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It's kind of telling that Melburnians never miss a chance to slag Sydney, while Sydneysiders are too busy surfing at their 200+ beaches to worry about a country
by 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y ago
It's kind of telling that Melburnians never miss a chance to slag Sydney, while Sydneysiders are too busy surfing at their 200+ beaches to worry about a country town that tries to make up for its lack of attractions or industry with coffee and an inferiority complex... :P
- chii 7y agoso much so that to avoid the controversy, the gov't chose to just build out a city in the middle between sydney and melbourne and use that as a capital city rather than settle once and for all which is better...
- kijin 7y agoCanada is the same. They built Ottawa in the middle of nowhere, halfway between Toronto and Montreal.
- masonic 7y agoThey built Ottawa in the middle of nowhere And on the fringe of nowhere, they built their hockey rink.
- cwilkes 7y agoIn the US state capitals aren’t in the major city in the state, with some exceptions (Indianapolis comes to mind).
- cookie_monsta 7y ago> Sydneysiders are too busy surfing at their 200+ beaches All of them? All the time? I guess that explains their puzzling lack of cultural output. Thanks! :P
- baroffoos 7y agoPeople of Sydney are too busy stuck in traffic all day to write snarky comments on HN while people of Melbourne are free to shitpost away from the comfort of the trams.
- grecy 7y ago> worry about a country town Watch out, that country town is about to be Australia's biggest city by population... https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/booming-melbourne-to-become-nation-s-largest-city-by-2026-20190327-p5186v.html https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/booming-melbourne-to...