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hi, thinking about moving the family to the ACT, just wanting to find out what areas have good/bad reputations.

any info appreciated.

p.s. who has good insurance prices in canberra, just got a quote for my R32 GTS4 from suncorp metway and they say that in Chifley (PC 2606) that my car would cost $1500, at moment it costs $700. Is CHifley a good/bad area???

Stephen

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this will hopefully be my field of expertise in a few years, depends on how much you want to spend? if you have a couple of mil you could probably find somewhere fairly civilised.

but canberra in general is quite nice. the better areas are places like Manuka, Forrest, Kingston etc. probably looking to pay around 400k to get into the market in manuka or kingston (i think kingston may have a few crummy parts though, correct me if im wrong?)

somewhere fairly nice and simple would be like gordon, gunghalin or Jerrabomberra (where alot of our members live) its nice, clean and affordable. but obviously it all depends on how much your willing to spend?

if u want your car broken into, move to queanbeyan

but seriously, chifley is ok. its close to woden center. but there are better areas. depends on how much u can afford

kingston doesnt have any crummy areas through it that i know of. looks nicer with the new apartments on the shoreline

Canberra is best for services and education. I beleive it is the best in Australia to raise a family.

Hey - Jerrabomberra is Great. We have a good collection of lines out this way. Prices $300k upwards. No real wankers out his way.

Have a look at a map of Canberra to understand the areas. It's made up of satelite towns. Belconnen (Just sucks), Gungahlin (new but sucks) City (pricey/slummy areas and sucks), Manuka/Kingston (pricey) $500k upwards, Woden (hmmm! Chifley is here and it's a mix), Tuggeranong (newish with new areas going up) $275k upwards.

As Veilside said, in general all of Canberra is good it will boil down to what you want to spend (Rent or Buy) Queanbeyan is cheaper (commonly known as struggle town). Another place down here to avoid is a suburb known as Charnwood. Also stay clear of Kambah.

I'd say anywhere round Tuggeranong for newer places 15years n younger housing.

Take a trip down and have a look round, chat to the natives.

As for insurance I reckon anywhere in Canberra is going to be $1500 upwards. No matter the postcode.

Tuggs is in the middle of no where but, woden is centrel , bleco is not that bad depens on the area, but yes stay away from charnwood and kambarr, shop around well for a house if your looking to buy there are some bargins at the moment

whats wrong with kambah?

well it is regarded as the drugo place of southside i guess + dodgy people hehe well thats the stigmata about it.

it really depends on what you are after

something cheaper but still good eg banks, gordon etc

something cheap and dodgy richardson, kambah

etc etc

ps this is southside only as i know nothing of northside

yeh...what's wrong with kambah!!!!! :)

it rocks!! (i live there, i have to say that heh)

nah i think kambah is a lot better than it used to be when it got a reputation...i've lived here a while and never had a problem - a lot of the dodgy gov housing has been sold off and done up by the new owners.

Stephen, Chifley is fine...anywhere around there is good - Woden's a nice area and close to everything. Curtin would be my pick of the suburbs there (only cos i grew up there :) ). It's an older area and you'll find most houses have huge blocks, but on the downside some places might need a little TLC. Woden Plaza is right at your door, as well as movies/restaurants, and literally over the road is Phillip which has car dealerships, tyre places, hardwear shops etc..

Course not.

Negative in the single digits ain't cold. It's when it goes to _two_ digit negatives.

Canberra's a nice place. Lived/worked there for almost 3 years. Coming from a bigger city, it doesn't matter where you live. Everything is close. It's no more than 20 mins to get to anywhere. Even from one end of town to another. Hell, I spend more time driving into work now in 1 day than I did driving into work for a week in ACT.

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