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Perth has a very different feel to it than other Australian cities too; people's attitudes and even the population mix. I wouldn't mistake it for Hobart, Darwin, Sydney or Brisbane for example. The most similar Australian cities are probably......Sydney and Melbourne.
I wouldn't say it's that different. Perth is pretty similar to Adelaide especially, but in some ways it's a little like Sydney. For me Adelaide is more like Melbourne, Perth is a bit more like Sydney. Adelaide and Melbourne have a more 'old' feel, even though they were founded later than Sydney and Perth. Sydney has a lot of old buildings but it seems glitzier, although of late Melbourne has developed a lot. Like the Victorian type shopfrons line many streets...Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Gertrude St, Collingwood, Sydney Road, Brunswick, Chapel St, South Yarra, Fitzroy St, St Kilda sort of typify the 'Melbourne' streetscape. Sydney has quite a few of those too, especially suburbs like Paddington, Surry Hills, Kings Cross, Newtown. Glebe reminds me a bit of Fremantle. Brisbane also feels like a more tropical, greener Perth to me. Aside from being more British no, I wouldn't say Perth feels all that different. Most Australian cities feel pretty similar.
I agree with this sentiment, I would imagine Australian culture will eventually be rather distinct from both the UK and USA. Though our British Colonial History will always have an influence in ways I am sure.
It's will be a slow and gradual process, however that slow and gradual process is happing right now.
I don't think its so much we're building a new culture we're just becoming more comfortable in our own skin, and you can tell just by listening to triple j as the cultural cringe has been dying out more artists have been embracing their Australianness, I don't think Aussie Hip Hop or artists like Courtney Barnett and Missy Higgins would have even been embraced (maybe even laughed at) like they are now thirty years ago because of cultural cringe.
And suburbia in Australia is nothing like suburbia in America. Even the newer areas like the Hills District are not the monotonous tract housing the litters suburban America. Australian suburbs are more English (if anything) with a high street and local communities.
Most developers will incorporate limited community facilities (like a mini country club) and a small number of shop fronts in large developments to entice buyers. Some of the shops might still be open a few years down the track if the closest shopping mall is a lengthy drive. But the overall effect is a long, long way from being an English "community" "high street".
You'l find plenty of cookie cutter homes as well, but most folk tend to buy a house from a builder's catalogue so you're more likely to see rows of houses that while different are variations of the same style.
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Perth has a very different feel to it than other Australian cities too; people's attitudes and even the population mix. I wouldn't mistake it for Hobart, Darwin, Sydney or Brisbane for example. The most similar Australian cities are probably......Sydney and Melbourne.
I wouldn't mistake any of the cities for each other, they are all very different.
I've lived in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. I've visited Adelaide but haven't visited Hobart, Darwin and Perth. Even so, I can still get a sense of "something" when I look at pictures or read about Hobart and Darwin but can't quite "grasp" Perth.
Aside from the weather, Perth feels a lot like a city in western Canada. Glass skyscrapers from the 90s. An "old" part (Fremantle). A lot of new houses. Clean. Working class guys with money. Asians from parts of asia you don't really think about that much (Singapore?). In the middle of nowhere.
Aside from the weather, Perth feels a lot like a city in western Canada. Glass skyscrapers from the 90s. An "old" part (Fremantle). A lot of new houses. Clean. Working class guys with money. Asians from parts of asia you don't really think about that much (Singapore?). In the middle of nowhere.
Well, that description makes Perth sound like every other Australian city.
I do still think that each city has its own personality, especially the older inner city parts of each city. I do agree that suburbia in each city is probably interchangeable. I just can't get a sense of Perth's personality.
Well, that description makes Perth sound like every other Australian city.
I do still think that each city has its own personality, especially the older inner city parts of each city. I do agree that suburbia in each city is probably interchangeable. I just can't get a sense of Perth's personality.
Its the most boring city in Australia, in saying that Western Australia is beautiful.
Well, that description makes Perth sound like every other Australian city.
I do still think that each city has its own personality, especially the older inner city parts of each city. I do agree that suburbia in each city is probably interchangeable. I just can't get a sense of Perth's personality.
Well like western Canadian cities, nothing is going on most of the time. When I was there it seemed to completely empty out. It is very boring. I didn't feel that happened in other Australian cities. The nightlife was very bogan oriented, like something out of Geelong. I guess it felt kind of like a mini Sydney in the middle of nowhere. It did not seem to be like Melbourne, or Hobart, or Cairns or Brisbane. That said, I liked Perth, and wouldn't mind living there.
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