Adelaide is the best

[dismember99]

Is it just me or Adelaide is the best place to live in the world, I love it here lol, So what do you guys love about the best state in the world to live in?

[seasideboi]

ummm...

[Light-Bearer]

I lived in Adelaide for five years.
The best part was leaving.

[dismember99]

HAHA, I have been all over OZ I find Adelaide to be the best lol

[guru_g]

I lived in Adelaide for five years.
The best part was leaving.

I lived in Adelaide for 23 years and then moved to Sydney - never regretted it.

I love going back for short stays and at Christmas to see family but anything longer...I want to pull out a gun and do a 'Columbine'.

It's a city but it has a very small-town mentality. When I was there I really thought Adelaide was the centre of the world. But then when I moved to Sydney I saw how small and unimportant it is in the scheme of things.

The Gay scene is hideous. The Hampshire reopening will address a bit of that but Mars Bar? Yeah it was great back in the 80s but now it's just really wrong.

I could go on but I'll get too worked up. Anyway, no disrespect to people who love living in Adelaide - you go girls! But I could never live there again. I would wither and die in that small town, one-newspaper environment.

[JankovicFan]

Sadly I have lived here since 1999 since migrating from Europe. I fucking hate it with a passion. I am honestly sad and depressive living in Adelaide its disgusting. Yes, its cheap, affordable, easy to get around etc... but its so backward.

I graduate from 3 degree is June 2010 and Iwill be the hell out of here even if I have to work a shitty dead end job in Syd I will still move out of here - I am just really, really sad here atm :(

Everytime I go to Syd/Melb I have the best time - hence I'm in Syd next wknd cant wait!!

But yeah I really want to move to Syd or Melb in June 2010 - it will be such a massive step for me but I cant wait, I hope I can make it out of here.

[rioja-de-lidl]

Wow, everybody is really hating on Adelaide!
I was born there, but left before the age of remembering stuff. when i've gone back for a visit, i found it a charming little city, relaxed and unpretentious. I've heard that Adelaide comes alive during the fringe festival, which apparently is the second largest in the world... so thats pretty cool! Adelaide doesn't compare to Sydney or Melbourne, but it shouldn't have to either. Part of its charm is that it isn't a huge sprawling metropolis... if you take it for what it is: a small, vibrant, urban centre, located on a narrow coastal plain, surrounded by top quality produce and wine makers, then it is possible to appreciate the things, which make Adelaide unique. Although i choose not to live there at this point in my life, i will never dis Adelaide... that's what Canberra is for!

[Anthony Mahera]

I was thinking about coming to adelaide to meet a friend over the chrissy holidays. But after reading these posts it's kinda making me change my mind :(

[guru_g]

I was thinking about coming to adelaide to meet a friend over the chrissy holidays. But after reading these posts it's kinda making me change my mind :(

Look, Adelaide is fine for a short holiday - especially if you're meeting up with a friend. There's lots the two of you can do together that doesn't involve the Gay scene.

The point of these posts - and the reality of Adelaide itself - is that it is not a good place to LIVE if you're a Gay man. That is if you're interested in a vibrant and varied Gay scene and like to live somewhere with a big city mentality.

Now you'll find some Adelaide queens will dispute this but they're the ones that are settled down, probably have a partner and have a strong personal social network. And they probably don't worry so much about living in a one-newspaper, small-town mentality place.

For me, Adelaide was crushing - as I got into my twenties I felt suffocated by it. And my experience isn't uncommon.

But, I still have family over there so I still visit from time to time and have a good time. I just don't stay too long there.

So my advice is that you certainly should not move there, but you definitely should go there for a christmas holiday to meet your friend.

If you're just talking about a holiday, what have you got to lose?

[justcol]

guru you are right Adelaide is no place for "scene Queens" but it is a great place to live or visit,however i think everyone should spend some time in Sydney ,San Francisco,London etc when young so they have the adventures to look back on.
P.S. Adelaide has The Advertiser,The Australian and interstate and overseas papers are readily available,i.e.International Express etc.

justcol

[smit0847]

I moved from Adelaide to Melbourne just over a year ago and have never looked back.

I think Adelaide is a great place to grow up/raise a family and to retire to but for young adults it is incredibly limiting. When I lived there, I too thought it was the centre of the universe and its not until you live in a proper city that you realise how much there is outside little old adelaide.

I enjoy going back a few times a year to see family and friends but completely agree that the gay scene is really embarassing. One venue - Mars. Thats it. And Mars is absolutely apalling. Open for 20+ years and they havent bothered to change the music, DJs or management the entire time. Awful, commercial retro pop and plastic euro dance with an ugly cliquey crowd that think it is the greatest club in the world. Its not until you go to clubs interstate that you realise its capable for gay clubs to play real club music rather than the stereotypical plastic pop Mars plays.

I may move back when I retire but I cannot see myself moving back anytime soon - there is too much living to be done to spend your life hidden away in the little bubble that is Adelaide.

[guru_g]

I moved from Adelaide to Melbourne just over a year ago and have never looked back.

I think Adelaide is a great place to grow up/raise a family and to retire to but for young adults it is incredibly limiting. When I lived there, I too thought it was the centre of the universe and its not until you live in a proper city that you realise how much there is outside little old adelaide.

I enjoy going back a few times a year to see family and friends but completely agree that the gay scene is really embarassing. One venue - Mars. Thats it. And Mars is absolutely apalling. Open for 20+ years and they havent bothered to change the music, DJs or management the entire time. Awful, commercial retro pop and plastic euro dance with an ugly cliquey crowd that think it is the greatest club in the world. Its not until you go to clubs interstate that you realise its capable for gay clubs to play real club music rather than the stereotypical plastic pop Mars plays.

I may move back when I retire but I cannot see myself moving back anytime soon - there is too much living to be done to spend your life hidden away in the little bubble that is Adelaide.

Yes all true. However it is fun for a visit, a short holiday.

The Hampshire has re-opened as a Gay pub which is great news. At last a bit of choice for Adelaide people. And also somewhere I can hang out next week when I'm over there for Christmas!