Regional Rivalry

[Wahesh]

Do you ever experience this? Outside the realms of NRLOL and State of Origin, I feel like Melbournians are always trying to stick to us Sydney-Siders - trying to prove what? That their city is better than ours?

Big whoop!

The self-proclaim themselves as the "Sporting Capital of The World" (lol) and spend a good chunk of their revenue on Sports.

Now us here in Sydney have a bigger problem when it comes to this. We have a similar population, yet a much bigger state to fund. Infrastructure and what have you is not cheap. And in addition to this, costs are involved in getting to regional centres. We are a bigger state, have more ground to cover, and don't have enough money to cover this, so therefore, we cannot spend spend spend on sports. Look at the shit-storm that was involved getting ANZ Stadium to be rebuilt. Then refurbished. Then rebuilt again. Then refurbished again. It was a wild goose-chase.

Now Melbourne and Sydney have some similarities - shit traffic (but thank f**k we don't have those damn hook turns), four-seasons-in-a-day (although Melbourne seems to cop it worse), and we both love our sporting clubs, but Sydney just seems to be a bit more... appealing to me.

So in conclusion, Sydney > Melbourne.

Anyone else here have opinions on regional rivalry? They don't even have to be cities... they can be suburbs/towns/states/countries...

 

[Wahesh]

Oh... and this thread was triggered by an email I recieved (LOL at my response).








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[Wahesh]

^ My response....

I live in Sydney, not going to Melbourne!

 

[BELMORE]

Wtf is with the hook turns I don’t get them... doesn’t make sense to me

 

[bricktamland]

Wtf is with the hook turns I don’t get them... doesn’t make sense to me

You don’t hold up traffic in the right hand lane when trying to cross opposite side , it’s confusing but seems to work for melbourneites. Melbourne is pretty cool, the people aren’t snobby like some in Sydney, and the sport is next level like walking from the mcg or aami park on a Saturday night is unreal so much culture and the casino is cool, Sydney for me only has beaches and nrl, the rest is busy and snobby

 

[BELMORE]

You don’t hold up traffic in the right hand lane when trying to cross opposite side , it’s confusing but seems to work for melbourneites. Melbourne is pretty cool, the people aren’t snobby like some in Sydney, and the sport is next level like walking from the mcg or aami park on a Saturday night is unreal so much culture and the casino is cool, Sydney for me only has beaches and nrl, the rest is busy and snobby

There’s two lanes isn’t there? Meaning right lane goes right, left lane goes straight/left. Hook turns = can’t turn until both opposite AND rear lanes are clear...

 

[Memberberries]

I hate when Victorians try comparing themselves to us!

If their state is more sports mad than us? then it means they have more fat and stupid people than we do in NSW!

 

[CroydonDog]

Wtf is with the hook turns I don’t get them... doesn’t make sense to me

It's in only a handful of spots, mostly in city, and means you're not blocking trams waiting to turn right.

They actually make a lot of sense.

 

[Mr Invisible]

What the actual fucks going on with that guy's head!!!!

Forehead for days!!!

Could have done a better job but I'm on a 15 minute break for an online webinar..

How I see people in various states:
NSW - We are the best, so good that English colonists wanted to build the foundations of our country here. We have the best harbour, the best beaches, well, pretty much the best everything.
VIC - We would love to be like NSW but are far too cultured. We have arty things, and lots of hipsters selling vegan organic coffee. Only the most mature of Australians live in Melbourne as we have CULTURE in spades. Apart from the Great Ocean Road, we don't have much going on.
ACT - We got kicked out of NSW for being wankers, so started our own state.
QLD - We got ourselves some here sunshine, and dats awl we need *plucks a banjo*. Qld's mostly migrated from NSW because they wanted a warmer climate. The then created their own wierd timezone to be different and believe they are the best state. Cyclones, cane toads, crocodiles, jellyfish (stingers) prove that nature does not want people in Qld.
SA - Hey.. Hey ... Hey everyone, there are people that live here... please come visit us and get blind drunk at the wineries and ... well.. that's all we have.
WA - Hello from the polar opposite side of Australia.. We love having a gigantic fuck off desert to keep the rest of Australia away from us.
NT - Well bruddas, at least we still have one state we can call our own! If you need "them", you can find "them" there.
TAS - Former Australians (mainly Victorians and ACTians) who we got sick of so chucked them on a ferry so they could continue their green world bullshit on it's own island, which the rest of Australia can disown at any time.

 

[Memberberries]

What the actual fucks going on with that guy's head!!!!

Forehead for days!!!

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Could have done a better job but I'm on a 15 minute break for an online webinar..

How I see people in various states:
NSW - We are the best, so good that English colonists wanted to build the foundations of our country here. We have the best harbour, the best beaches, well, pretty much the best everything.
VIC - We would love to be like NSW but are far too cultured. We have arty things, and lots of hipsters selling vegan organic coffee. Only the most mature of Australians live in Melbourne as we have CULTURE in spades. Apart from the Great Ocean Road, we don't have much going on.
ACT - We got kicked out of NSW for being wankers, so started our own state.
QLD - We got ourselves some here sunshine, and dats awl we need *plucks a banjo*. Qld's mostly migrated from NSW because they wanted a warmer climate. The then created their own wierd timezone to be different and believe they are the best state. Cyclones, cane toads, crocodiles, jellyfish (stingers) prove that nature does not want people in Qld.
SA - Hey.. Hey ... Hey everyone, there are people that live here... please come visit us and get blind drunk at the wineries and ... well.. that's all we have.
WA - Hello from the polar opposite side of Australia.. We love having a gigantic fuck off desert to keep the rest of Australia away from us.
NT - Well bruddas, at least we still have one state we can call our own! If you need "them", you can find "them" there.
TAS - Former Australians (mainly Victorians and ACTians) who we got sick of so chucked them on a ferry so they could continue their green world bullshit on it's own island, which the rest of Australia can disown at any time.

100% Australia in a nutshell!
Both Bob Menzies and Bob Hawke would be proud!

 

[Wahesh]

What the actual fucks going on with that guy's head!!!!

Forehead for days!!!

View attachment 8248


View attachment 8249

Could have done a better job but I'm on a 15 minute break for an online webinar..

How I see people in various states:
NSW - We are the best, so good that English colonists wanted to build the foundations of our country here. We have the best harbour, the best beaches, well, pretty much the best everything.
VIC - We would love to be like NSW but are far too cultured. We have arty things, and lots of hipsters selling vegan organic coffee. Only the most mature of Australians live in Melbourne as we have CULTURE in spades. Apart from the Great Ocean Road, we don't have much going on.
ACT - We got kicked out of NSW for being wankers, so started our own state.
QLD - We got ourselves some here sunshine, and dats awl we need *plucks a banjo*. Qld's mostly migrated from NSW because they wanted a warmer climate. The then created their own wierd timezone to be different and believe they are the best state. Cyclones, cane toads, crocodiles, jellyfish (stingers) prove that nature does not want people in Qld.
SA - Hey.. Hey ... Hey everyone, there are people that live here... please come visit us and get blind drunk at the wineries and ... well.. that's all we have.
WA - Hello from the polar opposite side of Australia.. We love having a gigantic fuck off desert to keep the rest of Australia away from us.
NT - Well bruddas, at least we still have one state we can call our own! If you need "them", you can find "them" there.
TAS - Former Australians (mainly Victorians and ACTians) who we got sick of so chucked them on a ferry so they could continue their green world bullshit on it's own island, which the rest of Australia can disown at any time.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA LMFAO YOU FUNNY KARMICHAEL BRO

 

[Hacky McAxe]

It's in only a handful of spots, mostly in city, and means you're not blocking trams waiting to turn right.

They actually make a lot of sense.

They do make sense. They force the turners to get out of everyone's way. But I prefer island turns. And the hook turns mess with my head.

 

[Hacky McAxe]

Melbourne has better food and a better music scene. Sydney has better bars (that all close early) and more offices so better job choices.

 

[bricktamland]

There’s two lanes isn’t there? Meaning right lane goes right, left lane goes straight/left. Hook turns = can’t turn until both opposite AND rear lanes are clear...

But it’s also the fact if you hvs the scenario of a car , possibly a car with 4 wheels on a road with 2 lanes , but right lane is left and left lane is right it depends what side you are on, so in turning the hook becomes a objective theory into a parallel universe and social justice for all black lives matter it’s basicslly opening a can of worms if that makes sense

 

[BELMORE]

It's in only a handful of spots, mostly in city, and means you're not blocking trams waiting to turn right.

They actually make a lot of sense.

Ahh the trams

 

[ALX25]

Haven't visited Tassie yet.

 

[belmore_utd]

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[Memberberries]

One thing for sure, the old Melbourne gaol is definitely haunted!

After touching Ned Kelly's noose and going to the top level on the east end.

I felt like something came over me.
I got really light headed and started feeling weak,sick and sore!

I actually felt like a prisoner from the colonial era, even my friend who was with me started getting the same sickness at the exact same time!

My conclusion I became semi-possessed because the whole time there I kept wondering what the prisoners went through?

Almost as if a ghost read my mind and said allow me to demonstrate.

 

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[Bad Billy]

Yea,
Helensburgh and Sutherland have an ongoing rivalry, but in reality, it’s kinda like QLD vs NSW.
The ‘burgh shits on sutho.