the world living in Melbourne. It would be 100 times worse in far less cosmopolitan and much smaller Perth. However I do understand thats the reason that some people love the place.
perth is where the job is
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and what are the negatives
Hi Depends on what type of work your after.
that might be a problem if you need to get a licence not being able to work most companies won't employ you on a restricted licence.
Oh and the ZZtop look seems to be all the rage
Sometimes a visit might be advantagous to see whats really going on.

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Originally Posted by blades1889
perth is where the job is
A foot in the door, is worth two in the bush

I could probably handle it for two years.... 5 years would be a bit much for me at least.

Like I said lots of people love the place, so I cant knock it really.
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