Quote from swoop[TR]:
Granted, Australia is a nice place but it's kinda remote. It's not like you can take a short vacation to the Alps, or to London or to NYC for the week end 
Southern France is a really nice place, and a lot closer to everything.
"Remote" is relative.
Whe needs the alps if you can go for a short trip into the blue mountains anytime if you wanna go for a ski, oh and of course places like Trentham 30mins from Melbourne, where it snows quite frequently too.
Who needs London or NYC if you can go to Sydney, one of the world's most splendid metropolitans. Imagine NYC with an almost non-existent crimerate, no poverty (not in Australia, anyway), lots of great art, monumental architecture, awesome multiculturalism, sensational open people attitude, a sheer undescribable choice of gorgeous and unprejudiced girls, the greatest clubs and LAN-party locations, the mildest climate available to privileged westerners and whatever else you may seek. That is Sydney.
I've never lived there, but I'm seriously thinking about it. Lived in Europe not long ago. Was considering NYC, too - Liked the idea of an apartment with view over Manhattan, but then considered Sydney for the latter reasons. NYC is just too f*cked up these days. People are too hectic, there's too much crime and it's hard to 'get away' from the bustle. Besides, it's not even safe to walk through the central park. What's the point in living in a place like that? I'd rather go L.A.
I'm now living in the southwest of Australia, the opposite side of Sydney, and well it's a bit cool this time of the year, I'm just stoking that fire
~Scientist
