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People told me the exact same thing when I moved from Montreal to Tokyo. I am glad I didn't listen to them. (Yes, even post-earthquake)

You don't understand his specific rationale or the social strata that he may be involved. Furthermore, how do rankings by old conservative institutions reflect on the preferred life balance of a hacker?

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Of course, he could have some arbitrary thing against cities which start with the letter 'M'.

But why would that be worth posting?

I'm trying to argue the more general view of how amazing this country is and how _that_ is the consensus view and the OP is in the minority.

He could be a miserable sod for all I know. But again, that's not my problem or that interesting to anyone on HN.

The awesomeness of Oz on the other hand? There's a lot of supporting material for that position.

I was simply trying to balance the picture for other HNers who have never been to Oz.

I love Melbourne (well, the inner north and city), I just think it's broken for the reasons I've outlined. Sure, the coffee is good and as I travel that is more and more obvious. But so is the fact that just about everything in life is more expensive there, especially housing. Even if I could buy a house in an area where the culture is about more than sport and violence, most of my friends wont be able to. I only see it getting worse as the population increases. My life is awesome and I live it to the fullest, this is just my conclusion about Melbourne & Australia.

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