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Does Australia Suck? (pg. 118)
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| narcism |
| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
why don't any of you kiwis ever talk about Perth? there IS a western australia you know :o |
Is there? |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by igottaknow
do to the fact |
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| Ash Parajuli |
| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
why don't any of you kiwis ever talk about Perth? there IS a western australia you know :o |
not a Kiwi |
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| Fledz |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ash Parajuli
not a Kiwi |
That's the joke. |
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| FuzzQi |
| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
why don't any of you kiwis ever talk about Perth? there IS a western australia you know :o |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
:stongue: i love how lil can turn any conversation into a discussion about her bourgeoisie empire. |
That's because she doesn't need men AND WE ALL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT. AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. DID YOU KNOW SHE ALSO DRIVES FAST CARS AND FIXES THEM HERSELF? SHE DOESN'T NEED NO MAN, NU-UH! |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lilith
Because like it or not, you're part of the rest of the world and they do have an impact on the quality of a city in regards to things like tourism, architecture, investment and its culture. Out of all of Australia's capital cities its one of the few that actually attracts that much overseas attention. |
I'm obviously biased, but this is a very poor argument. Apart from the monetary gain and perhaps increased spending on infrastructure, what does tourism do for a city? Fill it with annoying prats, basically. As rage man said, tourists don't make a city more liveable; quite the opposite, in fact.
And in regards to overseas attention and culture, you have to be joking. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Comedy Festival, Melbourne Theatre Company, Grand Prix, Spring Racing Carnival, Melbourne Food & Wine Festival, Good Food Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Australian Open, AFL Grand Final, Grape Grazing, A Day On The Green, Fashion Week. What the is Sydney known for? The city is basically a halfway point between the brash tackiness of the Gold Coast and Melbourne's more down to earth nature. Think about all the events I just mentioned, and how much international attention they attract. In what respect does Sydney attract such attention, from people other than tourists?
Sydney's nightlife is a farce in comparison, too. The city gets less international DJs than Melbourne, and has a pretentious collared-shirt, high-heel culture which discourages fun in favour of being seen. No, The only things that Sydney has over Melbourne is beaches and top restaurants. However, while Melbourne's top restaurants aren't quite as opulent and well-regarded as it's northern cousin's, Sydney has nothing which compares to Melbourne's coffee culture, and its Italian and Greek influence. I'm not attempting to say that one city is better than the other, because different people look for different things in a city. You, for example, seem only to care about the property market. But to try and claim Sydney has more culture than Melbourne is ridiculous. |
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| Tweak |
| Why am I rage man? Good post though. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
That's because she doesn't need men AND WE ALL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT. AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. DID YOU KNOW SHE ALSO DRIVES FAST CARS AND FIXES THEM HERSELF? SHE DOESN'T NEED NO MAN, NU-UH! |
:stongue: he's got you by the balls lil! |
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| Lilith |
What is Sydney known for? A fair bit apparently.
http://www.eventsnsw.com.au/Home.aspx
Though, for what its worth the collective vitriol and sheer hatred for me is quite amusing, if I'd gone out of the way and clipped some of your nuts I'd even understand why.
But I don't think I have, if you want to make it personal, sure. You start the name calling and I simply start ignoring everything else you're saying. |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lilith
What is Sydney known for? A fair bit apparently.
http://www.eventsnsw.com.au/Home.aspx
Though, for what its worth the collective vitriol and sheer hatred for me is quite amusing, if I'd gone out of the way and clipped some of your nuts I'd even understand why.
But I don't think I have, if you want to make it personal, sure. You start the name calling and I simply start ignoring everything else you're saying. |
Collective vitriol? Sheer hatred? Name calling? Where did any of those things pop up? I made a joke about you liking your independence, which is true. I then calmly detailed why you were wrong in your assertions regarding Sydney.
Melbourne has a website like that too. So does every city in the world. I was in Wales last year and some bum town with 1000 residents was hosting the world's largest poetry festival. Of course there's a lot on in Sydney, as there should and would be in any city of its size. Again, however, there is nothing like Spring Carnival or Grand Prix, and as I understand it, the MTC and MSO are more well-regarded than their counterparts upstate. In population, Melbourne is a smaller city and yet dwarfs Sydney in terms of recognized festivals and other cultural events. |
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| FuzzQi |
In my circle Melbourne is known for fashion, good food, chocolate, cool bars and events. Sydney is known for shopping and racists lol.
Not that's accurate or anything, but that's an example of some outsiders' perspective. |
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