Melbourne Ugly? No!
December 8th 2008 12:55
Are you sick of the endless Melbourne vs. Sydney comparisons?
Australia's coporate hub (Sydney) and its arts capital (Melbs) are locked in perpetual battle, with Sydney characterised as sunny, bright, clean, wealthy and mainstream; full of peppy 'young professionals' with spray tans and good bodies. It's Australia's fresh-faced cheerleader.
Melbourne, on the other hand, is the ugly creature with the great personality. The one you marry in your thirties when you've grown up and stopped being shallow.
Cold, grey, wet and dingy, they say, with boho bars and cafes where you sit on crates. Lots of freaks in the streets.
BUT there's a great arts and music scene, and the people have character. Thank God for that.
If you ask me, the Melbourne bashers are way off base. Have you looked in the nooks and crannies of the city? That's what Melbourne is about: hidden delights. The bashers are the ones who fly in for a day: they'll visit the Telstra dome for a football game, wait in the rain outside Flinders St station, get accosted by a sermonising eccentric, visit the cheap part of Swanston St for a bit off shopping, then fly out.
There's a lot more to Melbourne than that. Here's my pictorial tribute to Melbourne the Beautiful.
Australia's coporate hub (Sydney) and its arts capital (Melbs) are locked in perpetual battle, with Sydney characterised as sunny, bright, clean, wealthy and mainstream; full of peppy 'young professionals' with spray tans and good bodies. It's Australia's fresh-faced cheerleader.
Melbourne, on the other hand, is the ugly creature with the great personality. The one you marry in your thirties when you've grown up and stopped being shallow.
Cold, grey, wet and dingy, they say, with boho bars and cafes where you sit on crates. Lots of freaks in the streets.
BUT there's a great arts and music scene, and the people have character. Thank God for that.
If you ask me, the Melbourne bashers are way off base. Have you looked in the nooks and crannies of the city? That's what Melbourne is about: hidden delights. The bashers are the ones who fly in for a day: they'll visit the Telstra dome for a football game, wait in the rain outside Flinders St station, get accosted by a sermonising eccentric, visit the cheap part of Swanston St for a bit off shopping, then fly out.
There's a lot more to Melbourne than that. Here's my pictorial tribute to Melbourne the Beautiful.
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