Melbourne

Ok I hope I don't sound snobby here but

Meetup event yesterday exposed the whole East/West divide amongst the locals in the group. I noticed that a lot of us stick to "our sides" of the Yarra and the CBD or just rarely venture across. e.g. there was a guy who lived in Surrey Hills and a guy who lived in Yarraville, and neither had heard of each other's suburb. I found this so fascinating.

Even inner suburbs people don't really seem to venture much? Which makes sense because public transport can be inconvenient at times. I know we have people here who have been the exception to these "rules". Met a girl who moved from the inner east to Truganina because her partner works around there, and she has noticed the lack of walkability.

I have to say though, the CBD makes it a bit inconvenient to get from one side to the other. Also Melbourne is quite big, with places like Pakenham and Sunbury being far out from the CBD but still being part of metro Melb.

So a bunch of us are thinking of swapping sides and taking notes. We are starting in the west, with the west-siders wanting to take everyone to Yarraville as it's one of the best suburbs in the west according to them. Admittedly, I have never been there, but I hear there is a cool theatre.

Now to find the Yarraville equivalent not in the west. We are thinking of doing inner north as a buffer and then going to the east or south east.

off-topic but according to the Meetup app, I have met fifty people through this group this year. I probably haven't conversed with all fifty of them, but it's cool how we've established a little community. Out of fifty people, I have found a couple I kind of connect with which is nice!