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and yeah, there are a few 'regular' characters in town. It'd be... interesting, to know what their stories are.
Why does Adelaide get such a bad wrap?
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and yeah, there are a few 'regular' characters in town. It'd be... interesting, to know what their stories are.
Because Adelaide actually does suck.Most people I know from there (very few people) want to leave or are in the process of leaving.The weather is bad with too many extremes in summer. I think there have been like 10 days over 40 degrees this year alone. There's nothing to do, literally. They preach about being a culture and arts centre, but I've seen more culture and art in small American towns than I have in Adelaide itself. It's all done for marketing. It's a dirty backwater, too.
FishingRick04
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^ I'd suggest you get out of life what you make of it. Those same people citing nothing to do here would most likely say the same thing in Melbourne after a year.
Adelaide has alot going for it, but we do need to get a bit more affirmative on growth and corporate expansion if we are going to keep up with the Jone's interstate, we are falling behind there.
There isn't a day that goes by or a weekend where I think, I have nothing to do.
Adelaide has alot going for it, but we do need to get a bit more affirmative on growth and corporate expansion if we are going to keep up with the Jone's interstate, we are falling behind there.
There isn't a day that goes by or a weekend where I think, I have nothing to do.
Strong first post *******.
I can't say I miss the old town that much- I get homesick a lot surfing here and watching footy but then you hear it's 40 degrees and remember what that is really like living in apartments without insulation and the like- living in Canada has taught me the benefits of building codes that work for residents rather then developers. There are lots of little things in Adelaide that don't work very well but if you only live in Adelaide you don't notice- that I didn't notice until my Canadian wife came to Adelaide and asked why things were the way they are.
I think the corruption thing is very understated but very important in understanding this- we laugh at Leigh Whicker's catering contract with the SANFL, but that is a classic case in point, in fact. And having Murdoch and 5AA dominate the media- there's no room for boat-rockers or people who ask questions. So nothing ever changes. That is how we had the State Bank disaster- no one asked hard questions or wanted to rock the boat.
KT and Kochie are doing wonders for our club but really they need to be running the state. Only they wouldn't get anything done with all the vested interests.
I love the old place but when you compare what it is with what it could be, it is so frustrating.
Edit = not sure why a new poster dug up a four year old dead thread.... but anyway. Those are my thoughts.
I think the corruption thing is very understated but very important in understanding this- we laugh at Leigh Whicker's catering contract with the SANFL, but that is a classic case in point, in fact. And having Murdoch and 5AA dominate the media- there's no room for boat-rockers or people who ask questions. So nothing ever changes. That is how we had the State Bank disaster- no one asked hard questions or wanted to rock the boat.
KT and Kochie are doing wonders for our club but really they need to be running the state. Only they wouldn't get anything done with all the vested interests.
I love the old place but when you compare what it is with what it could be, it is so frustrating.
Edit = not sure why a new poster dug up a four year old dead thread.... but anyway. Those are my thoughts.
raman
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A 31 year old man signed up for a web forum, to weigh in on a four year old argument about a town he doesn't live in.
Imagine that.
- Dec 7, 2000
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For what it's worth I live in Melbourne but if I were to rank where I have lived over the journey it would be Adelaide, Detroit then Melbourne.
Nice try trolling alias no doubt!
Obviously you've never been to Port Adelaide with all it's vibrancy which rivals in my opinion places like Fremantle!
In any case it's a paradise compared to dirty and stench ridden Melbourne where you're lucky to dodge a bullet from the underbelly of criminal society!
And did I say Melbourne stinks! Literally!
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And did I say Melbourne stinks! Literally!
That's why I have the front door closed (lots of smoke out there today as well).
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Adelaide, the city- very livable and a dream to navigate. Adelaide, the people- now that's a whole different kettle of fish
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Adelaide deserves it's bad wrap because of it's handling of KKK Randall, Trigg making smelly deals with Tippett, sucking up the arse of the SANFL and most recently their attempt to disgrace the state jumper.
Wait... What's this thread about?
Wait... What's this thread about?
It was something about 'getting really a get in Adelaide these days brother'
- Apr 27, 2002
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Adelaide is a funny one.
Lived there for most of my life, but I have also lived in Tokyo, London, Athens and rural SA.
When I lived there I found it small, insular, somewhat stifling, boring.
Now that I have been away for about 12 years, it seems very green, spacious leafy, envigorating, but also still too small as a city, and still lacking much variety in entertainment and the richness that big cities usually offer. On the whole though, a good place to live in many ways.
Lived there for most of my life, but I have also lived in Tokyo, London, Athens and rural SA.
When I lived there I found it small, insular, somewhat stifling, boring.
Now that I have been away for about 12 years, it seems very green, spacious leafy, envigorating, but also still too small as a city, and still lacking much variety in entertainment and the richness that big cities usually offer. On the whole though, a good place to live in many ways.
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I guess it depends on what part of the city you are talking about.
I would like to move back one of these days, probably won't happen, but if I do it won't be to the northern suburbs where I grew up, it just looks dry and inhabitable.
I’ve grown up in Adelaide. I grew up in Unley and still live close by. I’ve watched it become the joke of a city it is today.
Full of depression and backwards thinking imbicles. Almost everybody I know has experienced some type of serious mental issue here, that’s because Adelaide is the leading capital of Australia when it comes to mental illness, it’s also, as of recently; the Ice capital of Australia.
Seriously. * this town. It pretends to be a modern city, but the majority of people here couldn’t be more close minded if they tried. This place is stuck in a time capsule, turning it’s back on the outside world.
Economically it’s a laughing stock, Good luck finding proper steady work.
Full of depression and backwards thinking imbicles. Almost everybody I know has experienced some type of serious mental issue here, that’s because Adelaide is the leading capital of Australia when it comes to mental illness, it’s also, as of recently; the Ice capital of Australia.
Seriously. * this town. It pretends to be a modern city, but the majority of people here couldn’t be more close minded if they tried. This place is stuck in a time capsule, turning it’s back on the outside world.
Economically it’s a laughing stock, Good luck finding proper steady work.
Looks like there's been significant progress in the last decade at least...
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Adelaide `the city' getting a bad wrap has never made a great amount of sense to me, I have driven in every capitol city with the exception of Perth ( although I have been there ), and it's still comfortably the easiest mainland city to move from one side to the other, and the beaches are pristine particularly compared to Melbourne where as recently as the 1980's it appeared to be a common practice for people to bury their rubbish including food scraps and bottles in the sand near where they had been sitting.
I came across this numerous times, and compared to the beaches I frequented here ie Brighton, Glenelg and Seacliff, the Melbourne beaches at St Kilda and Williamstown were absolute sh*t holes.
To me many criticisms of Adelaide from the eastern staters are akin to the 3 on the tree Holden driver, with its very ordinary performance, atrocious brakes, rubber mats, vacuum operated windscreen wipers, and handling like a wheel barrow full of bricks falling off an embankment complaining about European cars that he has never even had his bum in, let alone actually driven.
I came across this numerous times, and compared to the beaches I frequented here ie Brighton, Glenelg and Seacliff, the Melbourne beaches at St Kilda and Williamstown were absolute sh*t holes.
To me many criticisms of Adelaide from the eastern staters are akin to the 3 on the tree Holden driver, with its very ordinary performance, atrocious brakes, rubber mats, vacuum operated windscreen wipers, and handling like a wheel barrow full of bricks falling off an embankment complaining about European cars that he has never even had his bum in, let alone actually driven.
