[LeightonBlackstock]

I have to say, Laner's post was incredibly well-written.

In terms of Asia. I think Taipei is an interesting one to talk about. It's a true all-rounder.

Class division isn't noticeable there, it feels like everyone is 'one' in that city. The populous are also highly educated and English skill is pretty high.

In terms of girls, there are plently of pretty ones to go around. In terms of work, there are plenty of cushty English gigs for decent money. For things to do, it's buzzing.

Long-ass summers, beaches on the island and fantastic public transportation (Mrt and high-speed rail).

The place is safe-as-hell, the number of scruffy backpackers/expats is the lowest in Asia and the people are friendly (local guys will wing you and old woman will help you order breakfast).

As a 22 year-old single man, I had an awesome time living there.

If I were a 40 year-old man with a family. I think I would also have a nice life there (Or in Kaohsiung)

[Green-On-GO]

Yeah within 15km of the CBD.

Fucking have to take out a second mortgage to pay the power and water bills.

One accident the whole road system shuts down.

Great if all you want to do is crack a Can of shut the fuck up with blue pill pizza while going through your Tinder....I'm now the freak because I'm not online, LOL.

Talking to German and French chicks,nice with a touch of chubbiness..Melbourne is Paradise these Euro chicks love the joint and hate Sydney..to much competition in Sydney.



I always say Melbourne is a women's town Sydney is a man's town.

It is a good place to raise your kids though..

[Soyouz]

Is it just me or the "Most Liveable Cities/Best Cities" are really bad for gaming?

Most of those cities got corrupted by feminists.

[Adrenaline]

(08-20-2015 09:50 PM)Soyouz Wrote:  

Is it just me or the "Most Liveable Cities/Best Cities" are really bad for gaming?

Most of those cities got corrupted by feminists.

Comfortable living conditions = self-entitlement. Women in these cities/countries have no need to rely on a man for anything.

[UnW]

(08-18-2015 05:43 PM)Que enspastic Wrote:  

I'm from Melbourne but left in 2013.


Not a place for single men but standard of living is high across the board. Gap between rich and poor is small. It's cushy.


It's not Bangkok where you have 5 star hotels one after the other and Lamborghini races along the freeway under which are slums of illiterate children and rabid dogs.


It's not London where you have plutocrats and oligarchs feasting on caviar in Chelsea vs. impoverished Somalian immigrants living in a mould ridden council estate earning less than minimum wage.


Or San Francisco with its extremely well paid white collar Silicon Valley tech workers passing lines of homeless men across the city in their private company buses.


No, everyone in Melbourne is fairly well off. It is a baller's hell and a battler's paradise. It is middle class heaven. Bottle service never took off.


The median salary is maybe $60,000. Free health care, high minimum wage, good public education and relatively affordable private schools, access to decent universities at relatively low cost vs UK/USA, low unemployment, low crime and corruption. None of this equals pussy but does lend itself to a high standard of living.


Low skilled workers earn good money. I used to work in a supermarket stacking shelves for $23 AUD per hour as a student and $31 AUD on Sundays. I could afford to eat out most places comfortably. I went to the best clubs, I ate quality fresh produce from the market, I travelled overseas annually. I rented a room within 1km of the CBD. I had a huge social life as a result.


This lifestyle is very far from typical for supermarket workers in most countries, especially UK/USA. It's jarring the contrast, they simply exist, their lives are depressing and endlessly shit.


People in Melbourne live in big houses. I would say x 2-3 times bigger than what I've seen in the UK / Europe.


Almost every one of my old Melbourne school friends or uni mates has done trips to Europe / South America / Asia at least twice, some more. $5k holidays are standard, and $10-20k holidays that go on for months are normal for those in their 20s.


Melburnians are generally well read with v high standards in food and coffee. They have huge parks dotted around the city.


Sport is open to the masses. In the UK tennis is an elitist and very expensive sport to play. I used to play on the Australian Open courts for hire at $35 and free when I played for my school as a kid.


Liveable means very average people live very good lives by international standards. But if you are above average and ambitious, and particularly as a man in his 20s who likes slim attractive women, places like Melbourne are ones you want to escape.

This I have to agree with completely being someone who previously lived in Melbourne. The quality of life is great if you're aim is the regular marriage/mortgage/kids lifestyle however there is a real lack of excitement that guys in their 20s crave. The disparity in male and female SMV, excessive thirst and entitlement ruins it completely for single men. I feel glad that I left.