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Being an american who has traveled to Sydney, I can say that it is truly a world class city. It was absolutely beautiful. I stayed there for 6 weeks and loved every minute of it.
It had so much to do in terms of entertainment, outdoors, food, etc.
I really loved everything about Australia as I made my way north to Port Douglas.
This, coming from an american who has lived all over the US from Miami to Philadelphia, Southern california to the Chicago.
Sydney....and brizzy for that matter stacked up rather nicely and dont have a bad thing to mention. In fact, I tell all my american friends how awesome Australia is.
If I had to immigrate somewhere, it would definitely be Australia. I would be one of those immigrants with the Australian flag waving on my car cuz I already love the country.. even tho I have no real attachment to it other than I had an amazing time during my visit.
Living in city like New York might sound like fun, but at the end of the day its a major financial centre, unless you are a high income earner, you could end up living in some small flat a one hour commute from your work place, and pretty much spend your entire life working and travelling to and from work in an effort to try and live the high life you have always dreamed of. Ive got a couple of friends living in New York, and they hardley ever get the chance to see the city outside their local neighbourhood, or around their workplace.
It got stuck in this kind of cycle in London, which was my main reason for leaving.
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Living in city like New York might sound like fun, but at the end of the day its a major financial centre, unless you are a high income earner, you could end up living in some small flat a one hour commute from your work place, and pretty much spend your entire life working and travelling to and from work. Ive got a couple of friends living in New York, and they hardley ever get the chance to see the city outside their local neighbourhood, or around their workplace.
It got stuck in this kind of cycle in London, which was my main reason for leaving.
Life is pretty similar anywhere - if you work all the time. I find work tends to eat up so much of your free time, it dominates your existence.
Living in city like New York might sound like fun, but at the end of the day its a major financial centre, unless you are a high income earner, you could end up living in some small flat a one hour commute from your work place, and pretty much spend your entire life working and travelling to and from work in an effort to try and live the high life you have always dreamed of. Ive got a couple of friends living in New York, and they hardley ever get the chance to see the city outside their local neighbourhood, or around their workplace.
It got stuck in this kind of cycle in London, which was my main reason for leaving.
Yeah I agree.
I had a colleague whose was telling me his first day at HSBC in NY straight out of Uni went for 40 hours. Not my idea of fun.
Living in city like New York might sound like fun, but at the end of the day its a major financial centre, unless you are a high income earner, you could end up living in some small flat a one hour commute from your work place, and pretty much spend your entire life working and travelling to and from work in an effort to try and live the high life you have always dreamed of. Ive got a couple of friends living in New York, and they hardley ever get the chance to see the city outside their local neighbourhood, or around their workplace.
It got stuck in this kind of cycle in London, which was my main reason for leaving.
Unfortunately... it's the same way here. Sydney is a very expensive city, easily as expensive as New York and London. If you want to be any where near the harbour, beaches and downtown, and not 45 minutes away from everything in western Sydney, you've got to work your arse off or be great at what you do.
This is why New South Wales has the countries largest loss of population to interstate migration.... people who have given up struggling to live well in Sydney and head off to Queensland. But overseas immigration more than makes up for it. For me, I'll deal with the cost of living, it beats going some place else.
Big-city life in Sydney is a real pain in the hip pocket
THE average Sydney family pays up to $5000 more a year for the same lifestyle as those on similar incomes in other Australian capitals.
Mortgages, rent, energy, transport, furnishings, food, recreation and even the internet are now officially more expensive, the first research of its kind, commissioned by The Daily Telegraph, reveals.
Now ranked as dearer than New York, Sydney's cost of living was found to be $100 more expensive a week than Adelaide, $60 more than Brisbane and $50 a week higher than Melbourne.
Immigration Minister Chris Bowen, the only western Sydney MP in federal cabinet, said he understood the pressure. "Sydney is a wonderful place to live but it does come at some cost," he said. "We do recognise that cost."
Sydney is now the seventh most expensive place to live in the world, a report says. Oslo, Zurich, Geneva, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Tokyo are the only cities with higher living costs, according to financial services firm UBS.
It's not all bad news for Sydneysiders, because with high living costs come higher wages, UBS found. Sydney finished second in a table ranking the domestic buying power of its citizens.
UBS found some US cities had fallen in the cost of living rankings, with New York slumping to 14th, if property rental is excluded.
London slumped to 15th place on the list, compared with 10th in 2010.
Sydney has been ranked the third most expensive place to rent retail space in the world after New York and Hong Kong, a global real estate survey says.
Sydney was overtaken by Hong Kong, which moved into the number two position as the fastest growing market in the last quarter, the CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) Global Retail MarketView survey showed.
Unfortunately... it's the same way here. Sydney is a very expensive city, easily as expensive as New York and London. If you want to be any where near the harbour, beaches and downtown, and not 45 minutes away from everything in western Sydney, you've got to work your arse off or be great at what you do.
Sydney and Perth are both more expensive than New York and London (real estate aside) but living in new York isn't all about the high life. Even the less fancy areas like Queens and Brooklyn are awesome in their own right
Yeah I am very familiar with New York. Brooklyn ain't Manhattan, but it has some very cool areas like Williamsburg. I would certainly pick New York if I had to live in America, I love that city. And yes, you don't have to be rich to enjoy it.
This is why New South Wales has the countries largest loss of population to interstate migration.... people who have given up struggling to live well in Sydney and head off to Queensland. But overseas immigration more than makes up for it. For me, I'll deal with the cost of living, it beats going some place else.
"Sydney finished second in a table ranking the domestic buying power of its citizens. This ranking is calculated by comparing wages in each location with living costs."
Long time ago Australian friend told me all the animals over there we (Americans) think are 'so cutesy' will scratch your eyes out of the sockets: koalas, kangaroos, dingos. LMAO, was news to me!
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