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That makes absolutely no sense at all. The entire discussion is about an expensive electric car. Of course it's not going to be seen in working class suburbs.

That makes absolutely no sense at all. The entire discussion is about an expensive electric car. Of course it's not going to be seen in working class suburbs. I have no idea what you're on about with it being one of the wealthier suburbs either. It's not on any list I can find online. As I said, I moved here recently, and still learning demographics, but it seems like a pretty average inner city suburb. If you head over to St Kilda proper, then sure, there's some crazy houses there, but there's also housing commission and junkies and students and backpackers everywhere too.

threeseed 8y ago
The point was that you can't make general comments about the popularity of the Tesla when you live in a very wealthy suburb who can affords Teslas. And wealth is generally based on average house price which is $1.5 million in Prahran i.e. towards the very expensive end across Australia.
- ObsoleteNerd 8y ago
  I was replying to a comment about anecdotal data a user has personally noticed, with my anecdotal data about what I've personally noticed. Also, the average cost of a unit (which most people live in here, by a factor of around 6:1 depending on source) is $490k, which is quite cheap for inner Melbourne. I rent a 2br here for $500pw, which was among the cheapest I could find in inner Melbourne. You quoted the average HOUSE cost, in an inner city suburb where houses cost a fortune due to being rarer and more popular among wealthy people. All of which is irrelevant, but if we're nitpicking over data in a casual comment about what I've seen, then we might as well be honest. It's not a "rich" area. Context matters in both of the above. Of course anecdotal data is biased by the person's situation, location, etc. That's why it's anecdotal. It doesn't mean it's not still relevant. In the context of sharing our personal anecdotal observations of a very expensive electric car made in niche numbers in another country, with zero local presence other than some "dealerships" (store front in a mall with some customer service staff), I thought it was still quite interesting that I regularly see them, that's all.

threeseed 8y ago

The point was that you can't make general comments about the popularity of the Tesla when you live in a very wealthy suburb who can affords Teslas. And wealth is generally based on average house price which is $1.5 million in Prahran i.e. towards the very expensive end across Australia.

ObsoleteNerd 8y ago
I was replying to a comment about anecdotal data a user has personally noticed, with my anecdotal data about what I've personally noticed. Also, the average cost of a unit (which most people live in here, by a factor of around 6:1 depending on source) is $490k, which is quite cheap for inner Melbourne. I rent a 2br here for $500pw, which was among the cheapest I could find in inner Melbourne. You quoted the average HOUSE cost, in an inner city suburb where houses cost a fortune due to being rarer and more popular among wealthy people. All of which is irrelevant, but if we're nitpicking over data in a casual comment about what I've seen, then we might as well be honest. It's not a "rich" area. Context matters in both of the above. Of course anecdotal data is biased by the person's situation, location, etc. That's why it's anecdotal. It doesn't mean it's not still relevant. In the context of sharing our personal anecdotal observations of a very expensive electric car made in niche numbers in another country, with zero local presence other than some "dealerships" (store front in a mall with some customer service staff), I thought it was still quite interesting that I regularly see them, that's all.