Perth Coastal Rides

Doublee

I have lived in NYC and London and visit Melbourne a few times a year. I met people in NYC who had never been 500 meteres north of where they lived despite living there for 60 years! Does that make Perth the same as NYC? Melbourne is a great town. I love the great mix of sport and the arts but I find Melbourne people far more myopic and provincal than any other major city I have travelled to or lived in and certainly more so than Perth people. Summed up beautifully by a recent taxi driver I had from Melbourne airport who kept extolling the virtues of Melbourne (fair enough) and then contrasted a few days later with a Sydney cabbie who said almost straight away "I hate this f...... city".

Steve's comments tells us more about Steve than they do about Perth and it's people.

I hate parochialism but Steve's presents an extremely distorted view not to mention insulting, unsolicited, unprovoked and unnecessary.

George, the new Maylands path is great went riding past St Annes (Mercy) the other day with my son (10) and reminded him that both he and I were born there - sorry hope that doesn't encourage his innate narrow mindnesses.

Steves from Melbourne I sure he won't need the dictionary for any of these words.

Aussie Steve

Sorry to gclark8 and Doublee, I should have posted my original diatribe in "Soapbox" !!!

I moved here in 1998 and will although I actually like Perth and don't have a problem living here, the narrow-mindedness and small town naivete really gets to me. At first I thought it was endearing, but after a while it became so bloody annoying. Like the way everyone says "OVEREAST" as a one-word term rather than naming a specific location. e.g.
"Johnno is going on holidays next month"
"Oh, is he going anywhere?"
"Yeah, he's going OVEREAST"
Everyone here at work who utters that flamin' word gets a big blast from me...
Look, I know I am offending people, but it's just something that I really really hate...

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gclark8

Not a good position for a local girl, maybe import one from OVEREAST!!

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Doublee

I don't mind people having a shot at Perth but I just don't think it is true. You can't get more narrow minded than some of the Melbourne AFL media. On national footy shows they still refer to interstate teams.

Anyway good for a laugh.

redorbea

I sort of agree. what is this over east crap. I am from sydney

and its rotto,freo. ozzy park. subi. why do they do that ?

been living here for only 4 months

Doublee

Are you girls for real. Are all you people from "over east" so petty and brittle?

gclark8

You missed In-a-loo and Up-a-Swan!

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Little Jackie

Well personally, I think Perth is a great place and enjoy its being a bit parochial! Go back OVEREAST if you don't like it here!

I am not racist though!

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Aussie Steve

HEHEHEH
got a few of you going with my sh!t-stirring...

Living in Melbourne since birth until 1998, I can't recall Melbourne suburbs being abbreviated like they are here in Perth.
How would you shorten "Doncaster" or "Frankston" or "Narre Warren" or "Essendon" or "Clayton"
and why would you even do it? But having said that, "Freo" and "Subi" and "Rotto" grows on you

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gclark8

And Basso, not so bad after all...

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George.

Doublee

I was searching stuff on shoes in another forum and came across this post from Aussie Steve

"Perth people are mainly dumb-arsed country bumpkins...(sorry Gclark8 but I'm from Melbourne originally) and my workmates think "you live too far away" (22 kms!!!) and "why don't you drive to work like normal people" and stupid comments like that...."

This guy is a fool.

What a jerk!

Skull

[QUOTE=Doublee]I was searching stuff on shoes in another forum and came across this post from Aussie Steve

"Perth people are mainly dumb-arsed country bumpkins...(sorry Gclark8 but I'm from Melbourne originally) and my workmates think "you live too far away" (22 kms!!!) and "why don't you drive to work like normal people" and stupid comments like that...."

This guy is a fool.

What a jerk!
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number31

so anyway, to wrap the topic up does anyone have any comments on "Perth Coastal Rides"? maybe from the cott to scarb or freo to cockburn?

being the most isolated city in the world has it effects in some areas so please forgive all us perthians as we mean no harm.

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gclark8

Do you ride a Felt?? Your wife a CRX?

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George.