Best and worst areas of Melbourne

[eddiesmith]

I would like to nominate Croydon as the worst places, or anywhere with drunken, suicidal Collingwood supporters who want you to run them over on the highway and when that fails attack your car

[Proud Pies]

[Shane Whelan]

[Go_The_Mighty_Magpies]

I spent my first 18 years in the North - Eastern Suburbs on rural properties. (Yarrambat, 5 acres then Diamond Creek 5.5 acres) I also lived in a few suburban houses on suburban blocks in Diamond Creek.

Last December I moved to Clarinda. I love the South - Eastern / Bayside area so much more. I now live in Springvale. If I had my way I'd be somewhere between Clayton South and Mckinnon / East Bentleigh. Even Cheltenham.

There's areas around here I wouldn't want to live in either like Doveton or Frankston if I didn't have to. I work in St Kilda and wouldn't particularly want to live around St Kilda or Elwood and can probably never afford to anyway.

The part of Preston I used to work in wasn't particularly nice and I'm not too fond of most of the Northern suburbs. Nor the Western Suburbs.

The better parts of Melbourne generally speaking are the Eastern, South eastern and north eastern suburbs.

[Syd_Magpies_Girl]

My best friend is currently trying to find a house, or apartment to buy close to the city, so I can move in there next year. What areas close to the city, would you recommend?

[stui magpie]

Personally I wouldn't recommend any areas close to the city. IMO, they're either too expensive or too scummy.

Depends why you want to be close to the city and what you like. If you like the cafe set, there's places like that, if you want to be close to the city for work only, be prepared to move a little out and follow the train lines. Despite the angst, they're not bad. If you want to be close to the club scene, look between city and St Kilda.

[magpiesgirl]

[Go_The_Mighty_Magpies]

Yeah I prefer that part of our local area to over here. I'm not in the heart of Springvale luckily, the general area is between Center and Westall and Springvale rds basically if you know that area at all. Clarinda was only a bit further in but the difference is pretty big. It's strange though, the difference between Clarinda and Clayton could be astonishingly different in the same day, yet so close together.

[Syd_Magpies_Girl]

[stui magpie]

Whoa, Docklands, serious cash required.

Right next to Telstra dome, western fringe of the city so walking/tram distance to everything, brand new area with lots of restaurents and no baggage.

If I was a girl in her 20's I don't know how comfortable I'd feel walking around there too much at night on my own once you get away from the busy parts, but you could say the same for most areas nowdays.

That'd be better than most if he can afford it i'd think.

[Syd_Magpies_Girl]

Hmmmmm ok....

I'm getting really worried about a lot of people saying not walk around anywhere in Melbourne at night time. I'm wondering if the crime rate is actually higher than Sydney.

[stui magpie]

Dunno bout crime rate, and I haven't been round after midnight much for a long time but people tend to move in packs. Anywhere dark and out of the crowd is not a good place to be in the early hours of the morning alone.

I've personally never given a shit and go where i want and when but I'm not a chick and I'm a bit bigger than average and have never had any problems.

[Joel]

I walk home all the time at night from the CBD. I've never had any probs.

[stui magpie]

I spose I should qualify Joel, early evening; no probs. 11pm to 1am, getting shaky; after that i'd suggest being careful.

[fan4collingwood]

I lived at Hallam at one stage for 5 years, and there was a creep who raped a photographer with a knife and dumped her to die at Tynong, and she was stronger than him and survived. He drove within 20 metres of my home with her in the boot of his car, he lived at Doveton, across the road from where I shopped. I couldn't go out of a night time after that was revealed for around 2 years.