Pros and Cons of Living in Melbourne, Australia

[goldentiger510]

Pros of Living in Melbourne

Very safe

Fast internet

Lots of fun stuff to do

Warm in the spring

Good air quality on average

Nomad List members liked going here a lot

Many Nomad List members here all year round

Spacious and not crowded

Very easy to do business

High quality of education

Great hospitals

Roads are very safe

Great freedom of speech

Democratic

Everyone speaks English

Very safe for women

Very family friendly

Very friendly to LGBTQ+

Not many people smoke tobacco

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Cons of Living in Melbourne

Way too expensive

Cold now

Gets cold in the summer

Very damp now

Difficult to make friends

[purplerabbit983]

Melbourne is a fun and cute compact city. There are so many fun things to do here such as visit is beaches go to its theme parks out of the CBD area. Its city CBD is so much fun as well. You can visit the Queen Victoria market which is the largest outdoors market in the world! You can also visit Federation Square which is a beautiful park on the edge of the CBD, and you can visit the Eureka Skydeck and Australia 108 which are the tallest buildings in Australia if you exclude the antenna from the Gold Coast's Q1 tower. If you are into surfing, there are surf beaches about a 1-2 hour drive out of the Melbourne area at the nearest. Melbourne is a really good city to reside in if you like fun, but of course it does come with a cost. Melbourne is the 6th most expensive city in the world according to recent reports. Overall, an awesome city

[orangepanda761]

Not cheap but you get what you're paying for. Really nice, comfortable city, not too dirty or crowded, awesome food, and lots to do

[brownzebra122]

Expensive but possibly the most amazing city on earth.

[happyostrich128]

Nomaded here for 2 weeks in September 2018. It was really good! It's definitely not cheap (on par with Singapore/Paris/etc) but it has everything needed for nomads: coworking spaces, 4g, lots of cafes with good wifi. The food is really good, there are many things to do. I didn't have any issues with my Ru debit card anywhere. I'd say it's a good destination.