Brit Reacts To SHOULD YOU LIVE IN MELBOURNE?
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Melbournian here, it doesn’t rain that much but it can go from clear skies to rain quickly. If you don’t like the weather wait 10 minutes. Melbourne is the food, culture, shopping and sporting capital. You’ll find something you’ll like.
She’s obviously not a sports fan. Melbourne is the self-anointed sporting capital of the world!
... and the self appointed "cultural" capital.
I live on the western outskirts of Melbourne in a 4 year old, 4 bedroom house with a double lockup garage and I only pay $380 per week rent. It's a 30 minute drive to the city.
My mates and I go to the Melb comedy Festival almost every year, sometimes up to 6 shows a year.
The weather? A few weeks ago, it was hot and 30 degrees, then clouds and a storm came thru with ACTUAL HAILSTONES, then it went back to sunny and 30 degrees in 10 minutes. And that's absolutely fair dinkum. Crowded House actually wrote a song about it years ago, called 4 Seasons In One Day
Melbourne's weather is "fickle". Cold and wet winters but the summer can be stifling. In autumn and spring literally anything goes. However I really enjoyed living in Melbourne for a few years. The food is great, there's a good pub scene, good nightclub scene if that's what you want, and overall it's quite a safe place to walk around. It is the place to be if you want to see a big AFL game, a major international cricket match, and many other sports. Sydney (where I've lived for over 20 years) is much more expensive to live in than Melbourne, as a rule.
I find the weather no more fickle than London, it’s just warmer. Melburnians talk about the weather about as much as Brits do.
I reckon, I used to work nightshirt 2.30pm to 11.00pm. Some days the temperature was 40 degrees when I left home, got to work and it had dropped to the low 20's. My work was only 20 minutes away. I call that fickle.
That’s just Melbourne weather - heat waves break with a cool change and the temperature drops quickly. We know it’s coming. It’s not fickle, it’s predictable.
Cost of living in Melbourne is SUBSTANTIALLY less than cost of living in London. You can rent a decent 1 bedroom apartment very close to the city for about $600 per week. Groceries will be more expensive, but everything else should be cheaper. The weather is very fickle for most of the year, and there are large cold fronts which can drop the temperature by 15C in less than 10 minutes. Summers are typically quite warm but there are always a few days above 40C which could be quite difficult for a Pommie to cope with. I was not born here but I definitely consider Melbourne to be the city with the most to offer in Australia.
I pay $330.00 for a very unit in Coburg...for $600 PW you'd expect a 2 or 3 BR townhouse Ora small house.
@@steveheywood9428 oh, absolutely. Outside of the city you can get MUCH better rental prices. I myself pay lest than $550 for a 4 bedroom house in the northern suburbs... but he wanted to know about prices close to the city. You would be hard pressed to find a decent 1br apartment within 2km of the city for less than $450. Coburg is great, I work there and it's awesome, and it's only 8km from the city, but he wanted close to the city (I'm considering CBD to be "the city").
It went from sunny to windy to rainy in 5 minutes today, mate! That's particularly Melbourne in Spring - the wettest season.
Also.Melbourne is the Arts capital.Opera, Ballet , Art Galleries, Museums and Philamonic.
Australia has 2 restaurants ranked in the world's top 50. One in Melbourne and one near Geelong, also in Victoria.
On the beaches, Melbourne is at the northern tip of Port Phillip Bay which only has its opening to open ocean over 100km south. Its a shallow flat bay. The ocean beaches are great but the water is always chilly.
The comment I hear most from visitors to Australia in general is "it's so clean!"
They don’t say 4 seasons in one day for nothing. It’s not that big a deal. You just always have a jacket.
All worth it for really good coffee and the food. I’d be surprised if there is a cuisine you could not get here
Mordialic, Brighton, Aspendale.and Edithvale Beach.Further.out on Mornington Peninsula Sorrento.and Mt Martha.Beaches.
Paying $420 a week in Ballarat.Regional city hour an twenty minutes from Melb.That's for a 4 bed houses 3 bath and double garage.Big block of land.
I live in the south-east of Melbourne, where it can be both pricey as hell and yet still affordable. Personally (and you can take this with a grain of salt), it's also the region I most prefer. My own flat is about $320 a week, and while that can seem high, others in the same area can go much higher, yet still less expensive than some other suburbs.
Buying property is the real issue, doesn't matter where you look; even areas considered cheaper aren't looking that way for much longer.
Today is a good example..cool and drizzly 14 in the morning and warm 25 in the arvo. Love Melbourne though.
If you are Brits, Melbourne is the most comfortable for first timer. If you from Mediterranean, I’d suggest Sydney which is closer to your climate.
Melbourne on the whole is safe including the inner city suburbs. The city itself is the most expensive real estate, north and west of the city the less expensive areas with the east and south areas in between. The closer you live to city centre the more expensive. Currently there is a massive housing shortage in Melbourne so getting a rental flat or house is very competitive.
Roughly $350-$500 p/w to rent in a nice area, however, if you look closely you can get cheaper. I managed a good area for $250 p/w for a 1 bedroom unit
If you live 15 minutes or more out of the CBD you could rent a flat for around or even under $500 per week or live in a share house for half that a week but at the moment it's hard to find something because of the rental market but that should start to get better in a year or two and if your only going to come over for a holiday it doesn't really matter but if your thinking of moving here then do your homework about the place that would make it easier and fact Sydney gets more rain per year than Melbourne
People want to visit Sydney but they want to live in Melbourne.
Cost of living in London, particularly rent, is always higher than Melbourne from what I understand.
I'd recommend living anywhere within the tram network to ensure connectivity and ease of getting around.
I’m not sure about the west of melb, I only know about the south east, but a few good suburbs are South Yarra, Toorak, Armadale, Malvern, Elwood, Brighton, Hampton just to name a few. I’d avoid St Kilda, Prahran and Balaclava. Although some parts of these areas are ok.
Yes you should. Next question.
Ok, yes, nowhere is perfect but Melbourne is easy for Brits. The climate is changeable but we Brits are used to that, and I’d describe it as almost a warmer version of what we’re used to. Doesn’t usually get that all day London drizzle, though today it did it all morning for a change. But basically winter feels like a British autumn with the odd cold snap, spring feels like summer, summer feels like your Mediterranean holiday, and autumn feels like another summer.
Melbourne traffic and drivers. I bitch and moan about this every day, but I’ve been here a long time now. The first five years I used to openly laugh at them and tell them about taking half an hour to get around the Hammersmith bus station onto the A4. Being objective, Melbourne traffic is worse than it should be for a city of its size and population, but if you can cope with London traffic it’s not all that bad really.
Beaches are okay, again by British standards, but I absolutely understand why someone from Perth would diss them. They have some properly lovely beaches there. Victoria has some great beaches along the Surf Coast, but St Kilda beach is nice enough, on the trams, and popular with bathers, kite boarders, volleyball players, among others. It has a five mile long scale model of the solar system too, which makes a nice walk.
The rest of it, yeah, all of that. Especially the coffee. I’m more a regular British tea guy, but yeah, coffee’s damn nice here.
Nice balanced assessment
I love the joke we have towards the Melbourne weather if you don’t like it just wait a minute been living here for 10 years used to be in s.a would never go back.
A one bedroom place wouldn't be anywhere near $4,000 per month! You can get very nice apartments right in the CBD for $400-$620 per week. And the same price for the 'posh' area of South Yarra.
St Kilda beach is definitely better than anything in Cornwall. Food and coffee is amazing and I'm originally from Adelaide. Driving here is heaps better than Sydney, it's a nightmare there. Rent on average is $500-700/week if you're living by yourself.
You're really needing to come during the comedy festival, if you time it right you can see the f1 gp too. Do some reactions to some Aussie comedians, then you'll know who to see when you visit. The Basement is the best venue all year round.
I've lived in all the capitals of Australia, and Melbourne is actually the one capital I liked the least.
I live in a very nice one bedroom unit with AC in Coburg which is a suburb 10km north of Melbourne CBD...my rental per week is $330.00 or $1434.00 per calendar month.
This rental is quite average with some lower, and some a little higher. 👍🤗
Public transport i find to be very good, and well priced
I'm about the same rate for a 2 bedroom unit 4km North of the Melbourne CBD. 2 tram routes within 300m and a train station 600m away. Restaurants aplenty, parks, walking and cycling trails.
Nice inner suburbs you can rent a flat for about $700-$900 a week. Cheaper further out.
A inner urban flats to rent ( 1 or 2 bedroom) range from $2100 to $2600 per month depending on suburb and modernity.
Good luck finding a 1 bedroom apartment near the CBD, vacancy rates are about 1%
Wow I'm a Sydneyite and we have wonderful beaches but, Melbourne beaches are great too .. especially St Kilda its one of my favourite in the whole country, and this country has a lot of beaches. Yes Melboune has weird weather, but it gets as hot as Sydney, so a lot lot hotter than Britian.
The Crowded House song 'Four Seasons In One Day' was written in Melbourne about Melbourne weather.
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More likely Auckland - similar weather there and that's where Neil Finn lives.
@@simonealexander7313 No, it's what Neil said about the song. Crowded House was formed in Melbourne, based in Melbourne and although Neil is a Kiwi, most band members were Aussies. Neil Finn wrote the song in his flat in the Melbourne suburb of East St Kilda. The song's title references a phrase used in Melbourne to refer to the city's changeable weather.
Neil Finn explained in an interview:
"Four seasons in one day" was a common Melbourne phrase, 'cause you go from a blazing hot, sunny day to raining and then it'd be hailing that night. [Tim Finn] and I were riding in emotional roller coasters a lot of the time and there was a lot of angst around that period. So it was a good description of the many moods of us collectively and individually."
Melb is expensive but Sydney is much more expensive. You’ll love melb.
A graduate teacher ( ie 1st year out) in Victoria recieves a salary of $76,484 per annum or 40,160 pounds striling...How does that compare with England?
Fewer crocodiles 🐊 in Melbourne. Lol. But seriously, beaches.. coastline BRILLIANT. Yes, the coffee.. people migrate here for the coffee ☕️ l live in Melb and never had a panda though 🐼 Don't get out enough 😂
Great food on her channel!
LESS! $2000 a month for a 1-bedroom apartment will get you something very good. Wages are higher than UK. And other costs relatively comparable.
Exaggerations re weather. She didn't mention sport AFL (Footy) , Australian Open (Tennis) , Grand Prix, Melbourne Cricket Ground for the Boxing Day Test (Cricket) Melbourne Cup (Horse racing)
Melbourne is the food, sports, arts, live music, culture cspital of Australia. Melbourne is cheaoer than sydney. It's way cheaper than London, New York, Tokyo even Toronto.
Melbourne is now the biggest city population wise. Its the fastest growing state economically. It actually has half the rainfall of Sydney. Cold compared to Sydney and Brisbane but its warrm conpared to most of North America or europe.
The weather is entirely forecastable.
Beaches in Melbourne are fine. There's 70 by 40km of bay lined with sandy beaches with no pruvate or restricted beaches. Theres no surf beaches in Port Phillip Bay. But an hour either side are ocean surf beaches.
As a result Port Phillip Bay is very safe for swimming snd watersports especially fishing or diving or boating.
In short, for s big metropolis its ringed with sport, literally twice the theatre seats as Sydney. Virtually every major international event held in Australia in a regukar basis is held in Melbourne.
The Australian Open in Melbourne is one of the fsmous Grand Slam events run since the start slong with the US, French and British open. The MCG is as fanous as the MCC in cricket terms and also the homebof td AFL Grand Final seatung 100,000 spectaors. In the AFL Grand Final series it sold out foue fridays in a row for the finals series. Formula O ne is a ten ninute tram ride fron the business district. The Natuonsl Gallery of Victoria is the biggest in Australia and hosts exchange exhibitions with the most prestigious galleries worldwide. This year's major event was a Rembrandt exhibition. 2024 there's an exhibition of Egyptian Pharoah's artefacts. It will run throughout winter. They regularly exchange exhibitions with the Louvre, British Museum V&A, Tate, Hermitage, Getty, Metropole, , China, Rijksmuseum.
Major shows consider Melbourne in their set design as it is as important as Broadway and the West End in terms of successful seasons. Big shows like Book of Mormon run for a.year. All the big shows come here. Ditto live music.
Rod Laver arena which is the tennis stadium along with four other stadiums a brisk walk from Melbourne host numerous concerts. Melburnians love live events - there's always something going on. And they can afford them and access them easily often by public transport.
The Melbourne Cup is still the Tuesday race that stops the nation.. Melbourne gets a public holiday that day.
Everyone city is expensive to buy property.
Melbourne is now Australia's largest city. Also rent in Melbourne is far cheaper than London. You can always rent share with others in the inner suburbs, like Brunswick, Fitzroy, Carlton, South Yarra or Toorak.
That is astounding considering all the Melbournians who fled Victoria during/after the c19 shenanigans.
Hey Kabir, Should check out some vids on Brissy and the northern coast of Oz. I'm in Grafton NSW, Lovely little country town just north of Coffs Harbour. Anyway love your vids mate.
The problem bout Melbourne with the diversity is every big issue in another country they protest and cause others the inconvenience of their protest.
Cost of rent in Melbourne and Sydney would compare to living in London
Lived in all the cities except the NT. No city compares with the relaxed atmosphere of Melbourne. (Except Adelaide which is far too relaxed) She is over playing the weather, yes you can get four seasons in one day in, but that's not every day. You can go a whole week with no rain and just sunshine or vice versa. Brisbane has May, June, and July of sunny days, the rest of the year is terrible.
Sydney gets a lot of sunshine, but when it rains it doesn't mess around, you can get massive hail storms and roofs blowing off houses. Perth is bloody hot.
Melbourne doesn't have the extremes of the other states.
Melbourne is the coffee capital of Australia, if not the world. (lots of Greeks and Italians live here who know their coffee.
Trams in the CBD, (central business district.) are free and cover the whole city.
Cheers mate.
Speaking from Adelaide, there is no such thing as over relaxed.
Less stress, easy to get around, world class wine regions within 1/2 hour of the city. Pristine beaches all along the coast. Beautiful Adelaide Hills which have been named the best tourist destination in Australia. Magnificent Kangaroo island recently named the second best tourist destination in the WORLD.
Lots more…..AND NO TOLL ROADS.
@@user-ls3xl7ml3d My experience living there for six months, (15 to 20 years ago) was shops shutting very early, bus drivers unable to give direction information even on their own routes, and a number of other indications that made me think it was like a big country town.
@@Rick-da-scale 20 years ago? I bet all capital cities were different 20 years ago.
Recently had to turn to public transport after eye surgery. Could not fault it.
Would rather live in a city that’s like a big country town. We have all the good things that big cities have, without the hustle and bustle. Have been to Melbourne several times. Nice place to visit but wouldn’t want to live there
@@user-ls3xl7ml3d "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." Adelaide nice place to visit, but prefer to live in Melbourne. You wouldn't like Sydney then, because it's a lot more hustle and bustle and faster lifestyle than Melbourne.
@@user-ls3xl7ml3d Melbourne bus drivers don't use "training wheels." (Oban 🤣😎)
The problem with Melbourne is that it’s full of victorians. That’s it’s biggest issue
Melbourne does have changeable weather, especially in spring and autumn. But then that's the case in that climate type. Simply consult the weather forecast ( they get it right > 90% of the
time !) to dress accordingly ! Melbourne's beaches are almost all bay side, not open ocean. No surf but very safe for kids/poor swimmers. If you want surf, drive for 1-2 hours out of CBD.
What is Melbourne rent/mortgage compared to income, hours worked, and time off? Probably far better than here in the U.S., but still.
From an average U.S. citizen point of view, this seems ideal. But at what cost?
Check all the city's be be for you come
Kabir, you know London. Melbourne…? well, another big city… and it has crap weather…. yeh,nah.
Would be cheaper the london
Gday Kabir im Melbourne born and i currently live in outer northern suburbs but ive lived allover i actually live in what most would say is a "BAD" area but ive never had a problem i walk around at night just be cautious mate dont approach groups of younger people if they look suss, prices everything in the supermarket is probably gonna shock you i only say that cos over past couple of months its been shocking me, as for rent its getting higher since pandemic but i cant compare it to anywhere else as i haven't lived anywhere else. You sound pretty switched on but obviously visit first and i can guarantee you'll find what you like here, unless you want stable weather thats really my only peeve about the place
Should I live in Melbourne? No. No I should not and will not. I'd rather cut my own bollocks off than live in a city.
Visit Melbourne but live in Sydney where the govt is better.
Gee, that uninformed pretty young lady from steamy, tropical Asia complaining about the cold and rain, doesn't know enough about this country to be giving advice on any part of its pros and cons.
Australia is 3860 kilometres from North to South and around 4000 kilometres East to West, all European countries would fit inside Australia with room to spare, and yet they dont all have the same weather at the same time, so naturally we have enormous differences in our weather patterns from coast to coast.
Melb is the sporting Capital , the culinary capital, the music capital and holds the title of the education capital since 2015, voted the most liveable city in the world for 7 years running and only lost that title when it gained the title of the longest shut down city in the world during covid.
Now, to avoid paying that excessive CBD rent, study the inner fringe suburbs just out from CBD to find a more reasonable place because Melb has a fairly good public transport network, trams, trains and buses. The MCG is the first train stop out of CBD in Richmond, so you're sorted for the footy. If you look at the weather charts, Melb only gets half of Sydney's annual rainfall, but as a brit, you won't be phased by a few showers.
Keep listening to locals who are born and raised in the area your interested in, be it Melb, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide or Hobart, etc, not the ones who are still muddling through the ins and outs themselves. There is a young American youtuber called Tristan, who desribes things he finds around Brisbane and Sunshine Coast and portrays all of his finds as being available all over Australia, like free man made swimming lagoons in the CBD. 😵💫🤯 what!!? So listen to the locals mate and plan a little time in a few places to make up your own mind. PS all this info is not biased cause I'm not Victorian
Lol variety in seasons 🤣 try 4 seasons in one day
Melbourne is still known as the lockdown capital of the world.
You need a million dollars to buy a modest home in Sydney and Melbourne, the best parts of Melbourne are outside the city where the normal people are like Ballarat or the west and north. Melbourne city is very gloomy in the winter and the people are too PC and do not like other points of view. Places like Lakes Entrance or Mallacoota have much less left-wing influence. What she did not say once you get 5 or 6 miles out of Melbourne city the public transport is rubbish and very in frequent , compared to Sydney's new metro a train every 4 mins and all the new rail and road tunnels just being completed for the new Western Sydney Airport , Melbourne is way behind in that way. Avoid area's around Sunshine anywhere in that area
It's far easier to drive in Melbourne compared to Sydney. I can drive from Geelong to the centre of Melbourne in a little over an hour. Free trams in the Melbourne CBD makes it easier to get around. The CBD is also set out on a grid pattern so very easy to navigate. I found Sydney a nightmare to drive around. I can get from my country town on the Bellarine Peninsula to the Melbourne CBD on cheap public transport. Buses and trains have coordinated schedules so no waiting.
The statement that you made about the 'public transport being rubbish 5 or 6 miles- we measure in kms- out of the city' is RUBBISH!. Melbourne has good train systems and the most extensive tram system in the world. Most roads are on an easily navigated grid. Why would Kabir want to live in Lakes Entrance or Mallacoota that are hundreds of kms from Melbourne! You are totally, ignorantly biased.
In Melbourne this morning. Got up. Cold as a witch's tit. Turned the central heating on. This arvo? Expect to turn the A/C on.
Most totalitarian city in aus ,wouldn't go near there mate
Short answer, NO