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I strongly disagree with the EIU. I lived in Melbourne for 7 years, and while it may be home of the greatest sport on the planet, saying that it trounces a plac

by dcw303 10y ago

I strongly disagree with the EIU. I lived in Melbourne for 7 years, and while it may be home of the greatest sport on the planet, saying that it trounces a place like Tokyo in public transport and safety from crime is laughable. If you want to go out in the CBD, you can come in on rail and switch to trams, but navigating to any specific location outside the 3000 postcode is not fun. Everyone knows you need a car to get around. And don't even get me started on the violent crimes around pubs and clubs, the number of times you see broken glass and missing windows on cars parked in the streets, or the entire suburbs conquered by the illicit drug trade.

nikdaheratik 10y ago
I'd say it really depends on the part of Melbourne you're at. East is the nicest. Northern suburbs (where I'm at) are pretty livable as well. West and Southeast can be dodgy. And I don't have much trouble getting from the Northern Suburbs to work in the Eastern suburbs or around on the weekends without driving. Actually, driving is getting to be much worse than public transport during peak hour.
- dcw303 10y ago
  Good point. I'll walk back my hyperbolic statement a bit and agree that location is important. My statement was mostly from the time I spent around the inner city (North Melbourne, Richmond, St Kilda) - Northcote was was much more comfortable by comparison.
cup 10y ago
>And don't even get me started on the violent crimes around pubs and clubs, the number of times you see broken glass and missing windows on cars parked in the streets, or the entire suburbs conquered by the illicit drug trade. This reads like fiction. The crime rate in Melbourne is one of the lowest in the world and apart from the standard drunken violence you find in the CBD Melbourne is an extremely safe city. Me thinks most people in Melbourne who are surprised by our ranking havn't spent much time in other large developed cities.

by dcw303 10y ago

nikdaheratik 10y ago

I'd say it really depends on the part of Melbourne you're at. East is the nicest. Northern suburbs (where I'm at) are pretty livable as well. West and Southeast can be dodgy. And I don't have much trouble getting from the Northern Suburbs to work in the Eastern suburbs or around on the weekends without driving. Actually, driving is getting to be much worse than public transport during peak hour.

dcw303 10y ago
Good point. I'll walk back my hyperbolic statement a bit and agree that location is important. My statement was mostly from the time I spent around the inner city (North Melbourne, Richmond, St Kilda) - Northcote was was much more comfortable by comparison.

cup 10y ago

>And don't even get me started on the violent crimes around pubs and clubs, the number of times you see broken glass and missing windows on cars parked in the streets, or the entire suburbs conquered by the illicit drug trade. This reads like fiction. The crime rate in Melbourne is one of the lowest in the world and apart from the standard drunken violence you find in the CBD Melbourne is an extremely safe city. Me thinks most people in Melbourne who are surprised by our ranking havn't spent much time in other large developed cities.