Why Perth?

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papahet

138 posts

128 months

Wednesday 29th January 2014
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Pommygranite said:
WeirdNeville said:
but once you take a deep breath and downshift to their speed, it's actually quite refreshing. Ahh, fukkit mate. Let's go fishin'.
This.

Its amazing how people get bothered by stuff that doesn't matter.

Living in Perth, once you get over what you don't have you really start to appreciate what you do have here - that's why many feel they've found 'their place' as they become oblivious to the flaws and entranced by the benefits.

As idiotic as it sounds it gives a pervading sense of wellbeing and satisfaction. It's really quite emotionally fulfilling.




Edited by Pommygranite on Saturday 25th January 22:57
Agree with this.

I don't get moving here and then worrying about being financially better off than you were before (by comparing wages and living costs through a direct exchange rate calculation), in a nicer car, in a bigger house.

Those that do get a job to talk about loudly and two $85K cars and a $800k mortgage never seem to be that much happier to me and IMO are completely missing the point of living here.


mapped

13 posts

122 months

Sunday 2nd February 2014
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LC4 said:
What I did notice on my trips to WA was that they are a bit behind the UK tech wise. (I felt anyway) The Sky equivalent looks like Sky from years gone by and parts of Mandurah was just getting broadband internet!

Was I just unlucky with what I saw?

Everything seemed to shut ridiculously early as well in Mandurah chippy was the last one at 20.30! No 24 hour supermarkets :-(

Does that change the closer you get to Perth? Or is it a cultural thing?
Is the internet st in the western suburbs? I'm used to 100mb fibre in London at the moment. I'm going to have to reign in my downloading activities aren't I?

In answer to the OP. God knows why I'm moving there. I've never been to the place, it looks nice though and I've landed a great job, which doesn't involve extracting minerals from your deserts.

mapped

13 posts

122 months

Sunday 2nd February 2014
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WeirdNeville said:
t's st everywhere.

Don't worry though. You won't feel like gaming or watching box sets too much. There's too much other stuff to do.

I pay $90 a month for this.

Edited by WeirdNeville on Sunday 2nd February 11:50
Jesus. I pay less than that here for 100mb frown

The new job have a 10gigabit connection, but I don't think I'll get away with using it for personal stuff.

Off topic here, but Neville, I've had a look back thought this forum and correct me if I'm wrong about this, is your partner on a sponsored visa in Perth and you've been looking for work on a spouse visa? Do you think that the temp visa situation has had an impact on getting jobs? My wife's going to be in the same boat, she has a skype interview on Friday, but some of the other jobs I've seen are Aussie citizens or perm residents only. Hopefully it won't be too much of an issue getting her into a job.

mapped

13 posts

122 months

Tuesday 4th February 2014
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WeirdNeville said:
Yes, it has had a massive impact (IMO). But then I'm in a line of work which you basically HAVE to be a permanent resident for. That, and I've enjoyed taking a year off and being a stay at home dad.

Depends what she does. I've known teachers get work without PR, and if she's got in demand skills then she's laughing. Hopefully her interview will go well. But some of the partners of people at my Mrs's work have been out of work for 12 months and counting. So it's no pot of gold under the rainbow, and you shouldn't count on waltzing into work, especially with unemployment on the rise out here.
Hopefully she'll be OK. She's got a lot of experience in various things, but is also saying that temp agency type stuff will be fine. She's not being that picky right now.

The interview on Friday is for the same place that I'll be starting at, so they're understanding about the visa situation.