QUOTE(Noddy @ May 12 2006, 10:35 PM)
I'm not really a fan of these suburbs to be honest. Having lived in Walkerville and owning a house right next to Medindie I dont really see the attraction. Obviously they have some amazing streets with incredible houses, but you wont get one for less than a million, if not a lot more.
What turns me off of them is apart from some very upper class sections, there is nothing else there. Bugger all shops and amenities which might not sound like much, but nothing beats having everything you need within walking distance - something Unley, Hyde Park, Norwood etc offers. I used to hate having to go for a journey to get anything which was something that always happened when living in Walkerville.
The other thing about these suburbs is its almost like living in a morgue. There is no sense of community and no life in the suburb. Some people may like that. But to me, everyday felt like a cold & wet Sunday morning when living there. Theyre more like exclusive, overpriced retirement villages. Basically, it was boring as fuck.
It probably only felt like a morgue because you were essentially across the road from the Church, and had ovals and private schools in the other directions.
My house is against the linear park, so it is not quiet, but for different reasons. Right now there are 2 ducks in the backyard eating their breakfast, and an assortment of noisy miners, rainbow lorikeets, blackbirds and sulphur crested cockatoos making their presence known. At night we get a tribe of possums and fruit rats clomping across the roof to get from the trees in the back yard to the lilly pilly in the front.
It is the most expensive area in inner Adelaide for good reason - and not just the amazing houses on the massive blocks - Unlike Hyde Park / Unley / Norwood, there is not a large amount of through traffic, for an area close to the city, it is relatively peaceful. From where I live, it is a 2 minute walk to a IGA supermarket, dentist, butcher, greengrocer, newsagent, doctor, physio, chiro, bakery, yiros shop, florist, pub etc. So, I get the convenience I having essentials very close to me, without the massive parking hassles of Hyde Park.
Then, if I want, it is a 2 minute drive to the parade or Melbourne st for cafes and restaurants and more pubs.
Ie. It is relatively quiet, but you have 2 (3 if you count the city) major choices of places to go for "cafe culture" and restaurant lifetyle that are a mere 2 or 3 minutes away by car, or 5 by bicycle.
Anyway, each to his own I suppose, we sound like a bunch of Sydneysiders comparing suburbs " yeah, but Paddington is so much more cosmipolitan than Double Bay ..."
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