How Did You Pick a City to Live in?

[Deactivated] on 20/12/2018 - 23:28
Last edited 22/12/2018 - 11:50 by 1 other user

I'm in Canberra at the moment, but I'm missing the coast and the weather it brings (not crazy hot in summer and crazy cold in winter). But… I could not go back to wasting my money on commuting (bus, train, or driving) when I have a ten minute bike ride here.

Really not sure where to move next! I think I'd have to work in Parramatta if I moved to Sydney, and anywhere near the beach is going to be a hellish commute or really expensive, even the inner west is super expensive. And I don't want to live in the west proper.

Would love to hear your thoughts on alternatives, as well as why you live where you live!

Education & Work

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  • [Deactivated] on 21/12/2018 - 00:02

    How did you pick a city to live in?

    Close enough to family and old friends, but in location that opened up more options, opportunities, and new friends to meet. Then moved a bit away (5km) from the city I chose, just because inner city living really isn't for me (too much crims and druggies lingering in the streets, people less friendly, a bit too rushed, and anonymous in that people don't know each other) .
    I grew up in an extremely insular small town, everyone knows everyone and what everyone else has been up to etc. Like city for added opportunities, but still prefer to be a lil out of city, as its kind of an demographic in between small hometown, and the city.

    but I'm missing the coast and the weather it brings

    Certainly I feel a sense of longing and kind home-sick for being round coast. Not just ths weather, but also the energy that I feel when round the Ocean:)
    I have lived in Canberra a few months for work. Apart from the cold weather, and things not opening as long hours, it was great. Because of the shortage of workers, yet lots of jobs going, I was able to earn much better income by living in Canberra. I was going back to coastal home every weekend or 2nd weekend though.

    • dcep on 21/12/2018 - 01:07

      5km city radius = inner city

  • Scrooge McDuck on 21/12/2018 - 05:48
    +3

    Somewhere with no individual income tax.

    • Baghern on 28/12/2018 - 20:20

      You do that…I'll be waiting with my mates to invade and take your things with impunity

      • Scrooge McDuck on 28/12/2018 - 22:54

        You don't know what you're talking about.

  • altomic on 21/12/2018 - 06:45
    +4

    I live in Brisbane because I lost a bet :(

    • Quantumcat on 21/12/2018 - 07:57
      +6

      Sounds like a good story?

  • mskeggs on 21/12/2018 - 07:31
    +1

    If I was moving cities, I would likely look abroad.
    Housing is still too costly here, and a few years on an adventure would be good.

  • Quantumcat on 21/12/2018 - 07:57

    My two sisters and their kids, parents, grandparents, aunt and uncle all live here and I have a job here so it would be crazy to move anywhere else.

    • Scrooge McDuck on 21/12/2018 - 12:36
      +3

      You must have a nice family. For some, all but the last, are reasons they'd be crazy not to move anywhere else!

  • slow on 21/12/2018 - 08:00
    +3

    I was backpacking and met someone from a different country and city I had never been to or considered moving to, but followed them there. 20+ years and a few kids later this is very much home

  • ProBoDoBo on 21/12/2018 - 08:10

    Education!

  • GG57 on 21/12/2018 - 08:52

    For me (as an adult) it has varied as situations change at different times.

    I've enjoyed moving around the world, and many different locations within Aust, but the location has always been driven by other things apart from weather, livability, family. Usually work / employment, but that brought with it many opportunities.

    Even years spent in developing countries had positives (if you have the right attitude).

  • Marcsie on 21/12/2018 - 09:13

    Melbourne - the world most livable city for 7 years in a row from 2011 to 2017 :)

  • lddv04 on 21/12/2018 - 09:14

    Employment! I live where I live because that's where the job is.

  • [Deactivated] on 21/12/2018 - 09:33

    I raised a rooster.

    I made a pilgrimage to get different clays from each city, dried and crushed each of them to form red dust.

    I made a stone circle and and with the red dust now turned to paste with purified water, I wrote the names of the cities, alternating the names until the circle was saturated.

    I made a trip to Bunnings and got a branch cutter.

    One morning, I awoke before the rooster crowed. Dusk was silent that day. The branch cutter did it's job without complain and the rooster's paradoxically lifeless yet restless carcass run around the stone circle, much like the overused idiom.

    Where the blood pooled I went.

    • Scrooge McDuck on 21/12/2018 - 12:45

      Where I lay my head is home, carved upon my stone.
      My body lie, but still I roam.       🤘

      • [Deactivated] on 21/12/2018 - 18:15

        🤘

  • barbarella on 21/12/2018 - 09:40
    +1

    I go for places with a great climate (northern NSW)
    It depends on your employment opportunities (if needed), how close you want to be to family/friends.
    Some love the cities (NEVER!) and some love the country - so much less stressful in country areas.
    It depends on many things that are required for one's individual needs and preferences…
    It depends on how adventurous you are - I've moved to a few different places, all by myself, in my lifetime where I knew nobody…but I'm outgoing and soon have a new social network :)
    Be where you want to be…be happy :)

  • inherentchoice on 21/12/2018 - 09:47
    +1

    Jesus picked Bethlehem to fulfill ancient prophesy.

    • Scrooge McDuck on 21/12/2018 - 12:54

      But first he'll have to enter the United States to fly to Tel-Aviv.

  • onetwothreefour on 21/12/2018 - 13:25

    I met my wife in Sydney when we were both backpackers, neither of us wanted to live in our home countries so we stayed in Sydney. We've since moved further out so that we could afford to buy a house.

  • HardlyCharly on 21/12/2018 - 16:32

    I'm not rich and never have been so it hasn't been a choice. That being said, due to the incredibly high costs to live in Sydney/Melbourne my husband and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else anyway! Maybe that will change by the time we have kids (10 years away) but not likely unless we come into some real money.

  • [Deactivated] on 22/12/2018 - 00:43

    I was ejected from a vagina in this city and am too lazy to find a different place to live.

  • Rawrkun on 22/12/2018 - 08:48

    I'm in Sydney now but will be relocating to Canberra next year for work.

    Too broke to afford staying in Sydney and will definitely miss the beach.

    Will probably just be heading to a public pool in Canberra with my sand filled shoes and cononut water.

    Life..

    • [Deactivated] on 22/12/2018 - 10:04

      Hey, welcome to Canberra! Send me a message if you have any questions.

      Pro tip: do not go live in the suburbs.

  • Foxtail on 28/12/2018 - 13:32
    +2

    After 50 years didn't like the traffic, smog, crowds of people and property prices in Sydney, moved to FNQ best thing ever, near new 4br, 2bath, DG homes at one quarter the price of capital cities, wear shorts the year round (turn aircon on in summer), oh I forgot I like palm trees and beaches too.

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