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East Hampton’s shopping strip.

A chance left turn 20 years ago led me to the suburb of my dreams

I stumbled on my suburb by accident after taking a spontaneous turn off the highway to avoid a car accident.

  • Megan Riley

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Homes in Princes Hill.

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  • Eliza Sum
City views from High Street in Northcote.

My suburb is the beating cauliflower heart of Melbourne’s gluten-free belt

Our high street has been named the coolest in the world. The actual coolest. Even if it is only a drop punt away from the “s--- Coles”.

  • Tony Wilson
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Life in the ’Burbs interactive map of Melbourne – find your suburb

With The Age’s new interactive feature, you can easily search our archive to see all the Melbourne suburbs that have been featured in our series.

  • Patrick O'Neil
Traffic on Lower Plenty Road.

In my suburb, it’s easy to tell the locals apart – just look at their legs

A flat gradient is a rare occurrence in my suburb, where the locals stand out for one physical feature – the result of trekking up and down endless hills.

  • Larissa Dubecki
Parkdale beach

My suburb is an undiscovered slice of fresh air, and locals like it that way

The residents of my suburb tell me they grew up here, as did their parents, and they hope their children will stay here as well. And why wouldn’t they want to?

  • Aramiha Harwood
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A wall of windows and balconies in Southbank.

My suburb has a reputation for being soulless and unliveable. But people flock here anyway

I moved back to Melbourne from Hong Kong with a mantra: I can’t do typical suburbia. Luckily, someone had built a solution.

  • Joanne Anderson
The elevated train station running over over Poath Rd has transformed Hughesdale.

My suburb is one of Melbourne’s most liveable, though nobody seems to know it exists

Many feared the skyrail would tear my suburb apart, but the unified town centre has given it a heart, and a whole new personality.

  • Matt McDonald
Point Cook’s resident swans at Sanctuary Lakes.

My suburb’s gated enclave is known as the Toorak of the west. It wants to secede

Officially, I was a resident of a plain-jane suburb, but my letters and parcels marked me a proud inhabitant of a refined community.

  • David Goodwin
A heritage home in Ripponlea.

My suburb is one of Melbourne’s tiniest. I want to make it bigger

The heart of my suburb was ailing when we moved here – until something changed. Now my neighbours want to gatekeep it from new residents.

  • Tom Hird

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