Food, Drink & Dining Out The Perth Thread - Part 2

[TheLoris]

Having lived around these postcodes my entire life, Vic Park included, I'd say Beckenham, Thornlie and Canning Vale are comfortably ahead of Vic Park. I lived in St James for a while and I've never felt more unsafe in my own house. Como is expensive but has one of the highest break in and burglary rates in Perth.

Cannington and QP are pretty dodge areas though.

Must be the biggest suburb in Perth, but fk knows why anyone lives there. Miles from anything and not even cheap.

 

[JackOutback]

No way in hell Thornlie is more desirable than Vic Park. And agree with the above on Canning Vale; soulless place, much like those new northern developments, but at least the beach is close.

 

[perthblue]

vic park is a great suburb in a great location, not sure how anyone would rate places like thornlie or canning vale over it

 

[Power Raid]

So, what do people think about privatising Western Power?

A necessary step as the privatisation and separation of retail from power generation has been a failure.

Slicing power horizontally rather than vertically is more likely to promote investment.

We have to remember the electric car and the reliance on power will only increase. Requiring massive investment that the government could never deliver.

The other big elephant in the room is power generation requires water and water requires power (these days) to produce.

Our economic prosperity is destined on the success or failure of power and water. Splitting investment and operation from the strategy and regulation is a must.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

I lived in St James for a while.

You'd probably be in the minority there.

Especially if you're white.

Oh wait, that's not what you meant.

 

[Power Raid]

vic park is a great suburb in a great location, not sure how anyone would rate places like thornlie or canning vale over it

I lived on Swansea street whilst doing my second degree back in the 90s. The place showed promise back then and it has certainly delivered!

I'd say my Lawley and vic park are the best two strips in the city.

 

[ioppolo]

vic park is a great suburb in a great location, not sure how anyone would rate places like thornlie or canning vale over it

From a location POV, Vic Park is great for most. For me I have public transport direct into the city so meh.

Canning Vale is pretty dull though. Not sure why it's so much more expensive than the surrounding suburbs.

I say I wouldn't live in Vic Park for the safety factor. Lots of lost souls and dangerous types around VP, St James, Bentley etc.

 

[Scotland]

I lived on Swansea street whilst doing my second degree back in the 90s. The place showed promise back then and it has certainly delivered!

I'd say my Lawley and vic park are the best two strips in the city.

Obviously haven't been to the Naval Base Tavern when the skimpies are on.

 

[Scotland]

I remember when I was at uni people I worked with (full time supermarket workers in their 20s and 30s, so not huge wage earners) were buying land in Canning Vale for $50k and building houses.

Now we have this: http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-wa-canning+vale-120496585

which absolutely baffles me.

For the same money you could get this: http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-wa-mount+pleasant-124094006

If I was looking for a median priced family home then Canning Vale might be on my radar. If I had 7 figures to spend and someone said ' What about Canning Vale?' I'd assume they were joking, on the gear or both. A $1.25m house in Canning Vale is like spending your life savings restoring a VN Commodore.

 

[WCErevival]

Crazy there are some over a mil. Canning Vale is a weird one because its not in an ideal location but its also not ages away. Still shouldn't be worth that much.

I really wish I bought before the boom now. Only missed out by a couple of years. My unit was worth half of what I bought it for only 2 years before.

 

[TheLoris]

Obviously haven't been to the Naval Base Tavern when the skimpies are on.

Never been to the Naval Base tav, but the Ship and Dock Inn is the business. Went there a couple of years back when they had Stripper day with all the companies having their best girls there.....Happy days

 

[estibador]

I have some extended family that live in the Thornlie/Langford/Lynwood area - every time I venture into those suburbs I feel like I'm driving through the set of an 80's movie about bogans.

 

[Jimmy_the_Gent]

Personally I wont venture outside of Claremont for fear of seeing a bogan.

 

[Scotland]

The Northern equivalent of Canning Vale would be around Balga/Nollamarra in terms of distance from the Freeway/city. That doesn't scream 'million dollar real estate' either.

 

[Perth gal]

Why is it raining....ffs

 

[Upgrayedd]

Wait, someone said they would rather live in Canning vale then Victoria Park?

One has one of the best cafe/restraunt strips in perth, a few good bars, Central location to everything, Lower crime rates, 7m away from the city, some excellent parks and outdoor area's, and if you count "City of Vic park" a WAFL home ground and a varsity bar

The other one has less letters in the suburb name, possibly saving you some type when filling out bland paperwork, I don't think it's worth the trade off

 

[JackOutback]

Why is it raining....ffs

Love it.

 

[Scotland]

I have some extended family that live in the Thornlie/Langford/Lynwood area - every time I venture into those suburbs I feel like I'm driving through the set of an 80's movie about bogans.

There are few pockets of Perth like that. Symptomatic of being a young city where new areas have been developed over the last few decades.

Some streets you just drive down and think '70s' or '80s' looking at the architecture of the houses. Even some of the relatively new cookie cutter suburbs are starting to look a bit dated.

The 70s thought this was cool (extra cool points for feature bricks whether by shape, colour or protrusion from the wall), particularly with mission brown rafters:

The 80s were big on these in a brick and tile combo:

More recently (the 90s and 2000s sort of blur into a single bland era) this was the flavour of the month with a Colourbond roof and no eaves to have more house on less block:

I see a lot of houses going up now (particularly in Melbourne) with these bad boys, often with a couple of randomly thrown in lighter bricks to mix it up:

Will no doubt not date well.

 

[Kram]

I really hate these sort of basic houses with no eaves whatsoever, looks absolutely shithouse.

 

[WCErevival]

All of the houses in the new estates are bland as hell. Always shits me when a friend builds one and goes on about how good it is. It's like I've already seen it a hundred times.

 

[Underdog]

All of the houses in the new estates are bland as hell. Always shits me when a friend builds one and goes on about how good it is. It's like I've already seen it a hundred times.

Yeah, I have no desire to build a house. I much prefer 20/30 year old houses. They have a bit of character, are established and feel quite homey.

 

[Admiral Byng]

I'm having one built right now.

I don't care what it looks like, I'm looking forward to living in a house that is well insulated, energy efficient, and where everything works. I've lived in houses with "character" - leaky, drafty, hot in summer, freezing in winter etc. The older the house, the worse the problem.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

From an eastern POV, I prefer houses built up 'til the '80's but no earlier than '50's.

With modern homes (not just if this applies to WA) the only difference between houses are the floor plans and even then there are 3-4 designs.

And Scotland, that last brick reminds me of Choc Ripple bikkies and they're everywhere in new builds.

Some bricks look like someone's stepped in Dog shit and you can see it on your boots.

White bricks in that photo.
WTF!?

Modern roofs are either flat (2 or 3 building blocks) or spray painted Blue tiles (whatever colour they were originally) that look like skinny chopping boards.

Our newer backyards and front yards are shrinking.

 

[Smeg Head]

I really hate these sort of basic houses with no eaves whatsoever, looks absolutely shithouse.

They are absolutely shithouse and tend to start cracking within 5 years.

 

[ioppolo]

I have some extended family that live in the Thornlie/Langford/Lynwood area - every time I venture into those suburbs I feel like I'm driving through the set of an 80's movie about bogans.

A lot of those 80s bogans never moved, they're just old now