ADELAIDE AUSTRALIA, OR ENGLAND NOW.Who knows both places and what are the pros and cons as im emigrating to Oz

Question

in two months time and wonder,advice please from those who know.

Answer 1

I've been to Adelaide twice in the last few years as I have family there.

It's known as the "City of Churches", and is a million miles away from the hustle and bustle of Sydney or Melbourne. I found it very relaxed and laid back.

Maybe a bit too quiet for my liking though. I work in London, and hence I've got used to its manic atmosphere. Adelaide is nothing like London - in any respect.

There's an absolutely beautiful beach in one of the suburbs, Glenelg. I've spent at least three days of my life on the beach at Glenelg. And in a great pub a few yards up from the beach - but I can't for the life of me remember what it's called.

I'm not a shopper, but a couple of my family members are, and they think Adelaide is great for shopping. In particular there's a huge shopping centre in Marion. Which, from memory, is always packed.

Cost of living? Cheaper than England (or Sydney) of course, but maybe by not as much as you'd think. Nothing struck me as being overly cheap, I must be honest.

Head inland in a little bit and you'll come across the Adelaide Hills. Very scenic, and always a few degrees cooler than the city itself.

Talking of the weather, yes I've had some hot days there, but also some thoroughly miserable wet days - in the middle of the Aussie summer too. Bone dry it's not!

Anyway, hope this helps. Good luck with the emigration!

Answer 2

Adelaide's a great place to live; and visit Entertainment & arts are plentiful, great inexpensive food, café’s, heaps to do esp. in Summer and Autumn, ease of accessibility is a bonus to getaway locations like the many small towns / villages in the surrounding hills, the nation’s best wine regions and the beaches, makes the city pretty special. The climate's pretty good, not much rain though and can get pretty hot in late summer. The eastern, south eastern, south western and beach side suburbs are the pick of the suburbs to live in, like all cities you’ll pay more in better suburbs. Adelaide is far from boring, I hope you can also try and find some independent research on Adelaide as well, and use some discernment in reading comments that seem to be nothing more than just rants.

Adelaide has been recently selected 5th place in the world's most “livable cities” by the Economist magazine

If you can find the latest copy of the Lonely Planet AUSTRALIA, it has a broad and I feel a pretty accurate overview of Adelaide  (extract below, the book continues with much more extensive  info / overview of Adelaide)

“When the early colonists arrived and began building Adelaide they used stone. They wanted to build a solid, dignified city, a civilised and calm place, with a manner no other state capital in the country could match. Nowadays, much to the wowsers' chagrin, pubs and nightclubs outnumber the churches.

Scratch the surface of the quiet achiever of Australian cities and you'll tap into its hedonistic vein. This epicurean playground celebrates the cultural, artistic, gastronomic and sporting. During the Adelaide Fringe Festival, the artistic flair of this progressive, yet still conservative city, truly emerges………”

Answer 3

adelaide = boring, conservative, dry, quiet, nothing to do or see.

england = interesting, lots to do

i'm sixteen and live in adelaide and dont like it at all. i dont recommend living here.

if your gonna come to oz go somewhere fun like melbourne or sydney. not adelaide!

Answer 4

Adelaide, Englands to cold and wet. Thats all tho.

Answer 5

adelaide is bogan central. nothing to do nothing to see. dull as dirt. people who say adelaide is boring, KNOW WHAT FUN IS, anyone who says otherwise has never left the small bogan town they were born in

Answer 6

Adelaide - Boring as h**l.

London - Expensive but great fun.

(Australian who has been living in London for 8 years)

Answer 7

Best food, wine and beer in Adelaide.

Best beaches.

Isn't clogged up like melbourne and sydney. so it doesn't take you 3 hours to drive 1 kilometre.

yes it's smaller than the other cities but thats because it is a planned city.

if anyone says its boring. its just some bogan from melbourne saying that because they are a boring person.