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Reading an article; British ex pat comes to Melbourne for a year. Been here for 3 months and this is the some of the worst things he finds about melbourne
Public transport system and myki cards, fair… the comment about “the second you forget your myki you can’t get on public transport” that’s a you problem dude not Melbourne.
“How long it takes to cross the road” apparently it takes 5 mins. Do you guys agree?
“Lack of accommodations” renting and buying is impossible. I mean we are in a renting crisis all over the world not just Melbourne but go off!
“Homeless people and drug addicts” make him feel unsafe. This has me thinking, does England not have these issue? Is it cleaner and safer over there? He speaks of Melbourne but talks specifically about the City.
Guess this guy did zero research and did not jump on reddit and ask the 50 million dollar question about whether to come here or not
I feel like with all the bad he’s spoke about melbourne, the least he could’ve done was list some good stuff too.
Article within the spoiler. What are people’s thought
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https://au.news.yahoo.com/british-expat-blasts-five-worst-things-about-living-in-melbourne-064058997.html
the dude is a tosser, he can go back to england, the miserable mess it is. munted
The crossing road thing… what? I’ve never heard of that.
5 minutes man, it takes 5 minutes… apparently!
I can’t think of a single situation where it takes that long to cross a road. Is this person trying to cross a busy highway with no traffic lights? I don’t understand.
Looks like he’s talking about the City, at least the reference to the homelessness and drug addicts. Not sure
You can always j walk or get run over. You have options. Everything else is probably true though.
Maybe he’s crossing highways?
Possibly I don’t know. Article doesn’t say much