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It’s some weird snobbery thing I guess. Like Melbourne vs Sydney which I also never saw the point of.
There are rough suburbs in the West which is where the reputation comes from but there are other perfectly fine suburbs. Fashionable inner city suburbs also have their own rough spots.
Getting around can be a pain because some areas are not walkable or have less good public transport, some areas of the city are divided by extremely annoying traffic sections, and the existing train lines are a hub arrangement that requires going into and then out of the city.
I hope there’s going to be some improvement because our population is set to grow even more with recent developments.