It is though. The four seasons in one day is kind of an exaggeration. Weather pattern in melbourne always depends on the direction and location of the high pressure and the low pressure systems. Every rain shower is ALWAYS followed by sunshine, and then another burst and then either clear skies. It's "unpredictable" because the weather moves quickly due to the geography where there's not a lot of mountain ranges around to block/slow the weather down. Winters are very sunny in Melbourne too and it very rarely rains compared to what I have seen in other places.
Good point: it’s wasnt exactly predictable! I remember some random rain. I meant more along the lines of the seasons being pretty consistent year by year. I could be wrong though. London can be a bit random over longer periods. Also it’s just overcast all the time here which just sucks. I saw blue skies even in winter in Melbourne. You’re right though, all subjective!
@@corbinsofftheradar3085 perhaps you mean Melbourne's climate is more predictable than London's, rather than weather? Its a subtle but important difference.
I found this a strange video because some things were general - the cost of living etc, and some things were very personal - my family and friends live in London.
You’re right; I dipped between subjective and objective. To be honest I think I confused the two because I didn’t just want to give every point to Melbourne!
@@corbinsofftheradar3085 So your admitting kind of that Melbourne would of got mostly all of the points if you didn't bring your personal life into it.
with regards to culture and the arts i find london is way superior compared to melbourne. the vibe in london is electrifying. there's something great living in london that can't be described despite the factors that you mentioned which i agree. in the end, you will stay or move depending on what suits you.
I ran a gallery on the south bank in London, with walking distance to the Hayward, the national gallery and Tate Modern, lots of institutions including Tate Britain and private galleries like Satchii. I new an older female Artist who lived in Perth WA who said she found it easier to make a comfort living there. Also I missed the Melbourne private gallery industry/ culture (flinders lane,Richmond-sth Yarra) which London doesn’t have, and Sydney doesn’t do as well , seems a lot of Artists I know find their way to Berlin or New York and for example Paris doesn’t do private galleries either, I felt the space is taken up by antiques, another difference I found although it may be changing in london with new buildings going up with more foyer space, is the amount of art in buildings with commissioned works at street level, one of the joys I find walking around Sydney.
I thought Melbourne was always considered better with it’s different cultures and better street life, it’s literally ranked with the best alleyways in the world. Arts I can’t disagree on but I wouldn’t say it’s way superior
While living in London, I returned from a weekend in Paris, my flat mate asked for my verdict to which I replied “ it reminded me of Melbourne”, “ don’t you mean Melbourne reminds you of Paris?” He asked “No” I replied, “Paris reminds ME (Stressed Me) of Melbourne” That he understood and he did
Very fair comparison bro... I live in Melbourne and know I am really lucky to be living here. London is an awesome world city and the best thing is that it is situated in Europe but yeah life in Melbourne is hard to beat. Your welcome to come back anytime. Stay safe
It's interesting you mentioned Melbourne's weather being much more predictable. There goes a common saying that you often see all 4 seasons in a single day and although I'm not from Melbourne (regional VIC) I have experienced this when I'm there. But when you strike that nice vein of weather, it is perfect with blue skies and the smell of the ocean drifting in through the streets.
I have lived in Europe and the UK (3 times) and I think you nailed it as of the current state as 35 to 20 years ago it was different but as of now great pragmatic call on your voting.
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I have lived in Europe and the UK (3 times) and I think you nailed it as of the current state as 35 to 20 years ago it was different but as of now great pragmatic call on your voting. . Thanks for sharing
An interesting comparison for a Melburnian like myself. It surely does take time to fly overseas from Melbourne. Of course not many Australians are travelling or permitted to travel overseas at present. Flight times shown for travel to Queensland, and Port Moresby are rather pessimistic. You can fly north to Cairns, which is as far north in Queensland most people fly, in 3 hours 20 minutes. Flying overseas a better comparison would be Singapore which takes 7 hours 25 minutes to 7 hours 55 minutes, depending on the direction. Australia is a large continent with long distances but Australians are used to flying domestically, and overseas.
My wife and I along with our four young children emigrated from South London to Melbourne in 1970. We love Australia and have travelled all the way around this great country staying mostly on FREE camping sites. The benefits of living here are fantastic, too many to mention them all but Free parking just about everywhere except in the cities even at the beaches most are free parking and in some places you can actually drive your car onto the beach also there are parks with free BBQs everywhere and free clean public toilets...We have made many trips back to the UK to spend time with family but we would never ever go back to live in the UK especially as it is nothing like it was when we left in 1970, and it has not changed for the better, London in particular we found to be very dirty with smelly rubbish everywhere and plenty of foxes in the City definitely not a healthy place to live these days.
@@kushsharma3798 What about the spiders, every country has spiders even the UK, even though Australia has a lot of different species of spiders there are only a few that are venomous and they are not a problem as they shy away from humans. No one has died from a spider or snake bite in Australia since 1980 which cannot be said about sharks and crocs as people are maimed and killed by them every year even though it is easy to stay away from those dangerous areas as they are well sign posted. We have found that Australia is not a dangerous place to live as many people imagine it to be. I have to admit that flies are the biggest nuisance especially when having a BBQ outdoors but you do get used to it somewhat.
Yeh, trams can be perhaps a bit of guess at times but during peak hours they (usually) run every 6 or every 10 minutes on the main tram routes. Melbourne is also building a cross city below ground (tunnel under the cbd) & above ground rail line (bit like London's Crossrail), which will enable peak hour train services to increase to every few minutes.
You currently have city loop trains every few minutes. And the busier lines do get trains every 4-7 minutes during peak hours. The issues are that there is too much shared track so any delay anywhere causes the whole system to be slowed down (which this should solve), and that you waste time because the loop only goes in one direction (which it didn't sound like they were looking to fix, and given that the new stations are intended to disconnect certain lines this will likely force you to swap trains more frequently, slowing you down). As for the expectation of more service to your line, I doubt that will happen since they haven't currently extended the duration of peak hour services. I think it's more of a future proofing idea intended to service more customers once lines are extended, not to better service existing customers.
@@AnimeReference My reply was only intended as short & simple; it's not a transport video. Aware of the details, you put. My comment re trams (only) every 6-10 minutes was for all of 4-7pm. Tram stop signs on my route (a major one) have "every 6 minutes" for between 5 & 6pm, and "every 10 minutes" Re trains, do you mean one/each line in the loop goes in one direction, at same times, & isn't bi-directional for same line at same time? - since nearly all lines, except for Mernda/Hursbridge lines change direction around 1pm through the loop. By "increase to every few minutes" for the city loop i meant more reliably frequently, since a delay on one line can have too much knock on effect to other lines
Good vid.. my son lives in Kingston upon Thames very nice there as I have been there many times.. for me Melbourne is a great place to live but London is a beautiful city especially in summer when the Sun is shining..
Thanks, that was a really interesting & fair comparison. Just for anyone reading, flying from Melbourne to Brisbane (the capital of Queensland) takes about 2 hours. From Melbourne to Cairns, which is further north, takes about 3 and a half hours.
Australia is a very diverse county in terms of scenery... there's deserts, the outback with rivers and cayons, rainforests, tropical islands, glorious beaches, the great barrier reef, snowy mountains, coastal hinterlands, the Bush with wet and dry creek beds. Particularly in these times when we aren't able to travel overseas, I love living in a country where a complete scenery change is only a couple of hours away.
@@angelamcwhirter9707 I live in Australia too. We don't have is towering snow capped mountains like in Switzerland (not that the UK does) But our best mates the Kiwis have such mountains. As you know, Aussies love to visit New Zealand.
Probably a big reason London is less friendly is that it attracts a large portion of the UK's (and Europe's) ambitious professionals, people who basically are too busy for their own good at times and don't really develop a supportive culture. Friendly chit chat is more common eleswhere in the UK, but I don't think the passive aggressiveness is absent anywhere in this country. I live in Nottingham and people here can be very macho, directly aggressive at times, and a strong "cold shoulder" vibe. But also people can be really chatty which is quite different from London.
Cool review video you had a fun experience 🙂 London was definitely a vibe 2017-2019 and now I’m back in Auckland and have to say I miss the world class public transport options.. but can’t complain being behind the wheel again..
nice video! i loved visiting london. i think one massive thing about melbourne and australia in general is the income vs cost of living mixed with the work/life balance. i'm a kiwi who's been here 8 years and i think australians can take those aspects for granted.
Hey mate - coming a bit late to this video, but on the whole I thought your views on the categories were fair - the two you gave to the UK made perfect sense from a family and geographic perspective. As someone who lives about two hours east of Melbourne, I like to visit occasionally and there are good experiences to be had - but I'm usually glad to get back to life in the country, where traffic is when you get held up at an intersection by more than five cars :)
How about the safty, medical service and if British are more polite/respect, please? Also, if I make 1 summer 1-month and 1 winter 1- month holidays every year, hoe would you compare the cost of holidays each year, please?
Having come from London to live in Melbourne for a year..... still here 33 years later... I can say I did miss the big city vibe for quite a number of years ( Melbourne is big suburbs, the cbd itself is teeny) Now when I go to London, I love it, but only in short bursts. Then I can't wait to get back to wide blue skies and decent coffee. Omg coffee is soooooooooo bad in England.
I have studied and lived in both cities. I dont mind living in either cities. London is very diverse compare to Melbourne. London is too expensive to buy a house, so I bought a house in Leicester city, Uk. Uk is cold, so house being small is fine. I earn good wage, better than average, as an agency nurse almost similar to Australian nurse.
In the end I feel like it depends on where your loved ones live, but I'd say it would be great if you can live together with your love in Melbourne. I used to be a college student there, now back in my home country, couldn't miss Melbourne more.
I moved from London to Melbourne in 2017 after Brexit as could see the UK was self destructing. Furthermore, after 12 years living in London I wanted to experience living in a warmer climate. After having kids in Melbourne after the pandemic we returned to live in England and we lasted 10 months. It was a real shock to the system to come home and live full time in the UK. Rents are through the roof, house are small, bills are very expensive, nurseries and childcare are very poor, lack of support from the government with childcare costs, people are fairly negative overall due to lifes challenges, the winters are 6-7 months long and your energy levels become depleted by Jan post christmas. Furthermore, the government is incompetent and for 25 years has made short term decisions. Since the global financial crisis the income gap has widened and you can see the slow erosion of the middle classes due to the wealth distribution. Don't get me wrong I love the UK and its my home, but I would'nt want to only have citizenship for this county and came back to Australia to give me kids a better future.
I studied and lived in Surrey / London for 6 years, and now have been living in Melbourne for a year. Very relatable to the points you mentioned, I must say the food in Melbourne is much better than in London, and of course, the coffee… However one thing I kinda miss about London is that you can have a quick lunch by going into a coffee shop like Pret/Costa/Greggs etc which is almost around every corner, here in Melbourne I find it a little bit harder, and less choices of sandwiches lol. I know the weather in Melbourne is not the best compare to Gold Coast for example, but still a bit better than London - as you said more frequent blue sky. Generally I prefer living in Melbourne, but have to say London is a great city with its culture and the historical sense. Like both places.
I live in Melbourne but want to eventually move to the UK or NZ just because I hate the weather here. It's too hot in summer and not cold enough in winter. Also bushfires scare me a lot more than earthquakes and flooding.
@@thebabbler8867 Badgers, hedgehogs, squirrels, deer, vipers, foxes, several different breeds of wild ponies, stoats, weasels, a great array of birds including the wonderful puffin and white swans and that's just off the top of my head would all disagree with you. I lived in Dorset and in London and the Mdlands growing up. I've lived in Oz for over 30 years, I've spotted as many Adders in England as I have red belllied blacks, Tigers, Brown and carpet pythons in Aus. Plenty of wildlife in the UK, just not big like Australia's that's all.
Many places including rentals, air B&Bs, homes, in Melbourne do have central heating. In places built in last 3 decades it would be a higher percentage of places with it, than without. Older homes & flats of course may just have a wall heater or portable electric heater. Good vlog
@@corbinsofftheradar3085 If booze wasn't so expensive in bars, we would've won outright - lol. Glad you enjoyed Melb. Currently, with no covid cases & very few restrictions, it's fantastic. I never knew a $1 takeaway coffee & sitting beside the Yarra River could feel so special. Always nice of course, but it just felt more awesome today
You only mentioned flying. What about train trips, day trips or road trips? Melbourne is near the centre of Victoria. There are nearby snowfields, historic gold mining towns, the world famous Great Ocean Road, Yarra Valley wineries, Murray River paddle boats, Wilson's Prom ecta.
@@corbinsofftheradar3085 there is a crossing near the kfc which was right next door to the krispy kreme. Though I prefer running across the road like a mad man too
Interesting you compared Kingston to Melbourne, given Kingston is a commuter town, a Melbourne is sooo sprawled out. I moved from Surrey to Melbourne many years ago and didn’t find too much difference however moving to region Vic was much more of a ‘cultural shock’ FWIW
Good point. I found it hard to get think of a fair companion as I don’t live in central London. I can imagine it being a big culture shock on regional VIC!
@@corbinsofftheradar3085 Indeed. I live 2 hours outside Melbourne in a major regional town, and driving to Melbourne is like entering a whole other world. So very, very different.
Sounds like a fair comparison. Another way of looking at it: Australia is great if you love nature while the UK rules for the culture buffs. To be brutally honest though, a lot of "culture" is online these days so it probably doesn't matter much where you are.
I actually think melbourne had a lot more culture than London in some ways. London is all chains whereas Melbourne was full of independent shops. I think your comparison is mostly fair though. Thanks for watching!
@@giokun100 lol, UK as a whole lacks nature seriously. They were rated one of the worst countries for wildlife. Your talking about a place that almost every animal is extinc!
@@truthfacts5438 That’s just not true - we still have plenty of different bird species and saying “pretty much every animal is extinct” is a downright lie.
From the video, I like the housing layout, and the Cycling routes in Melbourne. England is too crowded, and roads are getting so dangerous the way cyclists have to share the road with cars doing 30-50mph in some places. Cyclists could ride on pathways in fields adjacent to the roads.
This is really good! I'm a Melbournian that's lived in North London, South London and now on the border of Kent & London, been here 7 years and married to a North Londoner born & bred! I totally agree with the Melbourne weather thing compared to London.... November all the way to start of March is a massive struggle weather and daylight wise. Personally I'd see Melbourne as a great settle down with the family there (also working with children , much prefer the Australian system to UK). But as a 24 year old when I first moved London/Europe was a complete wonderland! If we ever go back to Melbourne to live, I would miss spoons 😂
Haha good point, I don’t think I saw an Australian equivalent to Spoons! Thanks for your feedback on the video. I tried to be fair in comparing the two, lots of Melbournians have not been impressed with saying the weather is ‘more reliable’ there but i meant seasons in general 😅
@@corbinsofftheradar3085 To be fair a lot of Australians can be quite closed minded and refuse the believe anywhere could be better than where they're from. Largely down to being so isolated! My dad came over for our wedding and was shocked at how much there actually was to do in London then said he wished he'd stayed longer (after we had to force him for 2.5 weeks as it was 😂)
@@corbinsofftheradar3085 Pre covid, every 2-3 years. Was tough when family members pass away etc and you miss goodbye, but have to make your time there count. It gets exhausting though as everyone wants a piece of you & you just want to relax 😂 We've got a baby on the way, so I guess when we're allowed it might be a little more constant visits.
all subjective..depends on type of person you are..i like travel and cultural experiences and prefer london..the isolation of melbourne was a big issue
my biggest plan is further study in master..and of course..melbourne is my first choice..and thank you for this video..it’s very helpful..most important that i took from your review is about cost of living..
Hi! I live in the London borough of Kingston upon Thames so I thought it only fair I compare where I live. It’s still a London borough so hopefully still worth the comparison. I didn’t live in the centre of Melbourne either so seems fair to me.
@@moonmc1047 so did I, london has more options with frequent trains and buses but in many parts of melbourne you're forced to use a car. the train network only goes from suburbs into the city so if you want to go from suburb to suburb you're kinda forced to use a car, as buses can be every hour and not even run on weekends. cycling infrastructure has also been improving in recent years in both cities, london especially. making it harder to drive is a good thing, we must discourage car use
I live in the SE suburbs of Melbourne. Cheaper to live in the US. Which I cannot wait to get back. Dual citizen. And the weather can be four seasons in a day.
@@Andrew-df1dr That's only partially true. The best universities in the world are generally found in America and the UK. Though Aus has a slightly higher overall life expectancy, the five year survival rates for many types of cancer for example, are higher in the US than anywhere else in the world. The US also consistently ranks many hospitals in the top 100 in the world. I do however, agree with you on the social security systems.
i don't agree with the transportation verdict. i think cycling and car as a main transportation is useless in London. for that the tube and trains will cover pretty much every transportation aspect including bus.
Did you say a 6 hour flight from Melbourne to Queensland?! Lol not sure what flights you were looking at, its only 2 hours to Gold Coast and 3 hrs to Cairns 🤔
@@corbinsofftheradar3085 Yep. Only reason 6hrs would be possible with traveling Domestically in Australia is because of all the Overlays with changing flights and everything
Great video, pretty spot on, except that he gave the social life category to London based on the fact his friends and family are there, which is not a fair and unbiased view at all. He said Melbourne is 'generally friendlier' and it has the same sort of activities as London. And, sports clubs/bars are also a common thing here with the AFL, soccer (football), the tennis, cricket, even the UFC regularly shown on the TV's. Melbourne also has regular running clubs on Saturday mornings with Park Run and Hash House Harriers running clubs on weeknights. Not to mention many workplaces and universities (colleges) have their own running and sports clubs. Also, I wouldn't really consider this a 'detailed comparision', more so a brief summary as there were only 6 points quickly spoken about. So technically the score should be Melbourne-5, London-1. Have to say though, London definitely wins the location category though which many Melbournians would be envious of. Thanks for the video!
Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in the world and london has many top flight teams,it's a different more exciting atmosphere,London has also had some of the biggest boxing events in the world,Wimbledon for the tennis,don't see how you can give Melbourne sports.
Nice video and you’re a really good communicator. As a Sydneysider I’m tempted to stir the pot with all your fans from Melbourne : mate, if you want to experience the best, try Sydney next time.
Loved what I saw of Sydney. Stay in; I think it’s called Newtown? It reminded me a bit too much of London though in the sense it’s a proper big sky scraper of a city! Thanks for your kind words 😄
I'd love to see your sources for drinks in melbourne being more expensive than London? I've found central London one of the most expensive places to drink full stop.
@@corbinsofftheradar3085 Cheers. I remember my surprise buying 2 pints in a pub near Monument one evening after work and having to pull out a 20 after my tenner was rejected :)
I went back to Melbourne and couldn't believe it was $12 for a pint! Mate who's band I was seeing just said "You're not in spoons now... you've become a pom" 😂😂😂
As a Melburnian I can honestly say that is the first time I have ever heard anyone suggest our weather was "predictable"!
literally, crowded house wrote a song called "four seasons in one day" because of how unpredictable our weather is...
I think predictable meaning that you can predict when you'll get a hot dry month and a rainy miserable month more easily
It is though. The four seasons in one day is kind of an exaggeration. Weather pattern in melbourne always depends on the direction and location of the high pressure and the low pressure systems. Every rain shower is ALWAYS followed by sunshine, and then another burst and then either clear skies. It's "unpredictable" because the weather moves quickly due to the geography where there's not a lot of mountain ranges around to block/slow the weather down. Winters are very sunny in Melbourne too and it very rarely rains compared to what I have seen in other places.
Good point: it’s wasnt exactly predictable! I remember some random rain. I meant more along the lines of the seasons being pretty consistent year by year. I could be wrong though. London can be a bit random over longer periods. Also it’s just overcast all the time here which just sucks. I saw blue skies even in winter in Melbourne. You’re right though, all subjective!
@@corbinsofftheradar3085 perhaps you mean Melbourne's climate is more predictable than London's, rather than weather? Its a subtle but important difference.
London is nice to base yourself for work but I'd prefer Melbourne if I'm settling permanently or raising a family.
As a British expat living in Melbourne, this was very relatable. Great video!
I found this a strange video because some things were general - the cost of living etc, and some things were very personal - my family and friends live in London.
You’re right; I dipped between subjective and objective. To be honest I think I confused the two because I didn’t just want to give every point to Melbourne!
@@corbinsofftheradar3085 So your admitting kind of that Melbourne would of got mostly all of the points if you didn't bring your personal life into it.
Yeah, obviously he would choose London where all his family and friends are. That’s not a fair comparison.
with regards to culture and the arts i find london is way superior compared to melbourne. the vibe in london is electrifying. there's something great living in london that can't be described despite the factors that you mentioned which i agree. in the end, you will stay or move depending on what suits you.
I ran a gallery on the south bank in London, with walking distance to the Hayward, the national gallery and Tate Modern, lots of institutions including Tate Britain and private galleries like Satchii. I new an older female Artist who lived in Perth WA who said she found it easier to make a comfort living there. Also I missed the Melbourne private gallery industry/ culture (flinders lane,Richmond-sth Yarra) which London doesn’t have, and Sydney doesn’t do as well , seems a lot of Artists I know find their way to Berlin or New York and for example Paris doesn’t do private galleries either, I felt the space is taken up by antiques, another difference I found although it may be changing in london with new buildings going up with more foyer space, is the amount of art in buildings with commissioned works at street level, one of the joys I find walking around Sydney.
I thought Melbourne was always considered better with it’s different cultures and better street life, it’s literally ranked with the best alleyways in the world. Arts I can’t disagree on but I wouldn’t say it’s way superior
While living in London, I returned from a weekend in Paris, my flat mate asked for my verdict to which I replied “ it reminded me of Melbourne”, “ don’t you mean Melbourne reminds you of Paris?” He asked “No” I replied, “Paris reminds ME (Stressed Me) of Melbourne” That he understood and he did
what a nice guy. Australia needs people like you.
As someone who lived for 5+ years in London and also Melbourne I fully agree with your review.
Very fair comparison bro... I live in Melbourne and know I am really lucky to be living here. London is an awesome world city and the best thing is that it is situated in Europe but yeah life in Melbourne is hard to beat. Your welcome to come back anytime. Stay safe
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It's interesting you mentioned Melbourne's weather being much more predictable. There goes a common saying that you often see all 4 seasons in a single day and although I'm not from Melbourne (regional VIC) I have experienced this when I'm there. But when you strike that nice vein of weather, it is perfect with blue skies and the smell of the ocean drifting in through the streets.
Great video! London is too big and busy for me, hoping to visit Melbourne next year :)
Did this man just say Melbourne weather was consistent?!
Das crazy
Compared to England, it is!
I have lived in Europe and the UK (3 times) and I think you nailed it as of the current state as 35 to 20 years ago it was different but as of now great pragmatic call on your voting.
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I have lived in Europe and the UK (3 times) and I think you nailed it as of the current state as 35 to 20 years ago it was different but as of now great pragmatic call on your voting. . Thanks for sharing
Really well presented comparison thanks Rob
Great video! I’m thinking of moving to Melb in the near future so good to get a perspective on how it compares to London.
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We've virtually eliminated it here. :P
@@stevendebono Dude, he was joking.
I need to warn you Melbourne is very expensive
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An interesting comparison for a Melburnian like myself. It surely does take time to fly overseas from Melbourne. Of course not many Australians are travelling or permitted to travel overseas at present.
Flight times shown for travel to Queensland, and Port Moresby are rather pessimistic.
You can fly north to Cairns, which is as far north in Queensland most people fly, in 3 hours 20 minutes.
Flying overseas a better comparison would be Singapore which takes 7 hours 25 minutes to 7 hours 55 minutes, depending on the direction.
Australia is a large continent with long distances but Australians are used to flying domestically, and overseas.
I love both. I am lucky to be duel citizen. Lovely video. I understand the appeal for both cities.
My wife and I along with our four young children emigrated from South London to Melbourne in 1970. We love Australia and have travelled all the way around this great country staying mostly on FREE camping sites. The benefits of living here are fantastic, too many to mention them all but Free parking just about everywhere except in the cities even at the beaches most are free parking and in some places you can actually drive your car onto the beach also there are parks with free BBQs everywhere and free clean public toilets...We have made many trips back to the UK to spend time with family but we would never ever go back to live in the UK especially as it is nothing like it was when we left in 1970, and it has not changed for the better, London in particular we found to be very dirty with smelly rubbish everywhere and plenty of foxes in the City definitely not a healthy place to live these days.
Great insight - thanks for sharing! Glad you’re enjoying life down under!
what about the spiders?
@@kushsharma3798 What about the spiders, every country has spiders even the UK, even though Australia has a lot of different species of spiders there are only a few that are venomous and they are not a problem as they shy away from humans. No one has died from a spider or snake bite in Australia since 1980 which cannot be said about sharks and crocs as people are maimed and killed by them every year even though it is easy to stay away from those dangerous areas as they are well sign posted. We have found that Australia is not a dangerous place to live as many people imagine it to be. I have to admit that flies are the biggest nuisance especially when having a BBQ outdoors but you do get used to it somewhat.
😆 Bob you’re so right when you say flies are the most annoying thing here
Melbourne CBD is filthy.
Yeh, trams can be perhaps a bit of guess at times but during peak hours they (usually) run every 6 or every 10 minutes on the main tram routes. Melbourne is also building a cross city below ground (tunnel under the cbd) & above ground rail line (bit like London's Crossrail), which will enable peak hour train services to increase to every few minutes.
You currently have city loop trains every few minutes. And the busier lines do get trains every 4-7 minutes during peak hours.
The issues are that there is too much shared track so any delay anywhere causes the whole system to be slowed down (which this should solve), and that you waste time because the loop only goes in one direction (which it didn't sound like they were looking to fix, and given that the new stations are intended to disconnect certain lines this will likely force you to swap trains more frequently, slowing you down). As for the expectation of more service to your line, I doubt that will happen since they haven't currently extended the duration of peak hour services. I think it's more of a future proofing idea intended to service more customers once lines are extended, not to better service existing customers.
@@AnimeReference My reply was only intended as short & simple; it's not a transport video. Aware of the details, you put.
My comment re trams (only) every 6-10 minutes was for all of 4-7pm. Tram stop signs on my route (a major one) have "every 6 minutes" for between 5 & 6pm, and "every 10 minutes"
Re trains, do you mean one/each line in the loop goes in one direction, at same times, & isn't bi-directional for same line at same time? - since nearly all lines, except for Mernda/Hursbridge lines change direction around 1pm through the loop.
By "increase to every few minutes" for the city loop i meant more reliably frequently, since a delay on one line can have too much knock on effect to other lines
Location category? If you think of a place to live as being a good point to go somewhere else, is it really where you want to live?
Com on .... you know you want to come back to Melbourne. You already sound like an aspiring Aussie!
Spot on about Melbourne not knowing how to deal with the winter! Single glazed windows means that the heat disappears within minutes!
What school or suburb did you teach at in Melbourne?
If you are from England which kind of visa you need to work in Melbourne ? how hard is to get it ?
Good vid.. my son lives in Kingston upon Thames very nice there as I have been there many times.. for me Melbourne is a great place to live but London is a beautiful city especially in summer when the Sun is shining..
When the sun actually shines it’s great! I do love Kingston, I just find it over crowded and expensive.
Thanks for making this video 😃
Thanks, that was a really interesting & fair comparison.
Just for anyone reading, flying from Melbourne to Brisbane (the capital of Queensland) takes about 2 hours. From Melbourne to Cairns, which is further north, takes about 3 and a half hours.
Thanks for this fact check! When I travelled around I had so many stop offs I lost track of how long it would take direct.
Australia is a very diverse county in terms of scenery... there's deserts, the outback with rivers and cayons, rainforests, tropical islands, glorious beaches, the great barrier reef, snowy mountains, coastal hinterlands, the Bush with wet and dry creek beds. Particularly in these times when we aren't able to travel overseas, I love living in a country where a complete scenery change is only a couple of hours away.
@@angelamcwhirter9707 Although places like New Zealand and California probably have more geographic diversity on a per km basis.
@@angelamcwhirter9707 I live in Australia too. We don't have is towering snow capped mountains like in Switzerland (not that the UK does) But our best mates the Kiwis have such mountains. As you know, Aussies love to visit New Zealand.
Probably a big reason London is less friendly is that it attracts a large portion of the UK's (and Europe's) ambitious professionals, people who basically are too busy for their own good at times and don't really develop a supportive culture. Friendly chit chat is more common eleswhere in the UK, but I don't think the passive aggressiveness is absent anywhere in this country. I live in Nottingham and people here can be very macho, directly aggressive at times, and a strong "cold shoulder" vibe. But also people can be really chatty which is quite different from London.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing!
Cool review video you had a fun experience 🙂 London was definitely a vibe 2017-2019 and now I’m back in Auckland and have to say I miss the world class public transport options.. but can’t complain being behind the wheel again..
nice video! i loved visiting london. i think one massive thing about melbourne and australia in general is the income vs cost of living mixed with the work/life balance. i'm a kiwi who's been here 8 years and i think australians can take those aspects for granted.
Ask Sydney about that...
Sydney is better than the London 😊
Hey mate - coming a bit late to this video, but on the whole I thought your views on the categories were fair - the two you gave to the UK made perfect sense from a family and geographic perspective. As someone who lives about two hours east of Melbourne, I like to visit occasionally and there are good experiences to be had - but I'm usually glad to get back to life in the country, where traffic is when you get held up at an intersection by more than five cars :)
Enjoyed living in Melbourne, love visiting London. But I'm a northerner at heart. Give me the sun, sand and beaches of the Gold Coast any day.
Loved the Gold Coast!
I'm surprised, but I have to agree with everything he said in this video! Good job!
Thanks!
How about the safty, medical service and if British are more polite/respect, please? Also, if I make 1 summer 1-month and 1 winter 1- month holidays every year, hoe would you compare the cost of holidays each year, please?
Being an Aussie. Can’t bear living in London for convenience to awesome places whilst young
Having come from London to live in Melbourne for a year..... still here 33 years later... I can say I did miss the big city vibe for quite a number of years ( Melbourne is big suburbs, the cbd itself is teeny) Now when I go to London, I love it, but only in short bursts. Then I can't wait to get back to wide blue skies and decent coffee. Omg coffee is soooooooooo bad in England.
they use the same coffee beans from south america or africa, how come the taste is different?
@@lanlan-xs4dt ask them not me!
Blue skies in Melbourne? lucky if there's 50 days a year.
I have studied and lived in both cities. I dont mind living in either cities. London is very diverse compare to Melbourne. London is too expensive to buy a house, so I bought a house in Leicester city, Uk. Uk is cold, so house being small is fine. I earn good wage, better than average, as an agency nurse almost similar to Australian nurse.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing.
In the end I feel like it depends on where your loved ones live, but I'd say it would be great if you can live together with your love in Melbourne. I used to be a college student there, now back in my home country, couldn't miss Melbourne more.
I totally agree! I felt very conscious that my friends and family would watch the video and didn’t want to be too negative about living in England
I moved from London to Melbourne in 2017 after Brexit as could see the UK was self destructing. Furthermore, after 12 years living in London I wanted to experience living in a warmer climate. After having kids in Melbourne after the pandemic we returned to live in England and we lasted 10 months. It was a real shock to the system to come home and live full time in the UK. Rents are through the roof, house are small, bills are very expensive, nurseries and childcare are very poor, lack of support from the government with childcare costs, people are fairly negative overall due to lifes challenges, the winters are 6-7 months long and your energy levels become depleted by Jan post christmas. Furthermore, the government is incompetent and for 25 years has made short term decisions. Since the global financial crisis the income gap has widened and you can see the slow erosion of the middle classes due to the wealth distribution. Don't get me wrong I love the UK and its my home, but I would'nt want to only have citizenship for this county and came back to Australia to give me kids a better future.
Many thanks for sharing 💞
Which city is best for studying??
Plz rply
Work life balance..also the important point i got from your view..very helpful
Im from London trying to decide if to go to Melbourne ot GC to work as have offers from both
I studied and lived in Surrey / London for 6 years, and now have been living in Melbourne for a year. Very relatable to the points you mentioned, I must say the food in Melbourne is much better than in London, and of course, the coffee… However one thing I kinda miss about London is that you can have a quick lunch by going into a coffee shop like Pret/Costa/Greggs etc which is almost around every corner, here in Melbourne I find it a little bit harder, and less choices of sandwiches lol. I know the weather in Melbourne is not the best compare to Gold Coast for example, but still a bit better than London - as you said more frequent blue sky. Generally I prefer living in Melbourne, but have to say London is a great city with its culture and the historical sense. Like both places.
Thanks for your reply - I really enjoyed hearing your take!
London is way better for social chit chat stuff, the scene is better.
Melbourne consistent weather? are you sure you lived in melbourne?
yeah, this vedio
helped a lot by choosing where to live
i got 2 uni's one in melbourne, one is in london
um melbourne is my decision thank you......
Both places are wonderful..in different ways...depends what you are looking for in your life...
If you don't Melbourne weather, wait 5 minutes, it will change.
As an Aussie with parents that moved here from the UK and having gone back there recently I love the uk but I love Australia more
what is the situation of spiders in Melbourne? I have arachnophobia. Should I move there?
No, stay where u are I think
I live in Melbourne but want to eventually move to the UK or NZ just because I hate the weather here. It's too hot in summer and not cold enough in winter. Also bushfires scare me a lot more than earthquakes and flooding.
New Zealand is the best. Very clean and nature friendly. There are no wildlife in England.
@@thebabbler8867 Badgers, hedgehogs, squirrels, deer, vipers, foxes, several different breeds of wild ponies, stoats, weasels, a great array of birds including the wonderful puffin and white swans and that's just off the top of my head would all disagree with you. I lived in Dorset and in London and the Mdlands growing up. I've lived in Oz for over 30 years, I've spotted as many Adders in England as I have red belllied blacks, Tigers, Brown and carpet pythons in Aus. Plenty of wildlife in the UK, just not big like Australia's that's all.
@@thebabbler8867 What are you on about? No wildlife? 😂😂
Many places including rentals, air B&Bs, homes, in Melbourne do have central heating.
In places built in last 3 decades it would be a higher percentage of places with it, than without.
Older homes & flats of course may just have a wall heater or portable electric heater.
Good vlog
Thanks for the info!
@@corbinsofftheradar3085 If booze wasn't so expensive in bars, we would've won outright - lol. Glad you enjoyed Melb. Currently, with no covid cases & very few restrictions, it's fantastic. I never knew a $1 takeaway coffee & sitting beside the Yarra River could feel so special. Always nice of course, but it just felt more awesome today
I massively miss it.
How did you get to Queensland from Melbourne in 6 hours, did you go via Perth. It only takes 2-3 hours to get there............
Sorry I misspoke! You’re totally right
You only mentioned flying. What about train trips, day trips or road trips? Melbourne is near the centre of Victoria. There are nearby snowfields, historic gold mining towns, the world famous Great Ocean Road, Yarra Valley wineries, Murray River paddle boats, Wilson's Prom ecta.
Good point! We loved visiting some of those places, all be it by car. I should have mentioned rail more.
i’ve only been to london twice and live around an hour from melbourne , i love both cities but melbourne is much smaller so it feels more homely lol
the cbd is quite small so our shitty public transport doesn’t bother me too much haha
I agree it’s more homely! People seemed friendlier as well.
why are groceries so much more expensive?! Is it due to a lot of things being imported?
I love London .From Melbourne ,born Sydney.Location trumps the others.
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As a Melbournian its very hard to drive in Melbourne and very congested, and alot of road rage.
Eyyyy Krispy Kreme Fawkner (Gowrie)!! I love that building, it's so retro!
I had to cross the road like a maniac to get to work everyday (no crossing). Good memories!
@@corbinsofftheradar3085 there is a crossing near the kfc which was right next door to the krispy kreme. Though I prefer running across the road like a mad man too
3:36 Worcester Park! Used to live just off Malden Green Avenue up there on the left 😂
Interesting you compared Kingston to Melbourne, given Kingston is a commuter town, a Melbourne is sooo sprawled out. I moved from Surrey to Melbourne many years ago and didn’t find too much difference however moving to region Vic was much more of a ‘cultural shock’ FWIW
Good point. I found it hard to get think of a fair companion as I don’t live in central London. I can imagine it being a big culture shock on regional VIC!
@@corbinsofftheradar3085 Indeed. I live 2 hours outside Melbourne in a major regional town, and driving to Melbourne is like entering a whole other world. So very, very different.
Great video 👌🏼
Thanks very informative!!!
I'd like to visit Australia. As for me it is interesting and unusual place. But it is so far away. I need to fly 17 hours from Uzbekistan to Australia
Helpful perspectives thanks - just found the little sound effects interspersed throughout distracting/annoying/unnecessary
Thanks for the feedback!
This was great ❤
As an Australian who has grown up in Melbourne i very much want to move to London
the average rent outside London is around £600 a month. you only live in London if you have money
Sounds like a fair comparison. Another way of looking at it: Australia is great if you love nature while the UK rules for the culture buffs. To be brutally honest though, a lot of "culture" is online these days so it probably doesn't matter much where you are.
I actually think melbourne had a lot more culture than London in some ways. London is all chains whereas Melbourne was full of independent shops. I think your comparison is mostly fair though. Thanks for watching!
Having lived in both, I found the British nature much more to fall in love with. It's pretty subjective.
@@giokun100 lol, UK as a whole lacks nature seriously. They were rated one of the worst countries for wildlife. Your talking about a place that almost every animal is extinc!
@@truthfacts5438 That’s just not true - we still have plenty of different bird species and saying “pretty much every animal is extinct” is a downright lie.
i was kind of rooting for london. =D probably should try to live there for a couple of years to experience.
Will you come back to Melbourne?
I hope to! Loved it there. It’s just hard to get a visa in my situation.
From the video, I like the housing layout, and the Cycling routes in Melbourne. England is too crowded, and roads are getting so dangerous the way cyclists have to share the road with cars doing 30-50mph in some places. Cyclists could ride on pathways in fields adjacent to the roads.
There are some fantastic cycle routes in Melbourne! Totally separate to the roads
In my cardboard flat in London there is often over 30 in the summer...
My daughter lives in London but I wish she’d come home and work in Melbourne. I’m sending her this video.
It’s 2-4 hours to fly to QLD
It’s only 2 hours flight from Melbourne to Queensland. Not 6. No where in Aus requires a 6 hour flight
This is really good!
I'm a Melbournian that's lived in North London, South London and now on the border of Kent & London, been here 7 years and married to a North Londoner born & bred!
I totally agree with the Melbourne weather thing compared to London.... November all the way to start of March is a massive struggle weather and daylight wise.
Personally I'd see Melbourne as a great settle down with the family there (also working with children , much prefer the Australian system to UK). But as a 24 year old when I first moved London/Europe was a complete wonderland!
If we ever go back to Melbourne to live, I would miss spoons 😂
Haha good point, I don’t think I saw an Australian equivalent to Spoons! Thanks for your feedback on the video. I tried to be fair in comparing the two, lots of Melbournians have not been impressed with saying the weather is ‘more reliable’ there but i meant seasons in general 😅
@@corbinsofftheradar3085 To be fair a lot of Australians can be quite closed minded and refuse the believe anywhere could be better than where they're from. Largely down to being so isolated!
My dad came over for our wedding and was shocked at how much there actually was to do in London then said he wished he'd stayed longer (after we had to force him for 2.5 weeks as it was 😂)
@@sarahhill1878 haha interesting! Do you go back to Aus for trips much?
@@corbinsofftheradar3085 Pre covid, every 2-3 years. Was tough when family members pass away etc and you miss goodbye, but have to make your time there count. It gets exhausting though as everyone wants a piece of you & you just want to relax 😂
We've got a baby on the way, so I guess when we're allowed it might be a little more constant visits.
I was busy comparing Perth to London...
all subjective..depends on type of person you are..i like travel and cultural experiences and prefer london..the isolation of melbourne was a big issue
Good point! Definitely would have an impact over a long time.
idk how I found this but great video!
my biggest plan is further study in master..and of course..melbourne is my first choice..and thank you for this video..it’s very helpful..most important that i took from your review is about cost of living..
wtf why did u compare with kingston upon thames and not actual london?
Hi! I live in the London borough of Kingston upon Thames so I thought it only fair I compare where I live. It’s still a London borough so hopefully still worth the comparison. I didn’t live in the centre of Melbourne either so seems fair to me.
What hayfever tablets do you use?
Fexafenadine
@@corbinsofftheradar3085 Insanely quick reply, thanks man! Do you get any side effects from it?
@@q8ee59 dry mouth at night but could be worse 😅
London absolutely has better transport than Melbourne and it's not close
London is a night mare for driving. U mean public transport. Getting around in Melbourne is better
@@moonmc1047 no
@@emporioalnino4670 that's your opinions , not mine. I used to live in both cities
@@moonmc1047 so did I, london has more options with frequent trains and buses but in many parts of melbourne you're forced to use a car. the train network only goes from suburbs into the city so if you want to go from suburb to suburb you're kinda forced to use a car, as buses can be every hour and not even run on weekends. cycling infrastructure has also been improving in recent years in both cities, london especially. making it harder to drive is a good thing, we must discourage car use
It needs to have to cope with a much bigger population, so that’s no disrespect to Melbourne.
Home is where the heart is
I live in the SE suburbs of Melbourne. Cheaper to live in the US. Which I cannot wait to get back. Dual citizen. And the weather can be four seasons in a day.
Australia has much better health care, education and social security systems than the US.
@@Andrew-df1dr True but still love the US due to the 2nd Amendement!
@@Andrew-df1dr That's only partially true. The best universities in the world are generally found in America and the UK. Though Aus has a slightly higher overall life expectancy, the five year survival rates for many types of cancer for example, are higher in the US than anywhere else in the world. The US also consistently ranks many hospitals in the top 100 in the world. I do however, agree with you on the social security systems.
@@petertrevena804 and more freedoms to my liking , far too overgoverned in OZ
i don't agree with the transportation verdict. i think cycling and car as a main transportation is useless in London. for that the tube and trains will cover pretty much every transportation aspect including bus.
Lol at me recognising the Melbourne street you used as your housing example...
Haha that’s crazy!
The difference seeing blue skies every day makes to your mood is crazy.
So true!!
Did you say a 6 hour flight from Melbourne to Queensland?! Lol not sure what flights you were looking at, its only 2 hours to Gold Coast and 3 hrs to Cairns 🤔
My mistake. We did a bunch of stop offs on the way and I lost my bearings. 2 hours is pretty sweet!
@@corbinsofftheradar3085 Yep. Only reason 6hrs would be possible with traveling Domestically in Australia is because of all the Overlays with changing flights and everything
We do have trains and buses ,too, in Melbourne.
Sorry I didn’t go into much detail on this. Yes you do but they were nowhere near as convenient.
Great comprison! Melbourne it is!
Great video, pretty spot on, except that he gave the social life category to London based on the fact his friends and family are there, which is not a fair and unbiased view at all. He said Melbourne is 'generally friendlier' and it has the same sort of activities as London. And, sports clubs/bars are also a common thing here with the AFL, soccer (football), the tennis, cricket, even the UFC regularly shown on the TV's. Melbourne also has regular running clubs on Saturday mornings with Park Run and Hash House Harriers running clubs on weeknights. Not to mention many workplaces and universities (colleges) have their own running and sports clubs. Also, I wouldn't really consider this a 'detailed comparision', more so a brief summary as there were only 6 points quickly spoken about. So technically the score should be Melbourne-5, London-1. Have to say though, London definitely wins the location category though which many Melbournians would be envious of. Thanks for the video!
So, take sport out of the equation, then what does Melbourne have? I couldn't care less about sport.
Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in the world and london has many top flight teams,it's a different more exciting atmosphere,London has also had some of the biggest boxing events in the world,Wimbledon for the tennis,don't see how you can give Melbourne sports.
@@rawdog314 Melbourne people are obsessed with their own relevance.
How are the trams slow
Depends what you’re comparing them to I guess
Im sorry but in melbourne u can go from china to turkey to italy all in one day
Nice video and you’re a really good communicator. As a Sydneysider I’m tempted to stir the pot with all your fans from Melbourne : mate, if you want to experience the best, try Sydney next time.
Loved what I saw of Sydney. Stay in; I think it’s called Newtown? It reminded me a bit too much of London though in the sense it’s a proper big sky scraper of a city!
Thanks for your kind words 😄
Haha. I live in Newtown!! Yes it’s like parts of London.
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We had an awesome time. Id love to go back and live in Sydney for a while if possible.
Not a mention of the arts...concerts, galleries and theatre! . Surely cultural richness is a more significant factor than the price of a pint.
Nice explaining
I think it should be pretty easy for a teaxher to get a visa to live in Australia! We need more of them!
I'd love to see your sources for drinks in melbourne being more expensive than London? I've found central London one of the most expensive places to drink full stop.
Id agree with that. London has some ridiculous places! I used cost of living.com I think.
@@corbinsofftheradar3085 Cheers. I remember my surprise buying 2 pints in a pub near Monument one evening after work and having to pull out a 20 after my tenner was rejected :)
@@eilselwerdna crazy! There are some mega expensive places. I think the cheap chains (Wetherspoons) bring the average down.
I went back to Melbourne and couldn't believe it was $12 for a pint! Mate who's band I was seeing just said "You're not in spoons now... you've become a pom" 😂😂😂
@@sarahhill1878 😂