Food, Drink & Dining Out I regularly defend Perth, but ???????
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Eagle 87 post about Perth.
Bogans - tick
Shallow - tick
Narrow minded - tick
Insane cost - tick
Ticks all the boxes.
If everybody in Perth was a glass half full, nothing would improve. The improvement in Perth is substantial and exponential. Constructive criticism is fine and Perth needs it to improve, but constant carping from a negative view point says more about you than a place that is on the move.
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I could throw the same tick box approach back at you.
It's the sort of counter argument that anti intellectual golums love...
The same sort of people likely think Perths improvement is substantial & exponential ... oh wait ...
I've lived there at least as long as you Jim. I travel more. I visit, live and stay in more places than you.
Perth's ok. But the argument that it's not a cultural backwater isn't sustainable. The fact that it runs some events and has some cool things doesn't alter the fact that "art" is a non consideration for 99.9% of its population and that cool pubs are frequented by lawyers far more than anyone actually cool ....
Because they can afford them ...
You can bang on about the positives, that's fine ... but when you elevate Perth to something akin to Melbourne or heaven forbid almost any decent European city you are kidding yourself ... and it's fun to tell you
Have a 5 bedroom house in Sorrento with a massive yaught in the driveway, and a permanent box at Subi for West Coast games...
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Where is your question mark ?
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The faux lanes they have created off St Georges Terrace are great - I have just been there for a trial (which went ******* terribly badly) - forgot how many young good looking rich people there where in my home town -(most of them are disturbing right wing too) its like a eugenics lab or something!!!
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I could throw the same tick box approach back at you.
It's the sort of counter argument that anti intellectual golums love...
The same sort of people likely think Perths improvement is substantial & exponential ... oh wait ...
I've lived there at least as long as you Jim. I travel more. I visit, live and stay in more places than you.
Perth's ok. But the argument that it's not a cultural backwater isn't sustainable. The fact that it runs some events and has some cool things doesn't alter the fact that "art" is a non consideration for 99.9% of its population and that cool pubs are frequented by lawyers far more than anyone actually cool ....
Because they can afford them ...
You can bang on about the positives, that's fine ... but when you elevate Perth to something akin to Melbourne or heaven forbid almost any decent European city you are kidding yourself ... and it's fun to tell you
Eagle - [how are you by the way] its a bit like generalising about particular races or suburbs - there are some gems amongst the s**t there
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All good thanks! Flying back to Perth for a week tonight
Perth has it's redeeming features but arguing it's somehow hipster Central and kinda cool and edgy seemed a very very long bow ...
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Yeh edgy is not something I would call it! Mind you I caught a train from Midland station while I was there - I definately felt edgy there!!!!
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Lol...
Actually the other thread on bogans may be enlightened by folks catching trains to Midland and Armadale and then just hanging out there in evenings ....
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All the things I loved when I lived there which could not be reproduced over East - the Shenton Park Hotel, The Raffles like it used to be, The Roma Restaraunt in Freo, the Sarah Sands, getting shitfaced on mulled wine at the Stoned Crow in Freo while listening to Billy Bragg live - they are all either entirely different or gone.
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It's offensive to Perthonians... A massive goon cask sculpture - the "artist" is clearly taking the piss out of perthonians and calling them bogans... disgrace.
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It has actually been quite popular due to its comic value.
On behalf of all "Perthonians" I thank you for your faux outrage nicky
