It's official, Brisbane is Australias coolest city

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

You lot can have it.
I'd rather be in the worlds most livable city. I don't need to be where the lonely people from the lonely planet want to party.

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I have lived in Melbourne and refused a promotion to a permanent position there because I couldn't ever see myself liking the place.

Really, it has nothing going for it. Abominable weather, a population transfixed by kick and giggle ball, Foster's mock beer, and it's full of Victorians.

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

You lot can have it.
I'd rather be in the worlds most livable city. I don't need to be where the lonely people from the lonely planet want to party.

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I'm sure you would. It would certainly beat living in Victoria. :p

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Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Really, it has nothing going for it. Abominable weather,

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So you didn't stick around for the afternoon

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Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

a population transfixed by kick and giggle ball,

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At least they kick it and not throw it

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Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Foster's mock beer,

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Yeah, VB is much better

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Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

and it's full of Victorians.

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Not been to Queensland then.

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Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

a population transfixed by kick and giggle ball, Foster's mock beer, and it's full of Victorians.

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I don't think anyone in Vic drinks Fosters, only interstaters pretending to be from Melbourne :p

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Originally Posted by Naviguesser

I don't think anyone in Vic drinks Fosters, only interstaters pretending to be from Melbourne :p

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Don't think I've seen anyone drink Fosters since I watched "The Adventures of Barry McKenzie" back in the 70s

Martyn

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Originally Posted by Naviguesser

I don't think anyone in Vic drinks Fosters, only interstaters pretending to be from Melbourne :p

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I don't think you can buy it in Melbourne.

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

I don't think you can buy it in Melbourne.

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I haven't seen it on the shelves down here for years - did they stop making it or start selling it up north with a XXXX label on it...:wasntme:

My understanding is that Fosters is no longer made as a local brew. It is now only made for export and flavoured to suit the target market.

For that reason it would not sell here.

Back on topic. You can have your big smokes, lived in one for 45 years and getting out was the second best thing I ever did.

Living in a town with a population of 3,500 people, no traffic lights, no parking meters, fresh air, cheap land/housing, more laid back living, you can have your Brisbane.

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Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

no parking meters, fresh air, more laid back living,

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When living in Canberra it was laid back to a certain degree and fresh air but the parking meters everywhere, it just made going anywhere a PITA.
In bigger cities life is a rush, I think rat race is the common term.
The fresh air oh how i like it. Sydney is shocking for this, I love being in smaller towns(not that it is fresh in a mining town)

Lived in the big smoke (Sydney from the early 60's up to late 82) then moved back to my home State Qld, am now in one of the better parts of it,on the mainland, just west of Bribie Island :) semi-rural but close to the beach and surf,also close to the shopping precinct of Morayfield :D

cheers