Does anyone ever live at Perth? Is it nice?

Question

I'm wondering what's it like to live at Perth. Because so many people said that Perth is a very quiet place and many of my friends have many difficulties to live at there and they had to move out from there.

I'm going to study abroad at Australia. But I still haven't decided yet whether I'm going to study at Melbourne or Perth. So does anyone can help me?

Answer 1

G'day,

I am not going to persuade you to go to one city or another. I am living in Melbourne and arrived as an international student. This is what I find abt Melbourne:
1. First of all... some people do not like the weather in Melbourne (you can have 4 seasons in one day). However, if you read the first article from The Age newspaper, you will find out that the weather is still more preferable than the other cities. Sure you can have 42C day like last month, but almost immediately you'll get a much cooler weather pretty soon afterwards. It is very rarely that you got 2 or 3 consecutive days of hot weathers (unlike Sydney, Brisbane or Perth).
2. Melbourne is a city of diversity. If you are a newcomer, and you do not look 'Anglo-Saxon', you do not feel like an 'alien', since you can find almost every race in the world walking in the city. They are both immigrants and overseas students.
3. THE FOOD!! Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Thai, All-you-can-eat, African, Lebanese, Mexican, Sea Food... anything else? All available and lots of them in a very-very-very affordable price
4. Pretty good public transport system. With one ticket, you can switch from train, tram and bus. They do not always come on-time, but still reliable and improving (www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au). Good for students, as not every student can afford a car.
5. SHOPPING!!! Original branded clothing sold very cheap. There are even shopping tour, where the participants are taken to retails outlets just for shopping. Big temptations for ladies.
6. Crime rates... just read the second article on the bottom.
7. Cost of Living... I'll say it's second most expensive city after Sydney. Altho I have to say that some cities in Queensland can be more expensive to live. Perth is slightly cheaper
8. Night Life... hmmmm... I'll say the centre of nite activities will be Crown Casino and Docklands. Altho there are still plenty of cafe's and clubs scattered around the suburbs as well.
9. Tourist attraction. This is the area that I think Sydney is better than Melbourne, since it has most of it's attraction within its suburbs. Most Melbourne attraction are pretty much out of Melbourne, such as the gold mines in the cities of Bendigo and Ballarat, The Great Ocean Road, Lakes Entrance, Grampians, skiing in Mt. Buller etc.

Running out of ideas, but I hope that I can at least give you some more informations that have been provided by the answerers before me.

Good luck for your study. I've been living in Melbourne for 16 years, visited some other capital cities in Australia and still giving Melbourne 10/10 for the best city. E-mail me at [e-mail] if you still have questions abt studying in Australia. Welcome to Australia :)

Answer 2

Perth is a beautiful city, I wouldnt say that it is quiet though! there are lots of things to do and see....We must make the most of any place we go to, in a way it is up to the individual as to what they do and see as to whether they enjoy it or not

Answer 3

of course there are people living at perth. do understand that in general, australia is sparsely populated. except for that commodities abound, sites to see are quite unique and the quiet community is not a cold one

Answer 4

i've never been to perth but it sounds ok. melbourne is nice though.