Melbourne - worth living in?

I suppose it depends on what someone is looking for Son of Baglimit, I have a friend that comes down from QLD just for our shopping strips.

Any tours that come from overseas come to Melbourne, I like that we dont miss out on much : )

As Nun has said, each to their own.

Tink said:

I suppose it depends on what someone is looking for Son of Baglimit, I have a friend that comes down from QLD just for our shopping strips.

Any tours that come from overseas come to Melbourne, I like that we dont miss out on much : )

As Nun has said, each to their own.

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id always told the following to people coming to australia for an extended holiday/working holiday - minimum 12 months.

spend half your time travelling, seeing the sights, having the experiences, taking the photos etc etc - then spend the other half in melbourne and just live - settle into the lifestyle here - you wont regret it.

This lady is bailing out of Sydney in favour of Melbourne. I doubt she'll be the last. We should have left the federal parliament down there too.

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/socie...ney-but-youre-on-the-nose-20120120-1qac3.html
Hate to tell you, Sydney, but you're on the nose - by Wendy Squires
January 21, 2012
After I hit 40, you [Sydney] just didn't look at me the same way. Don't deny it. Yeah, yeah, you say, dismissively. But let's look at things honestly, shall we? I know we only orbited a small pocket of the east and city suburbs but that was my world with you and, frankly, it started spinning too fast for me..

..Anyway, the bottom line is I have left you. Look around. There's nothing of me left there...

..I think you would get on with Melbourne, Sydney, but you may be too arrogant to agree. My new city reminds me of you in happier times, before you became blinded by your own beauty.

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Looks like i too will be moving to Melbourne later in the year. Only downside for me is the weather...

prawn_86 said:

Looks like i too will be moving to Melbourne later in the year. Only downside for me is the weather...

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Cant complain the last couple of weeks, the weather has been beautiful.
Off to the tennis for the day : )

prawn_86 said:

Looks like i too will be moving to Melbourne later in the year. Only downside for me is the weather...

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Hi Prawn,

To be honest the weather is actually really nice. I've lived in Sydney now for 2 years and can say that I've never seen as much volume of rain than I have living here. The weather does appear to be better (a bit warmer) but the humidity is a killer.

Melbourne does get cold in Winter but it's always fresh and rarely humid. You'll love it!

JTLP said:

I've lived in Sydney now for 2 years and can say that I've never seen as much volume of rain than I have living here.

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Soggy Sydney with roughly double the rain of Adelaide, Melbourne or Hobart.

That's official BOM data by the way.

JTLP said:

..I've lived in Sydney now for 2 years and can say that I've never seen as much volume of rain than I have living here. The weather does appear to be better (a bit warmer) but the humidity is a killer.
Melbourne does get cold in Winter but it's always fresh and rarely humid. You'll love it!

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True. The Sydney basin seems to generate it's own weather, it's often stormy, with frequent heavy rainfall events.

And the humidity - commuters on Sydney public transport during Jan-March will be happy to tell you how 'wonderful' the weather is. If they retain the power of speech.

I'm a Melburnian born and bred so am biased but I love living in Melbourne. I've recently returned after 14 years in regional Victoria and, although I miss some aspects of living in the bush (not the threat of bushfires!) I am loving being back in Melbourne. My preference is for the eastern suburbs as that's where I grew up and have family and friends in the area. I love being just a tram ride away from the footy, cricket, tennis etc. I am finding housing prices depressingly high so we are renting at the moment. The winters are a bit depressing, only the footy gets me through! Sydney gets more rain but it can be cold and drizzly during much of winter in Melbourne (and sometimes in Spring, Summer and Autumn too ) so even though we don't get heaps of rain it sometimes seemd like we do when you get a string of cold damp days.

Brighton and that area is lovely, so is Willliamstown. I actually think there are heaps of great places to live in Melbourne. I have a nephew living in Fitroy and a brother in Abbotsford both loving the inner city lifestle. I've lived in Carlton in the past and it was great, I could walk to work in the CBD. Like I said, I prefer the slightly quieter (more boring?) eastern suburbs these days. The only places that aren't too great are the very outer suburbs in all directions (IMO).