I Investigated The City With The World's WORST Nightlife
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- Опубликовано: 1 мар 2024
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Aussies are very isolated Sydney is also one of the hardest places in the world to make friends, Aussies are friendly and sociable but it’s rare to see connections formed, And if you do go clubbing you need at least $400 to have a good night, it’s pretty sad to see Aussies getting so abused by the tax System.
Very true..go woke go broke
Wtf u spending 400 on I use about 150 max and have a good night
@@mrgenius311330 bucks can have a good night
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400 back in 2008. I’d say closer to the 1k mark for a similar experience these days. I was lucky in a sense I did make some good connections that have lasted the years. I was lucky to not pay entry fees and to be out in groups that made it safer generally speaking. Great video well edited and full of good information.
The day the decision to turn off the Opera House lights (and bridge) at 930pm to save power lol was the day the whole city declined. Most other tourist spots around the World are lit up like Christmas trees until dawn. Sydney city council thinks its saving the World by shutting off the lights lol lol lol
Around 2010 the nightclubs and bars all started playing the same type of music and things started to fall off. We used to have The Red Room playing old school jams, Cargo Bar and Marble Bar playing 70's and 80's soul and funk etc. - different spots for different vibes and crowds. Around 2011 - 2012 you would go bar hopping and hear The Black Eyed Peas "I gotta feeling" play on the hour every hour at each spot. Parramatta also deserves a solid mention - The Roxy was a great institution, but unfortunately some very unsavoury things went down there constantly. We can't have nice things here.
What sort of unsavoury things?
In 2012 I heard Thunderstruck by AC/DC in Sydney because Melbourne Storm took home the silverware 🧐😮💪💪💪💪
Don't forgot listening to Fatman Scoop 100 times.
I lived in Spain in the 80's and early 90's. When I returned to Sydney I realised how dead the city was. That was 28 years ago. Nothing's changed. Sydney was and always will be a dump. It was dead way before 2012.
Cap. Sydney was great before 2013, you were just old af 😂
80s and 90s were the best..even the spanish club was pretty busy..all went down hill after that..Sydney went woke
80’s 90’s and early 2000’s Sydney was up there with the best. Started to go downhill when they really came down on ecstacy use. More people drank, more problems, the night life drifted away and look where we are now.
Lol and that was in the hay days
What are you talking about, I grew up in the inner west and I was always partying in the cross and Oxford Street and I was always having the most amazing nights back then. So stop talking shit.
The saddest thing is that young people were led to believe that partying is living. When in truth they are squandering their most energetic years and funds.
This is one of your best yet bro Kim was awesome keep it up
Thank u Jamie ur videos mean every thing to me looking forward to more tell nick thank u for all his hard work bless u
One of your best episodes yet mate. Great interview with Kim Hollingsworth. Very insightful.
100% agree with Kim. It's time for change in a responsible manner.
I remember living in King's Cross and in the middle of the night the defqon bus would drive past pumping music so loud it would make the glass in the windows shake. good times.
Kim is such a legend! Thank youuu for including her I love herrr ! 🙌🏼😍
Given how appalling Sydney's nightlife is, I can see why so many people go to the major hardstyle festivals here per year (shoutout to HSU Events). We don't have a lot of events anymore so we just gotta work with what we still have left.
Northbridge in Perth pumps harder than Sydney clubs lol
Sure does
Before the lockout laws, Kingscross was absolutely jam packed with people every Friday and Saturday night, the vibe was good, tourists from around the world literally flocked there because Sydney was famous for our nightlife! And it's not just Kingscross but the CBD as well! I have met heaps of tourists from around the world at Kingscross, We Sydneysiders used to scoff, look down and make fun of Melbournes nightlife because we were just so much better than their nightlife as well as any major city in Australia. I remember the strippers in front of the stripclubs would walk around on the footpath be dressed like showgirls, and they would literally take your hand and pull you into the strip club. There was also a nightclub for every genre you can imagine, rnb/ hip hop, rock, techno, electro, classy vibes, pop music...etc, you name it
Kingscross as the redlight district dates back 150 years as sailors used to dock at Garden Island and come up to Kingscross for the brothels and fun, this has all been destroyed forever by the lockout laws, it's really sad to see.
Nice work bro!
Lukes a legend
Clubs and gambling waste of money
In your opinion but not necessarily for others.
gambling is a waste, but Sydney needs its night-life back, there is a reason why gangs and crime is on the rise, sydney is an anti-social and quite violent city.
@@midnight2jzz51gangs and crime have nothing to do with clubs. The main issue is cost of living crisis
Online dating is a significant factor that has killed Australian nightlife
The peak was between 1990 and 1996, I lived and breathed it, Hordern Pavilion dance parties, Ziggurat in Kings Cross, DCM in Oxford Street and The infamous Blackmarket prior to the bikie shooting, unfortunately those days will never be duplicated nor beaten, the drugs, the music, the people, it was a once in a lifetime experience 💪
I was there with ya.
89 to 95 were my peak years
@@Edwardscissor My mates were DJ Stevie B, Fang, Grant Truslove, Jules, DJ Gian.
In Brisbane, our nightlife isn't great either. We do have the valley but thats really it. But although nightlife is crap, we make up for it as we are more of a morning city, known for early risers, morning walks along the river and beautiful weather.
Hey Kim ❤ fancy seeing you here 😊
Round the world this is happening. But Sydney it's really bad!
1990s night club tour..
Whiteroom.. Studabakers Underground..Apia Club ..DCMs Exchange..Kinselas..Q Bar..Rogues..just to name a few..long are the days..and you played WILDFM from your CD car stacker
You forgot Sugareef, Byblos, Tantra, Sublime (Pitt St), Gas, 77, Home and NV
@byza101 throw in Ziggurat,The Front and Blackmarket
@@EdwardscissorThose were the days!!
Good luck, Sydney. I'm from Melbourne myself and it's been over 20 years since I was regularly going out. I've been in the CBD a couple of times here and there on a Friday night and there's definitely a great nightlife in Melbourne still. It's a shame that Sydney doesn't have it.
Same thing happened to Auckland City’s nightlife the clubs got pushed out as well. Take me back to 2014 😢
Good to see you’re doing more than just “can I get a hoya” videos now 👏🏼
Fortitude Valley in Brisbane is a perfect party precinct, super easy to navigate (easily managed) with easy public transport setups, great clubs everywhere, lots of international acts every week. Melbourne is a bit confusing in a cool exciting way.. as someone who doesn't live there, it's hard to know what's on & where to go, but you just walk everywhere and you find really cool unique places down conspicuous alleyways behind unsuspecting entrances, down or up, stairs that allude to nothing and it truly is incredible what you find.. hives of humans or strangely decor'd venues with equally unique drinks, loads of great music and food too. Melbourne is huge. Sydney i can't rate.. I've been there and tried looking for a party and nightlife, never found it.. figured I just wasn't 'in the know' enough, I went to Kings Cross and the main CBD and still nothing. It was a pretty beautiful city though, but the botanical gardens there were lame.
Waht did the botanical gardens ever do to you lol
Melbourne sounds like fun. I would love to explore all those funky back alleys & do some thrift shopping during the day at those amazing 2nd hand & vintage stores I keep hearing about. You’re right about Sydney. It did & still does have a good partying scene but a lot of it is “underground” & you do have to be “in the know”.
10:05 nice backdrop 😂
Video full of Dropkicks
The best part is when Jamie talking with the ex-sw lady next to a guy getting done by the cops 😂
Air bnb and cocaine have done most the damage in recent times.. no one is talking about this !
The reality is, with the cost of living and inflation, with people having learnt to socialise without leaving their homes (COVID played a role in that) it’s very unlikely the nightclub scene will ever be what it used to be
Surely extra security rules could have been implemented vs shutting the joint down.
Kim’s probably one of the most well spoken people I’ve ever heard.
Agree 💯
Nanny culture is everywhere now.
dont say anything about the organized crime in the cross every door man knew one another
Sydney's an absolute sh!t hole now. So sad because i have so many great memories with my friends in the mid 90's and early 20's head out to the city with so many choices and fun things to do. Now its dead and WAY over priced.
Save your money in more affordable places that need the money.
Me & the snake hisses accidentally booked accommodation in Potts point at the Cross in 2012 but it wasn’t to bad. Best thing about the trip was that the Mighty Melbourne Storm kicked the Bulldogs arse & that made our stay much more pleasurable 🍻🤘
We got plenty of police they need to be out keeping the streets safe during the weekend.
if the party life is 16Billion then there is a market there and the taxes paid can also help fund police to maintain the safety.
I remember seeing cops in Melbourne groups of like 8 walking around I think that's dumb u only need pairs and when there is trouble you radio for help and the others patrolling will come.
There was nothing like the DCM’s & Rogues days the night life then was crazy !
Melbourne night-life is worse... I use to party in Sydney it's even worse in Melbourne. I remember someone who got shot in my hotel room that I booked to stay in kings cross was every scary. The place was getting cleaned when I got to the hotel room which looked better in pictures when I booked. Melbourne people getting put on mental health acts and orders where the government has control of your life. Doctors taking advantage of people pushing people on medication and injections. No wonder doctors getting harassment from people who been forced medication and injections that might be really bad for you.
2005 - 2012 nightlife in The Cross was EPIC ... I left Sydney when they screwed the nightlife community, it's never been the same since and was handled terribly. Potatoes in charge had zero care factor for community.
That was when we were clubbing that is why, are the cool people retired from the scene.
All of Sydney is a Sh*t hole. I grew up there and I recomend visitors to Australia to think of regional places to experience a safe Australia.
Another big reason our nightlife sucks is trains do not run past 1am and lime bikes are not everywhere like hold coast, cause oh you could ride it drunk 😔
Don't come to Northbridge then 😂
Bro in the background getting arrested for the video lol 9:30
I'm from London UK & never been to Australia! ☹️
Who goes to a car yard and says "let me test drive your oldest used car" ... and something arrives with flat tires, hasnt been washed for years, doors don't close and you keep falling out??? and then your expected to pay 400$ to drive it around the block once.
Nice little doco.
Nanny state, prohibition does not work.
Do the clubs still open till 7am? Are there any day clubs in Sydney, starting at 8am? Do these clubs have constant visits from police and sniffer dogs?
Still open at 7am? Probably not many. You can go to The Star casino in which is open 24/7 but the bouncers might kick you out if you are drunk because the government has the boot up their asses at the moment. Starting at 8am? Why?! Problem gamblers and tradies are the only people I know who drink at that time. Do these clubs have constant visits from police and sniffer dogs, in recent times I have only seen this when I went to a strip club, kills the vibe. Broke ass cops jelly.
@@EatMyShortsAU in the 90’s and 00’s and probably the 80’s also, there were numerous day clubs in the city, they opened between 7-8am so you could leave the club at 7am and walk straight into another club somewhere else… nobody was drinking 😂 so nobody getting kicked out for being drunk… You could literally go out Friday night and come home Sunday night.
@@byza101Yeah true true, people who did that were crazy.
@@EatMyShortsAU yes mate, certifiably crazy. Such a mad feeling to have been out all night dancing, tired as but peaking, to enter a club in the morning packed with people fresh from home and others that had been out since Friday night. To see what has become of the night scene in Sydney, I’m so glad I got to enjoy it when it was good.
@@byza101Yeah exactly, I am glad I did all of that back in my late teens and 20's.
That lady 45 years dam my god😊
damn, if she's 45 I'm 45
I got 'roofied' in King's Cross at a nightclub on holiday from QLD, the security guards clearly just did it for fun. Not bad.
Go to Alice Springs. Way worse night life!
Imagine if this was chapel st in Melbourne.
Chapel is boring compared to the old cross days
Sydney’s nightlife shouldn’t have died just because nightclubs and bars closed. There’s a problem with the culture that people think going out at night just means getting shitfaced and dancing in a confined space with hundreds of other people. There’s plenty of other things that could remain open for entertainment by looking at other cities.
Live band scene is gone and Covid is deal breakers also for Sydneys dead night life.
Lad your smaking ard 😂
Town Hall the party spot
sydney nightlifes always been a shit hole mate, nothings changed.
That's debatable. A lot of people I know would like forward to clubbing every Friday and Saturday night. Some would even go 3-4 nights a week. Maybe there is a nostagia factor to it.
I have lived in a few countries and i can say the night life in Sydney is a complete ripoff and there are too many silly rules.
The Cross wasn't THE place to go. The City, Paddington, Darlinghurst, Rose Bay, Bondi, and Bondi Junction these were the places to go, Not The Cross ~ 🤮 so rough 80s & 90s..
The Cross was full of drunk, smashed guys looking for trouble.
Absolutely agree. These people just don’t know where the good places are. Kings Cross is a joke.
No night life is better for Australians and cops
Now she's a cop 👏good job nsw police force
People can turn their lives around believe it or not.
No she’s no cop. She was sacked 30 years ago
Good on ya Sydney, nightlife is not what people should be working their arse off for
you must be fun as at parties
@@user-hl2ur6my8y no idea, cause I won't spend my time for that shit
@@user-hl2ur6my8y no idea, cause I won't spend my time on that shit
@@user-hl2ur6my8y no idea, not gonna spend time on that shit anyways
Frankston
Sydney is a lost cause. Drinking culture is toxic. That Luke guy does seem genuine tho.
I think you are right. Apparently, Melbourne and Gold Coast is good so there is hope I guess. Maybe after 2030 Sydney will catch up again.
I'm on the Gold Coast and it totally pumps here...why leave the endless summer to visit morbid nonexistent Sydney nightlife
GC is mediocre at best. Only vibrant nightlife is in Europe. where they party till sunrise. They lack our mental illness of getting blind drunk and king hitting people.
Seriously to much from the sex worker perspective….
He should have just called it the “Kim Hollingsworth Show”. She’s an old rough hooker who knows nothing about good nightlife. The Cross was always shit except for Ziggurat in the morning after all night at DCM & then Blackmarket. Those good old days are gone.
Shut up
Indoneaia
Unfortunately Thomas's parents ended up losing 2 sons out of what happened in 2012.
Lets call it for what it is Austrialian culture has a huge issue with drinking and fighting, been to vegas where its non stop party 24/7 and packed with people & I can honestly say i never witnessed any fights or issues & im not saying it doesnt happen but here in oz every weekend u always see or hear about people fighting at pubs and clubs because they want to be heros and show how tought they are..
The cross ìn the 1990s-2005 brilliant wouldn't bother visiting NSW again
I often ask myself what would spainian do?
He would go let's ohg
He did a video in the cross recently, have you seen it? He was never in to pubs, clubs just supplied the drugs to trannies and did heroin.
Few bush manoeuvres, a little hood oooss.
Come to Newtown - about 3 train stops or a Bus ride from the CBD. There are a lot of great restaurants, cheap eateries, bars and pubs. Unfortunately, there are no dance clubs that open until 5am.
That said, I agree with the lock laws. Nothing great happens past 1.30am. If you're still out at this time, you're either high on drugs or drunk. Go home, rest, recuperate, and live to party another day! Go out from 8pm and finish by 1am. Everything that needs to be done and said should be covered within 5 hours. Anything more is just mumbo jumbo and you're just wasting your money!
Whos this guy Luke. U weren't even around then mate!
Yeah you tell him champ!
@@jamesdodge1729 😊
He looks pretty young. I am 38 and I was around then but I did not go to the cross too often.
It’s not just the lockout laws. It’s one of the most expensive cities in the world. Who can afford to go out?
All Australian expensive our taxes to high duties & excise taxes why alchoal & ciggretes bloody expensive
Wow Kim Hollingsworth a real life superhero she has a lot to offer society she knows from the fine to the course end.
The trains finish at 1:30am so it's hard to go out
Yeah then you get stranded. I am too cheap to pay $200 for an Uber/taxi instead of like $1 for a train. So end up at Wynard station and 3-6am waiting for the train and then fall asleep on said train and miss my stop. Good times /sarcasm
Sydney government should really give it a solid crack at revitalising it. The nightlife has been dead since 2012, any of the potential troublemakers that the lockout laws were aimed for aren't around anymore. Sydney is different in 2024, the youth have changed there is hardly any violence. Such a waste for young people and tourists visiting here, its a total embarrassment. Being 34, I'm glad i at least experience the cross and CBD 2007-2012. Great video
Best nightlife is in Melbourne.
Melbourne some of best nightlife in world 🤷♂️
You live a really isolated life, mate..
I prefer gold coast nightlife. In Melbourne the people are a bit special, not all of them but some, I kept getting called bigot and all weird names there
I don’t care about nightlife because I’m in bed by 9:30. What’s the point of drinking and dancing in stinky clubs or gambling? It’s just a waste of money
Not gonna lie, i don't think its that bad the nightlife. Its not the best but its not that as people say.
Like who wants to keep partying past 3 anyway, unless your on drugs.
Clubbing scene is awful, go to do something else fun on Saturday.
we forget the sheer amounts of deaths
Sydney suuuucks . Love Melbourne
It's okay everyone that you don't have enough venues to drop caps and drink copious amounts of piss every weekend, try a bushwalk instead.
Lmao Sydney has always been overrated
Most people have matured ans dont go clubbing and the rest have no social skills cause they spend all their time on tik tok not knowing how to talk to people
Talking a nightclub is basically yelling at someone 10 cms away from their face and still understanding what the other person is talking about. I don't know how bar attendants do it. I just hand gestures to help out lol
Sydney is the worst city overall. Most over rated place on earth.
But it so cheap. You can rent a place 1 hour from CBD for only $700 per week /sarcasm
Did Luke ever bounce at some of these clubs?... looks familiar.
I think he did at ivy but like over 10 years ago
Drugs and prostitution very much do mix! You just have to deal with it!
Cocaine and hookers together like wine and cheese.
former sex worker? no its former prostitte and stripper. but the goal is the same but the methods are different slightly.
She only has herself to blame for her choices, yet she tries to play the victim…. Do better
She was dating a dropkick, she should have move from there.
Australia is cultureless…
We are culture-less swine, thank you very much!
The old dude talking about the eighties GO home to your family.
Jamie you look SO GOOD. Miss your sexy lifestyle SO MUCH.
😂
So many boring comments obviously these people don’t know what it’s like to be carefree
100%, a 20 year old now does not know what life is compared to a 20 year old from 1994
sex, drugs rock and roll....... hmmmmmmm.
And America your pulling guns INSIDE nightclubs it’s on,y dangerous cause it’s close