Why sydney is better than melbourne

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Receive Perks Get exclusive discounts with our Experience Perks on a number of great partners brands for extra savings on food, fashion, accommodation and more. First-time visitors to Australia are often posed with a big question: Sydney or Melbourne? The Sydney vs Melbourne showdown has been raging for a long time, but which one is right for you? Do you long to immerse yourself in nature or is a city break more your scene? Read on to find out which Australian city is a better fit for your personality.

Taronga Park Zoo. What makes Sydney truly unique is the diversity of what it has on offer for tourists. Sights like the Sydney Aquarium, Taronga Zoo and Madame Tussauds are all easily accessible from the CBD the ferry trip you need to take out to visit the zoo only adds to the fun and you can take in views of the city from the top of Sydney Tower or climb your way up to the top of Harbour Bridge.

Summer slip-n-slide in Federation Square. Melbourne, on the other hand, caters for a different type of holiday. People generally travel to the city for three reasons: to eat, to shop, or for a specific event like a musical, sports game or art show.

The wares on offer are certainly good, but in terms of outdoor fun, Sydney has Melbourne beat. Sweet treats from Black Star Pastry.

Middle-tiered restaurants those that boast affordable and tasty food can seem hard to come by. They exist, but are difficult to locate without insider help or knowledge. So, for someone poking around the city itself, looking for a decent place to grab a quick lunch or dinner, the offerings can seem poor. One of the best times to be in Sydney is in early October.

Brunch at Mixed Business Cafe. The city is full of twisting laneways featuring hole-in-the-wall style coffee shops and cheap restaurants that you can quickly duck into for some energy providing sustenance. Here you can grab a burger or a dozen oysters to have with a cold beer in the fading summer sun, or warm yourself against the cold with pizza coupled with a hot cider or mulled wine during the winter months. Sydney's beaches and general landscape landscape is definitely superior tho, there's no argumen t there.

Food and drink wise melbourne is the winner, the cafes are great and Sydney can't compare Sydney can be a bit scary, and there have been a few crimes and incidents happen when I was there, which was kinda off putting. Sydney, actually the outskirts of Sydney. The beaches are better then Victoria. I just moved to Australia, i have lived in both cities and to be honest i liked Melbourne more for living and Sydney for tourism.

Melbourne has a great vibe, awesome nightlife, cafes and culture. Also transport is great, theres trams, train stops in every suburb and buses. Whereas in Sydney i felt that the main transport is bus or train and theres only like tram lines i think.

Anyways that is my opinion being an outsider and having the experience to live in both for a while. The beaches are better in Sydney, however, the nightlife in Melb is far better. Unfortunately for Sydney, since the introduction of the lock out laws, the nightlife is quite sad in the CBD.

Did the lockout laws actually change anything? Are the streets any better now than before? From a safety perspective, I guess it's an improvement but only for the very reason that there are not as many people on the streets As a weekly visitor to Sydney the traffic is much worse than Melbourne.

Horrible commute times getting worse each month. Sydney roads are without doubt the worst in Australia All the Melbourne haters are lame, the result says it all most livable city in the word 7 times and will continue watch.

I lived in both cities. Melbourne wins! For fashion, people, art, culture, sporting events. Gold rush happened in Melbourne, we were once the capital city till Sydney had a cry Syd your butts down , so Canberra became the capital. It was never Sydney. I'm stating facts, shove your feels Sydney ppl. Always hating on Melbourne, but hey stop being jealous and just move. The stats don't lie.. My city is the most livable, that Sydney could never deny, 7 times and current???

Whoa that couldn't be an accident. Oh deadliest spiders are from Sydney, so be wise and choose Melbourne! You're list has a few good points though. Most of your other points are reasonably valid or I can't argue as I haven't lived in Melbourne.

One thing Melbournites do that irks me though is constantly trying to claim they're better than Sydney. Melbourne might be good, but it's not good enough to try and lord it over other cities. Totally agree!!!

I am from Sydney and I love it! I also think Melbourne is a wonderful Australian city. I always enjoy a visit there!!! However, people in Sydney don't seem to care about this silly comparison! We love our sister city Melbourne for all it's wonderful features.

However, it's only been while in Melbourne that I here and have received criticism of my city of Sydney. Melbourne stop being so defensive! What's wrong with you. We don't care in Sydney!!! We love you too!!! Every time I have visited Melbourne and spoken to a stranger Best city in the world? When you are a little frog in a pond and cannot see out, one thinks their pond is the best pond in the swamp.

Melbourne is nothing but a dusty grungy dangerous dump and the premier needs to not only get real about the crime here but also order the councils to weed and mow the overgrown grass around the place everywhere!!

The whole place needs cleaning up its a disgrace. While Im at it - re-paint all the faded white lines on the road so drivers can see where they are going. As soon as my girls leave school in a few years I'm moving straight back to Sydney. In fairness though, a lot more support could come from Canberra to help this nanny state spruce up a little.

NSW seems to get everything. Haha this is the best comment ever, I loved reading it! All in all it totally depends on what sort of person you are and by that I mean what you actually value.

The vast majority of comments on here are projections of other peoples values, so distill the facts, understand what you value out of a city and test it out for yourself. Personally, my partner and I value weather highly and living in Melbourne the past 18 months has been tough on us because of this. We're looking to make the move to Sydney and see if a change in weather makes all the difference as we suspect.

We're also not super connected in Melbourne as much as we'd like to be, it is harder to make genuine connections as you get older and times get busier, which I am sure makes an decent impact also on an experience. Melbourne was part of NSW until Victoria was granted independence in , so I am sorry to inform you that Sydney was the capital of what is now Victoria from until In the discussions preceding Federation, it was agreed the nation's capital would be within NSW but at least miles from Sydney - this was reflective of the tension at the time between NSW, which was by that stage again the biggest economy and most populous colony state and was very open in terms of international trade as opposed to the other colonies states which were at that time very protectionist in their policies.

This was very much a compromise position, but I think both cities should be very grateful that neither are the capital city, and that we can leave all the nonsense to Canberra! The Constitution stated parliament would sit in Melbourne until the national capital was established, which was initially expected to be only for about 3 years, but it wasn't until that the site of Canberra was chosen, and that parliament first sat there.

At no point was Melbourne the capital until Sydney had a dummy spit! No gold in any commercial quantity has ever been mined in Melbourne, Melbourne just benefited from the gold mined elsewhere in Victoria - and it may pay be remember that the NSW Gold Rush, although no where near as extensive, preceded Victoria's.

Much as St Paul's and St Patrick's are beautiful cathedrals, it is very hard to argue that St Mary's, by the same architect as St Patrick's, is inferior to them, being by far the largest cathedral in Australia, and of great beauty and architectural merit St Andrews is also very fine in terms of its architectural detail, although much smaller than the other 3.

Universities - as beautiful as the colleges at Melbourne Uni are, it has nothing remotely to compare to the Great Hall, Mclaurin Hall and Main Quadrangle at Sydney Uni, which of course is Australia's oldest; both are ranked very highly on international rankings, with Melbourne currently slightly above Sydney, although Sydney ranks higher in terms of international surveys of employer rankings of graduates, and Sydney Uni's Fischer Library has the largest collection in the Southern Hemisphere.

And as for the biggest casino in the Southern Hemisphere, you are more than welcome to that honour!!!! As of the , Vienna has been in top spot for 2 years, with Melbourne second and Sydney third on account of housing affordability, otherwise it would have taken 2nd spot. Both cities are very liveable on a global level, and both have their positives and negatives. As Vienna has also topped the Mercer Quality of Living survey for the past decade Auckland at 3 trumps Sydney at 11 and Melbourne at 17 in the survey, by the way!!

Personally, Vienna is not one of my favourite European cities as a visitor, which just goes to show that livability is not the same as likeability, which is far more subjective and less measurable! From an aesthetic perspective give me an Italian city any day with all its chaos and lack of livability over a Northern European city with its order and amenity.

Australia's major cities are all very liveable in global terms, which you prefer comes down to your own personal tastes, likes and interests. So I'd say Sydney won the prize for me after not even 2 years living there Melbourne just won the most liveable city again so it looks like it's been decided! Who cares about the most liveable city, prices are down and it is more affordable because it is less in demand.

Yes and who is voting this 'liveable city title'? Nobody asked me! Honestly laughable how Melbourne got the medal.

Shopping in Melbourne is now much better than Sydney. It definitely moves in cycles. Dining in Melbourne is also better, I am going to start a new thread comparing this one. I just visited Melbourne recently, and it was very difficult to find anything. To visit I would definitely say Sydney is a better, as you can find everything really easily, and the beaches are better in Sydney!!!

Melbourne, without a doubt. Melbourne is a classy, sophisticated, refined city with beautiful historical architecture, superior shopping, restaurants and nightlife. Sydney feels like a tourist city - dependent on the cliched Harbour Bridge, Opera House and Rocks to drive it's importance.

And while Melbourne might get cold during winter - Sydney's summer humidity can be just as troubling. And let's not start on home affordability! I really can't see the comparison between Melbourne and New York.

If any thing Sydney is far more New York and at a pinch Melbourne is more likened to the more introverted London. Temperature is also an unfortunates comparison. Sydney on the other hand has enjoyed pleasant temps ranging below 30C. I won't even go into a comparison re last winter. I don't really think weather is a problem in fact, the cold in Melbourne is beautiful but I don't know if you've ever been to New York but Sydney actually physically looks like New York.

Don't forget New York and Melbourne are in different countries. It's very sad Melbourners always have to compare themselves to other cities. Trust me, Melbourne is like a shit, far less expensive version of London. I've spent enough time living in both.

I love the Sydney weather. I love it. Sydney is like a girl in her late teens in a short dress with loads of make up on out for a good time. Melbourne is like a cultured middle aged woman who dresses conservatively and is understated. Have lived in Sydney and its surrounds my whole life and visited Melbourne often. Aesthetically, Sydney has it over Melbourne but Sydney siders are often aggressive and the city has an inflated sense of its own self worth.

Melbourne maintains its parks and old buildings whereas Sydney will build a car park and erect some ugly apartments. I grew up in Sydney, lived in Melbourne for five years from age and brought my Melbourne boyfriend back to Sydney. When anyone says 'all Sydney people are superficial, you can't get good coffee' my eyes almost roll out of my head.

When living in Melbourne I certainly picked up a Sydney hating vibe from some, not all mostly inner northies, but then they tended to also hate anywhere in Melb that wasn't the inner north! Melbourne is a great place to live, definitely more easily walkable than Sydney. Great cafes, bars, live music, community activities, I love the markets there.

Like any place full of humans there are nice people and dickheads. I grew up on the upper north shore of Sydney very pretty but boring and now live in the inner west. Those two places are extremely different, so when people say something like 'Sydney is hectic' I feel like 'which part are you talking about? We've found a great neighbourhood, nice friends, we have favourite local cafes and bars and are fortunate enough to have set up our lives where our commutes are great I walk 30 mins, my partner trains for I miss the general walkability of Melbourne, and when I lived in Melbourne I missed the green, lush, junglyness of Sydney and the beaches.

They're both great cities. For me, the weather pushes me to Sydney but visiting Melbourne to me is like visiting an old friend. Let's not hate peeps :. Melbourne relies on one publication to claim most liveable city in the world and sadly misinterprets it as the best city in the world. The worst part of it is that every Melburnian will refer to this at least 50x in a brain washing exercise, how embarrassing.

The powers of the police force in Melbourne are borderline alarming, they can't exercise their rights to do their jobs properly.

So many lefty socialists ready to guilt you into any debate about globalisation and humanitarianism. They're deeply obsessed with their city. In fact Melbourne's biggest fans are Melbournians. It's akin to a child coming home with a star in their workbook and then believing from this they can become an astronaut.

I live in Brisbane and love visiting both cities. I think Sydney has a bit more variety than Melbourne.

Places like Surry Hills, Newtown, Potts Point, Bondi, Manly all have their own unique feel and identity, whereas Melbourne feels the same everywhere you go. In saying that Melbourne is easier to get around and has a better and more welcoming CBD. Sydney CBD is overly dense and claustrophobic. For natural beauty its no contest, Sydney wins hands down. Sydney has a better airport and the commute into central is very good, Melbourne is still living in the 80s in this respect.

Even Brisbane has an air-train. People in Melbourne generally seem to be nicer and more down to earth than in Sydney, but they are more parochial. Both cities have culture, it all depends on what you like. Melbourne has great sporting arenas, pubs.. Trams are so slow it's quicker to walk.

But I got to say the Brazilian coffee is just great. You can't compare Sydney and Melbourne. Sydney is like a Ferrari, Melbourne is like a fast Honda. It's not even close. The only similiarties is that they have 4 million people which is similar to our population. They also have cheap house prices and good bus and after hours transport. Our transport is ok, our house prices are very expensive. Also we have more wealthy people, they have allot more low and medium income, so petty crime and attitude is common there.

Hipsters have taken over Melbourne and claim their coffee is good, that's coffee which is imported from Brazil. Gold Coast is better place to live than Melbourne, and so is Brisbane. Easy question, rural is the best with loads of fresh food that hasn't been in cold storage, amazing trees which are individual and have many different colours and textures, large open fields to play any sport you like even motor sports, birds that fly freely and skies filled with brilliant stars, the feeling of relaxation, peace and space all on an easy budget, aways many fun things to do and fantastic moments to enjoy.

I found out that Melbourne will be Australia future generation biggest city instead of Sydney. When I was here, Sydney was Australia biggest city and now we are losing the title to another city that I don't know much about, I know Sydney more than Melbourne.

Born and raised in Sydney, lived here for most of my life and have wanted to leave for as long as i can remember. There's too many people, nobody cares about one-another, the lifestyle is superficial, and most business's close at 5pm. I have to say however, that the beaches anywhere else just dont compare.

Sydney has amazing beaches, relatively decent work opportunities, and the weather is nice. Skip to content Tags australia , data visualisation , demographics , infographic , population , research visualisation Contact Ashley Fell. Sydney — home to more international guests Sydney is more culturally diverse than Melbourne — less Sydneysiders Iconic landmarks and transport While driving is the most popular commute option for both cities, more Melbournites drive to work than Sydneysiders — an extra to be exact.

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