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I like Perth. I think it's laid-back vibe and access to nature are pretty hard to beat, but I'm personally a Brisbane person. It just offers a good mix of opportunity, lifestyle, and affordability.
I've lived in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Adelaide (visited Brisbane a lot too). I've also lived overseas in Toronto, London and New York
Melbourne is easily the most livable city of all of them, Sydney or London has the most visual impressiveness but for good living Melbourne wins hands down
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If it didn’t require an extra 5 hours of travel to my family overseas (which is already 24+ hours of travel), I would choose Perth. I’m from a Midwest US city, so I like how Perth has everything you want in a city, plus the beach with sunsets, but without all the traffic and sprawl that Melbourne has. I feel like I’m living in LA in Melbourne.
Adelaide would be my second choice because it’s also has everything you want in a city while manageable, and it’s close to great wine.
I cannot imagine living in Sydney. It’s so unaffordable, and everything that annoys me about Melbourne (i.e. traffic, parking, tolls, Google Maps directions) is exponentially worse. And I cannot imagine living in Queensland when the sun rises at 4 am during the summer. I’m also not a fan of tropical weather all the time (I grew up with snow in winter).
Well, I’ve been living here for 4 years in the suburbs having to use my car for everything. We live where we live because we are close to my in-laws.
Since you don’t drive, just some numbers to detail is why I think MEL traffic is LA-like. What should be a 20-minute drive to work is about an hour. (I now take the tram because it moves faster and I also don’t have to risk a ticket because there’s no all-day parking.) The hospital we gave birth at was a 25-minute drive during an overnight scare but around an hour any other time of day. And a work event in Geelong the other day was a 2-hour drive each way, with reaching the West Gate Bridge being halfway time-wise despite a 70-km 20-km distance split.
Having lived in a sprawling metropolis without a car before, not having to drive really makes a difference to likability. I probably would like Melbourne more if I had your setup, but I’d still hate the property prices, pay cuts (my spouse had a salary earning opportunity we couldn’t refuse), and the distance from my family. If we moved away, I think I would only miss the coffee.