maddie

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maddie @ninecoffees2/12/2024, 6:29 AM

Hello, Melbournites. Would you like an HSP?

Of course you would. You like a dirty Halal Snack Pack, don't you? Go on then.

Have a chippy. Mmmm. Eat up.

Okay, now that you've had a bite, you're obligated to tell me where you'd recommend living in Melbourne, suburb-wise so I can scout it out on my next trip. Ideally, close to the CBD/good public transport and hopefully--somehow, someway--affordable. Any places to avoid would also be nice.

So far, I quite like North Mel, Carlton, Fitzroy, Collingwood, since they're all super nice walkable areas. Brunswick was nice too! I've been recommended West (like Footscray/Yarraville) but I've only been there once and it seems very difficult for public transport; also it's back to the suburbia that I'm trying to escape from and I'd like to move to a walkable city-ish area.

EDIT: forgot to ask, what part of melbourne floods since I heard it got pretty bad last time

#HSP #melbourne #australia

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ruby @srxl2/12/2024, 6:40 AM

the richmond/cremorne/south yarra area is not too bad, from what I hear - haven't been around there much myself but it's worth a look i think. brunswick, fitzroy, collingwood, abbotsford are my personal fav spots, and it sounds like you've been around there a bit already so that's some extra confirmation for ya i guess lol

mmm yum chippie :)

maddie @ninecoffees2/12/2024, 6:46 AM

should I avoid places like Cremorne (i.e. around the yarra river) in case of floods?

also thank you for helping me out :yeah:

ruby @srxl2/12/2024, 6:54 AM

the yarra river usually doesn't really flood that bad - during the bad floods in 2022 it was mostly around the maribyrnong river in maribyrnong, ascot vale and flemington that got hit really hard. i recall the merri creek was a bit higher than usual, but not high enough to break banks or anything. should be pretty safe there

cecile @haraiva2/12/2024, 7:47 AM

in order to give you actual helpful advice you'd have to tell me:

if you would have a 'steady' job
if you'd live in a sharehouse or with a partner or alone
what 'affordable' is to you
what 'suburbia' is to you

but generally speaking:

the closer you are to the cbd, the better your access to public transport and 'walkable areas' you are, but its also just more expensive generally. it's not impossible to live in these places though.
footscray isnt that bad wrt PT. 15-20 mins from the cbd by train, multiple train lines meaning you never have to wait more than 10 minutes for the next train is a pretty good deal when a bunch of suburbs that have a comparable commute time are usually just on the one train line and if you miss a train you can wait anywhere between 20-40 mins...
avoid addresses where the only form of PT accessible by walking is the bus. the bus is unreliable and should not be trusted.
south/southeast is a pretty distinctly different vibe from the inner north and even the west. you may like it, you may not.

maddie @ninecoffees2/12/2024, 8:10 AM

Thanks! Yeah, we've been calculating and looking up the median prices per suburb, but the main thing we want to know is if how the vibe and culture is, since it's something harder to get a feel for rather than numbers. In that sense, what do you mean by the south/south east vibe? Just not as friendly or...?

shiv @infamous-gastropod2/12/2024, 8:37 AM

I've been to literally every melbourne suburb as part of a 6 year long challenge so I can give an extremely surface level opinion on basically anywhere but my forte is the inner west. Any inner western suburb on a train line is totally fine for public transport, the most walkable + nice ones would probably be footscray, altona and williamstown but affordability gets more questionable across that list. Yarraville is nice but mostly if you're in the vicinity of the main shopping district where the sun theatre is. Newport, Spotswood, Seddon, Laverton are all fine (i love Newport) but Newport doesnt have great shops (except an amazing bakery) and the others are kinda major road suburbia-core. As stated by cécile absolutely dont consider anywhere you'll need to rely on buses for unless you really have to.
As far as places that are just nice? I adore the inner north-east like Eaglemont, Ivanhoe, Alphington and so on but affordability might be an issue there