How to fix South Australia

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THe legit answer is that its to do with the proximity of the airport. The direction of the runway means that planes coming in fly almost directly over the CBD.

THat and the fact we probably dont need them.
thats actually a pretty legitimate response

i got to see the first airbus a380 to take off from adelaide which went right over where used to work in the old treasury building. it felt like it only went over us by a few metres (but was probably a good 200m)
 

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My impression of Perth beaches is that they always seem very windy. Weather seems to be fairly similar although it probably does get a little colder here and chicks well, all very subjective although with a larger population you probbably have more hotties, but also again probably more dogs.

Any rate you listed Hahndorf, Victor Harbor and some non discript steak house in Glenelg as your must see things to do which kind of leads me to think you don't know shit. Handorf is a shitty faux German town tourist trap, the only good thing about Victor is its proximity to Adelaide and the first tee at the golf course and Adelaide has a very good food/wine culture at far more reasonable prices than you'd find in Perth.

I have nothing against Perth, but Perthite's that come out and say Perth is soooooo much better than Adelaide are quite delusional. Perth is Adelaide, just newer and shinier, less cultured with the waft of new money blowing in with the Fremantle doctor. Good on em.
I'm a Melbourne living dude. Spent 2 years in Perth growing up. Go there every couple of years on tour. Hardly biased. Your ridiculous comments however lead Me To believe you've never been to Perth. The weather shits all over Adelaide. Anyone with a tv and reception that gets a national news wearer segment can tell you that. Get on a plane and leave your bubble
Champ. Theres a big world put there!
 

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don't get me wrong - you are correct on shopping etc, but eating, you must be joking.

now I realise this comes across as be just beating Adelaides drums, so to give you an understanding of where I'm coming from, I've eaten in top class restaurants in every major city in the country and a many many places around the world - food bills of $400 - $1000 are no unusual for me and the missus - so I am willing top at least try to end restaurants which gives me some basis to make my judgements (I'm no food critic obviously)

Adelaide has some fantastic eateries and some top end ones which are outstanding - don't get me wrong, we don't have the population to sustain Michelin star restaurants but otherwise we are bloody well serviced.
yep fair call. Jut in Adelaide I reckon you have to know and find those places specifically. Melbourne, there are
Amazing and cheap places everywhere you go. Partly cos population but also the culture in melb I believe is an eat out one more, and the crap places just don't survive, due to the volume of good ones.
 

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yep fair call. Jut in Adelaide I reckon you have to know and find those places specifically. Melbourne, there are
Amazing and cheap places everywhere you go. Partly cos population but also the culture in melb I believe is an eat out one more, and the crap places just don't survive, due to the volume of good ones.
perhaps - which was the point of my original post back to you.

Glenelg BBQ house isn't a good representation of Adelaide restaurant scene :thumbsu:
 

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I'm a Melbourne living dude. Spent 2 years in Perth growing up. Go there every couple of years on tour. Hardly biased. Your ridiculous comments however lead Me To believe you've never been to Perth. The weather shits all over Adelaide. Anyone with a tv and reception that gets a national news wearer segment can tell you that. Get on a plane and leave your bubble
Champ. Theres a big world put there!
Outside of South America and Antartica I have been to every continent. I have been to Perth a couple of times.
 

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Outside of South America and Antartica I have been to every continent. I have been to Perth a couple of times.
nice. So genuinely asking, how do You not know Perths watches pwn Adelaide's?aube you haven't been I the right ones? Hit Cott beah next time pure there. It's a sight to behold.

Oh. Also Rottnest >>>>>>>> daylight >>>>>> kangaroo island...
 

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nice. So genuinely asking, how do You not know Perths watches pwn Adelaide's?aube you haven't been I the right ones? Hit Cott beah next time pure there. It's a sight to behold.

Oh. Also Rottnest >>>>>>>> daylight >>>>>> kangaroo island...
Was unaware Perth had a watch making industry. Lots of Swiss immigrants?
 

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Gotta love the monthly 'which city is the best' thread. The best part of Adelaide is the Hills (amazing climate in spring/summer/autumn, albeit a bit cold and wet in winter) and the worst part is probably public transport. However, with the growth in the Tour Down Under over the last few years, cycling has experienced a massive boom in Adelaide. It's just disappointing that the increase in cycling commuters is outpacing the growth in cycling infrastructure. I have no doubt that if the government put in the money and effort to make Adelaide a more cycling friendly town then it could easily become a cycling mecca similar to Copenhagen
 

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Gotta love the monthly 'which city is the best' thread. The best part of Adelaide is the Hills (amazing climate in spring/summer/autumn, albeit a bit cold and wet in winter) and the worst part is probably public transport. However, with the growth in the Tour Down Under over the last few years, cycling has experienced a massive boom in Adelaide. It's just disappointing that the increase in cycling commuters is outpacing the growth in cycling infrastructure. I have no doubt that if the government put in the money and effort to make Adelaide a more cycling friendly town then it could easily become a cycling mecca similar to Copenhagen
As with everything in marketing Adelaide, it has to be a niche market, be it cycling or education or the yarts. Adelaide neither has the population, nor the infrastructure to support a major global event, so it needs to concentrate on markets like these.
 

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at the moment I'm in Melbourne. I spend half my year in the USA (am a musician do on tour a lot) when I filled it out I had been in California a year with no signs of coming home. At the moment I'm on Melbourne and loving it. Head back in October.
 

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Too many fokken Dutchmen for Capetown. Jo'burg on the Sea sounds better.
I've actually always found it quite disturbing that the Afrikaans feel so at home in Australia, must have something to do with our treatment of the Aborigines.
I think its more to do with the mining then anything else. Most of the mining engineers in Perth are South African and plenty moved over to Australia for work.

Just like how we have suburbs dominated by immigrants from certain countries, when white South Africans started to leave South Africa they choose places with their compatriots.
 
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