Life in the ’burbs
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Clifton Hill
My suburb likes to hide its identity. Even our most famous building is misplaced
After coming up in the world, my suburb would love to build a moat around ourselves. Instead, we keep people out with a welcomed level crossing and plethora of speed bumps.
- by Cara Waters
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My suburb has a bad reputation, but buzzes with the energy of those making a second start
If you watched the recent Q&A filmed in my suburb, you’d think our area was little more than crime gangs, cultural ghettos and “white flight”.
- by Rhonda Garad
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My shabby suburb was once at the cutting edge. Now, it is filled with hard rubbish
I call my suburb retro chic, but others say it is shabby and tired. Change here is rapid, but one thing is certain - if you let go of your trolley in the Coles supermarket in Dorset Square it’ll go rogue.
- by Everard Himmelreich
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A notorious YouTuber came looking for trouble in my suburb – but we surprised him
I understand why Spanian stopped by during his tour of the world’s “most dangerous and notorious neighbourhoods”. The video he shot revealed who we really are.
- by Stefan Koomen
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My suburb was like a dozy old uncle. And then it discovered designer threads
When I told a snobbish friend I had found a small but affordable house, I was firmly instructed to tell everyone it was actually in Ormond.
- by Linda Himmelfarb
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I left Melbourne’s inner city to live on the fringe and found exactly what I needed
I’ve found a nurturing environment for my children. But like many locals in newer suburbs, I’m concerned about transport problems and access to services such as healthcare.
- by Shemsiya Waritu
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Pascoe Vale
My suburb might be boring, but walking the streets is an extreme sport
Our streets have seen countless broken wrists and scraped knees, with many locals familiar with the thrill of fanging downhill on what are arguably suburban Melbourne’s steepest streets.
- by Joe Comer
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My suburb fought so hard to stay off the radar that Melburnians can’t even get its name right
It’s nice to live in a suburb that is just somewhere people are happy to live. We’ve got one cafe, one convenience store and two churches – and the only residential tower is a retirement village.
- by Ben Ruse
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Once beautiful but neglected: My ‘Cinderella’ suburb is Melbourne’s mid-century belle
My parents’ first date in the 1950s was at a party in my now home suburb. The area was popular at the time with creative types such as writers, artists, actors, fashion designers.
- by Fiona Austin
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Flemington
If Carlton North and Footscray had a love child, it would look like my suburb
The contrasts of my suburb are never more evident than at spring carnival time, when hordes of the well-heeled gatecrash the neighbourhood.
- by Noel Newell
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My suburb is so defiantly untrendy, it feels like even the Bunnings is trying to escape
There’s no ‘keeping up with the Joneses’ around here – people quietly go about living their lives in a landscape of benign suburban sameness.
- by Marisa Mowszowski
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