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Perth is not Australia - it's not the East Coast. Perth and WA is comparatively moribund for start-ups, and years behind when it comes to adoption. They still
by lancewiggs 15y ago
Perth is not Australia - it's not the East Coast.
Perth and WA is comparatively moribund for start-ups, and years behind when it comes to adoption. They still have thick sections of classified advertisements there in the newspapers, and the dominant marketplace is a weekly classifieds newspaper - Quokka.
Meanwhile, as you say, the economy market is overheated with the mining boom.
But there is some great stuff happening in Sydney and Melbourne, and some awesome things happening across in New Zealand. Auckland and Wellington are closer to Sydney than Perth - and a lot more advanced.
- rdouble 15y agoI was in Melbourne for 3 months this year and enjoyed it, but it was shockingly expensive. Groceries are 2x the cost of NYC, clothing is 3x. If you drive, fuel is 6x. Housing is about the same. From what I know, Sydney is even more expensive. If this list is to be believed, all major cities in Australia are more expensive than NYC, which is about the most expensive place in the USA. http://www.citymayors.com/features/cost_survey.html http://www.citymayors.com/features/cost_survey.html As to your first point, I traveled extensively in Australia. To an outsider, Perth is more culturally similar to the rest of the country than Sydney is. :P