Subj : Re: New to this
To   : StormTrooper
From : boraxman
Date : Sun Apr 20 2025 11:54 pm

On 20 Apr 2025 at 09:20a, StormTrooper pondered and said...
 
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 St>  bo> In Australia, at least in the bigger cities, we get gentrification. 
 St>  bo> Areas which were affordable rise in price as other people are pushed 
 St>  bo> of more expensive areas and move in.  We often here in Australia of
 St>  bo> "inner city slums" in the US, but we don't really have that here.  Th
 St>  bo> inner city may have graffiti and drugs, but its generally more
 St>  bo> "Bohemian" and sought after by the young Liberal types who like quirk
 St>  bo> stores and Thai restaurants.  Apart from some graffiti, there is lots
 St>  bo> do and see, whereas the 'suburbs' here are more cultural wastelands w
 St>  bo> nothing.
 St> 
 St> I suspect that depends on your suburb... the more recent cookie cutter
 St> higher density burbs probably fit that bill to a T, but the older ones
 St> at least around Melbourne still seem to have sufficient amenities. Even
 St> if a lot of "strip" shops have disappeared. 
 St> 

Ahh, a fellow Melbournian!

I do definately prefer the more established suburbs, the new ones just feel a bit too open, too artificial, sterile...

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