Mitcham

[Dan Moody]

Don't forget Vermont South.

avoid at all costs
except for Jungle Jims Fish and Chips

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Fairly standard "middle ring" suburb I would've thought.

Probably another one of those places which was cheap as chips 20 years ago but you now need $800k to buy a half decent house.

Footy club was a powerhouse in the 90s but has dropped off since. They have a ripper ground more akin to a VFL club.

 

[JG22]

I'd say more a lower suburb than middle.

 

[HBF]

I live further east than Mitcham, OP is soft

I'm thinking Croydon.

 

[Gralin]

I'm thinking Croydon.

further

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I'd say more a lower suburb than middle.

Geographically. It's probably not really an outer suburb any more

 

[La Dispute]

Isn't that part of the burbs pretty much dominated by elderly Eastern European migrants?

 

[JG22]

Geographically. It's probably not really an outer suburb any more

As in 'ring' though. Probably a slightly lower level suburb than average.

 

[Sherrinator]

How on Earth do you find yourself in Mitcham for a few days?
I mean condolences, but Mitcham?

Training in Bayswater. Not sure why she booked us in here. Must hate us.

 

[Silent Alarm]

The middle to outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne make me feel intensely homesick and sad, god knows why. Just don't like them at all.


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[Power Raid]

The middle to outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne make me feel intensely homesick and sad, god knows why. Just don't like them at all.


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come back

Freo is a wonderful spot and Perth is a better size

 

[Papa G]

Should start a thread comparing suburbs with the same name in different cities and how they differ.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Used to live in the outer east, you do notice a difference demographically once you get past ringwood. Ringwood isnt too bad, more appealing now with whats happened with the eastland redevelopment than when i used to frequent the area 10 years ago. Its about the only thing thats changed in the outer east since i left, still the drab dreary suburbs with crap infrastructure and dodgy roads. Drove past the old house in mooroolbark the other day and the street looked exactly the same as 20 years ago.

Mitcham is next door to Donvale and Park Orchards. It's hardly the ghetto. There is a station and a crappy shopping strip (practically across the road from each other) there though, so just like everywhere else, it's going to attract its share of wildcards.

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Mitcham is next door to Donvale and Park Orchards. It's hardly the ghetto. There is a station and a crappy shopping strip (practically across the road from each other) there though, so just like everywhere else, it's going to attract its share of wildcards.

Its next door to nunawading more specifically, donvale and park orchards are about 6 or 7 kms to the north. Wasnt talking about mitcham anyway was refering to the suburbs further east. Used to drive through mitcham regularly and never noticed anything shifty. Just your traditional eastern/outer suburb. Have a pretty decent footy team from what i can remember.

 

[Run n Spread]

When Australia was first settled the need for farming land and green pastures for food growth was paramount. Hence the need for country areas while the clerical type work and other entertainment industries were undertaken in the cities.

As ownership of land and houses (which continues to this very day) got more expensive 2 things happened.

1) Once pristine land had to make way for suburbs to fit increasing demand. More country areas got eaten until we became a concrete jungle.

2) Poor people, undesirables and those that don't fit the Social Hierarchy were shunted to the Boon Docks Russian Style or the Outer Suburbs in our case. Poor Urban planning, a lack of foresight and short term-ism to its nth degree (ironically still common across every aspect of management and governance in this country).

Just one aspect of Australian history and culture merging. The thing I always find weird thou is when original settlement took hold some areas boomed others busted. Melbourne, Sydney, Perth et al boomed so you see the result above.

 

[Run n Spread]

The middle to outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne make me feel intensely homesick and sad, god knows why. Just don't like them at all.


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Me too. For what I don't know as I'm from Melbourne. Family and Footy these days is all Melbourne has going for it. Shit weather also. (Thou Perth is ****ing boiling.And I love the heat but it is like living in the Middle East. Careful what you wish for there).

 

[Damon_3388]

I might be wrong after all. According to homely.com.au, Mitcham is a leafy green suburb perfect for families, hipsters and gays and lesbians.

There you go.

That's the one in South Australia.

 

[Damon_3388]

The middle to outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne make me feel intensely homesick and sad, god knows why. Just don't like them at all.


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Wandering around the Melbourne CBD makes me feel that way TBH.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Its next door to nunawading more specifically, donvale and park orchards are about 6 or 7 kms to the north. Wasnt talking about mitcham anyway was refering to the suburbs further east. Used to drive through mitcham regularly and never noticed anything shifty. Just your traditional eastern/outer suburb. Have a pretty decent footy team from what i can remember.

Apologies for quoting you originally, didn't mean to. But Mitcham literally borders Donvale and Park Orchards is maybe a three minute drive, up Park Road.

 

[Cleavy]

Footy club was a powerhouse in the 90s but has dropped off since. They have a ripper ground more akin to a VFL club.

are they still stuck in Div 3?

 

[Bunk Moreland]

are they still stuck in Div 3?

Nope, won the flag in 2015 and are now in D2.

 

[Sherrinator]

Should start a thread comparing suburbs with the same name in different cities and how they differ.

Ok

 

[Cleavy]

Nope, won the flag in 2015 and are now in D2.

that's good to hear. Was a bit worried they might be challenging Nunawading at one point in time.

 

[Wojcinski]

I live a suburb away and have some friends in Mitcham. Never had an issue there, most of the Eastern suburbs are pretty quiet.

 

[craigos]

I love how people who live in these outer suburbs hang sh*t on suburbs literally a kilometer further out.

Mitcham is a pretty good suburb, you ever been there? It's nothing like Ringwood
ok, m8.