Thread 2833546

Melbourne has been voted the best city in the world based on liveability, food, nightlife and culture. In your experience, is Melbourne really that good?

lots of cool bars, pubs, cafes, restaurants
good for live music
pretty neighbourhoods
I wasn't a big fan of the CBD
extensive tram network but whoever designed it was a retard and made the trams run in the same lanes as the traffic instead of having their own separate lanes, meaning the trams are constantly stuck in traffic and it's faster to walk.... also the trams seem to break down a lot

It's just too big. It takes forever to get anywhere

the REAL melbourne I think youll find really is that good. totally walkable and the CBD is always on point

>>2833546 (OP)
I live there, inner suburbs are great if you are young, heaps to do and easy public transport via trams.
Cost if living is fucked so expect to spend a lot on food and accommodation.

>>2833546 (OP)
Of course. The gayest and most covid tyrannical city on earth is the most livable. It's like these leftarded vaxcattle love living in dystopia.

It's a good city with tons of stuff to do, tons of events every weekend, sometimes even more than Sydney. Weather can be really gay though sometimes.

>>2833708
>It's just too big.
Then why do Australians keep saying "fuck off we're full"?

>>2834445
We mean in our crowded areas, our jobs and housing.

>>2834445
Because they're all crammed into a narrow slither of coast on the Pacific, as opposed to the fucking hellscape which constitutes most of their country.

They need to get to work on terraforming that shit. Flood Lake Eyre, redivert some rivers, mass build desal plants, go to war with snakes and spiders, and create a green and pleasant land.

>>2834486
>go to war with snakes and spiders,
Pussy

>>2833546 (OP)
What the fuck? Really? melbourne is expensive as fuck. Good food and cool culture stuff sure, but liveability?

Im working the tram renewal on Victoria/Elizabeth street. Anyways im finished there now, no more shifts

>>2834748
Based builder. Fancy coming over to the UK? Wouldn't mind some trams out here.

>>2834752
We have the largest tram network in the world. Lots of different teams all do their part.

Funnily you find most construction guys leave the UK and want to stay here because its a dystopian hell hole. Pains me because my grandparents are English

>>2833716
This looks a lot like my small American town (minus the mountain backdrop)
>>2834746
COL correlates quite well with livability. Even Third World countries are surprisingly expensive if you are looking for First World livability.

>>2834927
Fair enough. I've been there a handful of times. It certainly is a more beautiful city then Sydney. There are a lot of buildings that preserves Victorian England aesthetics. And one time came across a large procession of what appear to be an orthodox christian ceremony and their fancy headwear was honestly cool as fuck.
Their public transport falls behind Sydney though

>>2834767
>most construction guys leave the UK and want to stay here
it's because even entry level construction jobs in australia pay more than late career white collar jobs do in the uk

Kleptomaniac horrible weather sickly city that rarely sleeps. Rent food etc expensive but you’ll always have something to do…if you have the money for it. People look miserable and dress terribly attention seeking, it is a left leaning place but the most ‘bright’ suburbs are usually the most expensive, gentrified shitholes like Fitzroy.
As far as Australian big cities go though it’s pretty high on the list, the nocturnal culture aided by its long days of sun (alien to northern Aus) paired with everything staying open until 10 o clock on any given day is appealing for sure coming from up north. More interesting than Sydney or Brisbane etc but you’re paying with the weather

>>2835219
>long days of sun
This is something I found really weird about Australia. The summer sunset at like 5:30 pm in summer in Brisbane but the sunrise is at 4:30 am. In the US they adjusted things to have sunsets later, Jacksonville FL is roughly the same distance from the equator and the sunset in June is at 8:30 pm and the sunrise well after 6 am. I live in California the sunset is 8 pm in the middle of summer, and in Seattle it's almost 10 pm, a winter sunset is like 5 here. It made the country feel boring especially since most things closed much earlier than they do in the US.

Is it possible for an American to pay his own way across Australia by working illegal day labor jobs? Or are Australians too afraid of the nanny state to even consider such an offer.

>>2835329
Watch Wake in Fright (1971) for some inspiration on how to handle Australia off the beaten track.

>>2835294
Strange because I grew up in QLD and am used to the 6pm sunset. Then I visit anywhere else and realise its not normal
>>2835329
Yes cash in hand jobs are attainable, go onto gumtree Jobs and shoot messages you’ll land something. Or the fruit picking

>>2835329
You Seppos are not in our good books right now so you might struggle a bit.

>>2835329
It's possible for any person to pay their way through illegal jobs anywhere in the world, so why mention specifically Americans in Australia? Larping much?

>>2835332
That Australia is long gone.

Yes. I wouldn't live anywhere else.
For whatever reason the city is polarising. I think the fact so many people adore it pisses off some Australians who want to drag it down out of spite.