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Melbourne .. Shitload of weird words..

What do you call a street directory?

Why cant you call a schooner a schooner? FREAKS I JUST WANT A BEER! A BIG ONE!!

BUT!

So clean... Even ur junkie area is nice!

Its like living in the country but in a city .. Ur parks suck (I went for future music) and everyone drinks and drives (generalisation from what I found)

Sydney is shit house dirty but clubs pubs and everything are alot better.. Chiqs are way better down side is fully sik ulehs but sydney seems to have a better police officer in comparison to melb from what ive seen.

But Sydney wins .. its just the bomb .. melb can be boring .. good for a weekend away to get smashed but bout it

i was in melb last week, from thursday to sat, and it was my first time.

the roads are much wider, and the cars just flow, no traffic.

very friendly people, nice girls.

the greek area in the city lol :D

good shopping

free tram rides are cool

but im so used to sydney, the traffic, the rage on the roads, beaches, sydney city night life :P

Lived in both.... Melb is nicer place and a better place to live in general.

People are more friendly, atmosphere more relaxed, weather sucks but hey. The place is more organised, traffic is better.

Will end up back in Sydney soon; theres certainly alot more of Sydney I'd like to avoid when I'm back there.

I love Melbourne. Its just a more laid back place.

The only things I don't like about Melbourne are:

1. The wind

2. The cold

3. The road enforcement (no signs for fixed speed cameras, heavy handed police, small margins of error)

Aside from that, the city is tops.

I know you pretty well Liz, you dont exagerate, and you have an uncanny talent for guessing the temperature... so im guessing that actual windchill temp was within 1 or 2 degrees of what you said... which is fairly cold... im not living in a place that has a temp of about 10 million below absolute zero!

i was in melb last week, from thursday to sat, and it was my first time.

the roads are much wider, and the cars just flow, no traffic.

very friendly people, nice girls.

the greek area in the city lol :P

good shopping

free tram rides are cool

but im so used to sydney, the traffic, the rage on the roads, beaches, sydney city night life :D

im pretty sure the trams aren't free...

I know you pretty well Liz, you dont exagerate, and you have an uncanny talent for guessing the temperature... so im guessing that actual windchill temp was within 1 or 2 degrees of what you said... which is fairly cold... im not living in a place that has a temp of about 10 million below absolute zero!

im pretty sure the trams aren't free...

he's talking about the city circle tourist trams.. the brown ones that go around the edges of the CBD.. which are free.

me? exaggerate? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

fark it was cold there yesterday!

8degrees when i got off the plane yesterday.... IN THE SUN!

the wind chill must have been -10000000000000000000 degrees

That was the first seriously cold day we have had all year. No joke :thumbsup:

Even i was cold and i don't normally notice it

Ya should've let the Vic people know you were here!

There is a good number of us that work CBD style :sorcerer:

But then... your a traitor... :cool:

well it was bloody freezing.. i had gloves, a scarf, 2 tops under my shirt, a cardigan AND a winter coat on.. and I was still cold!

I was only down there for the day :)

next time I'll come out for a few cleansing ales!

the weather is one thing I love about melbourne. gives me a chance to wear some of the many, many jackets I have in the closet that can only be worn for about 1 week a year in sydney.

I like melbs. I like sydney too. I could happily live in either.

Both are crappy Mexicans to the superior Brisbane.

1 hour from surfers

1 hour from sunshine coast.

all roads are new.

all roads are wide.

plenty of hills

circuits.

easy going cops.

easy laws on modifications.

low "uleh" factor.

wimmins.. come on... tanned/blonde/blue is what aus is about and this is where they are made..

clubs.. I'm sure there are some.. not my scene.

pubs/bars/latte sipping fairy places a plenty.

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