forums - Does Anyone Smart Ever Stay in Adelaide?

Or do they all move away?

I consider myself smart, and I remain here... I've always considered a move to Melbourne, and still am... but I might remain here, as i predict Adelaide will have a boom period in a year or two... Adelaide has been stagnant for a good 15-20 years, but i predict a boom very shortly. There are some exciting things happening. We're soon to overturn our shithole of an airport, and create a facility that the rest of the country will be jealous of, News Ltd has big plans for it's birthplace, and has some massive investments on the cards. All of these things add up, and i believe that we'll be prospering again in a couple of years. We'll never be the size of Sydney or Melbourne, but we will grow.

We actually have it really good in Adelaide and people who have lived here all the lives and haven't travelled don't realise that. Adelaide is probably one of the easiest cities to drive around in and is very spaced out. Not too many cities have as large surrounding parklands as we do here. The real estate here is still relatively cheap as well compared to the rest of Australia and our standadrd of living is quite high.

Melbourne is a good city, as is Perth. Sydney, forget living there and Brisbane is a hole in my opinion. Especially when you have seen what some cities are like overseas (London, Paris) too and how crammed in they are, you actually realise how good Adelaide really is as well

I agree with Mr ToastE, Adelaide will boom shortly. Big companies are starting to relocate offices to Adelaide and that airport is FINALLY getting the renovations is so badly needs. I might move a way for a little while but I will definitely be coming back and making Adelaide my home.

we usually send all the dumb ones interstate!


i find adelaide easily accessable, and our cost of living is relatively cheap and jobs in my field are easy to get.

melbourne is nice too, as is sydney i'm told but i feel that the increased cost of living is too much of a detraction to really want to move there.

if you take clubbing out of the equation, and lets be realistic here... for me, clubbing every week has a shelf life of about 8 odd years, before reality sets in and mainstream life and responsibilities take over... and this is where adelaide comes into the fore with it's ease of access and property value around town being at an afforable cost.

i agree with mr toaste that adelaide is very much due for a boom, as there are many residential developments as well as commercial being scheduled for building over the next year or 2.

Have you ever noticed that those who move interstate ALWAYS end up coming back. Ive spent a lot of time around Oz and the only place that I could sya even comes close to Adelaide is Perth. Now thats a rockin city.

There are so many opportunitys in Adelaide, you just have to look for them. Maybe wages arent as high, but the cost of living is so damn cheap in this city it more than makes up for it.

Plus our scene is as good as anywhere. Styles have their ups and downs and maybe Ive been lucky but over the years our hardcore, happy hard, nrg and drum&bass have always had the strongest scenes in Oz. Not bad for a small town.

One thing I do notice, is a lot of people choose to blame Adelaide if theyre not happy with their life - rather than blame themselves. They feel that their problems will be miraculously solved by moving to Sydney and the like. It never works and they always end up coming back!!!!

I love Adelaide, and will never leave.

I doubt anyone can give me ONE reason why moving interstate is a good option.

Everytime I go to Melbourne I'm always saying "Oooh gee I'd love to live there..." But maybe that's just because I get all excited with the buzz and atmosphere of my holiday...

I love Adelaide too, and in all honesty I don't think I'd ever want to leave something as good as a life here. Sure we're not buzzing and bustling like Sydney or Melbourne, etc... But we have it lucky I reckon...

The cost of living, opportunities, the weather, etc... Most of my family live in Adelaide too, I don't know if I could move to a state where I hardly know anybody... I need close contact with friends and family...

Plus think about our rave scene compared to Melbourne's or Sydney's. Adelaide is MUCH smaller so our scene is so close knit, everybody knows each other somehow and the more you meet the tighter the circle becomes.

Adelaide's always been considered a ghost town and things do seem stagnant... But there probably will be a boom in the near future, not as huge as the other states but things will pick up

I think I'll always live here... and save the other states for holidays

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I doubt anyone can give me ONE reason why moving interstate is a good option.

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oh yeah and by the way i'm still here so yes!

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Originally posted by LOCSmiley
Adelaide does not have several university courses available i.e. vetinary science.

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Originally posted by Utils
Or do they all move away?

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Originally posted by Ultrarava
Adelaide's always been considered a ghost town and things do seem stagnant... But there probably will be a boom in the near future, not as huge as the other states but things will pick up

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Originally posted by vinum
Adelaide is also at the forefront of a great deal of research. One would presume then, those who conduct such research would fit this 'smart' genre you have described. Consequently, I can only conclude smart people stay in Adelaide.

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We'll see wether im staying in adelaide or not when i get my TER back at the end of this year.. . I'd like to go to brisbane

Define "smart", 'cos I'm too dumb to know.

adelaide has the strongest hard dance scene in australia at the moment. (i recktm anyway) and it is growing. cost of living is cheap. its small which is a good thing. there are many opportunities.

i think il cehck out melbourne and sydney in a few years and the uk but thats about it, i think i will come back to adelaide.

What a stupid thing to say.

adelaide doesn't have much to offer for the current younger generation, therefore many of the young people move. However many return when they are older or can have a better career etc

Last edited by hdskp on 24-Oct-03 at 11:43pm

Id move back in a second if I could. but going for two years without a full time job in my field was too much so I moved to Melbourne.

I had my bags packed and was planning on moving to sydney at the very begining of this yr after a very rough patch.
I chose to stay at the last minuite obviously, but it made me appreciate Adelaide more though...
Sydney and Melbourne to me are a great place for a holiday, but I like the homely feel of Adelaide.
Walking into any club/rave without having to call people is a great feeling, you know that they will have friends there.
Yes, i know, there is more to life than just raving, but as im young i do appreciate the close nit feeling of our scene.

We have the regency institute, one of the leading chef schools in the world, where people from all over come to study.
As mentioned before, the airport is being re vamped, and the darwin rail link will expand us as a city even further.
Though my fingers are crossed for some fun parks!!!

So in answer to the question; smart people leave Adelaide, then come back

i wanna move to melbourne

I could live in Perth with me cousins and family , but dam the roads are soo confussing and there bus stops look like space stations, Adelaide is the place for me i cant live without my mum anyways

Lleyton Hewitt is from Adelaide, yes? He's stayed there.

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Originally posted by Psyentist
Lleyton Hewitt is from Adelaide, yes? He's stayed there.

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I love Melbourne, from the two short times I've been there, however the cost of living there is phenomenal compared to Adelaide. I did notice, however, that there were a LOT of jobs available, especially in hospitality.

Two friends have moved to Melbourne recently, one came back last weekend, as some of you saw, and one's coming back this weekend coming. Another friend of mine, who was my best mate at one stage is moving to Canberra on friday. All three of these fellas are pretty intelligent, however I don't exactly think thats why they moved away somehow! It's not like you hit a certain IQ level and decide to leave Adelaide.

Regardless, I moved to Adelaide about 6 years ago now (Doesn't FEEL that long!) from WA and I don't believe that I'll leave. Travel is an option, but naught else. In my field of work (Apart from the bludging uni student bit) I can pretty much go anywhere to work, so I may as well stay at home. You don't have to live in the country to work in a farming business.

I had to move to NSW for about 1 and a half years for work, missed adelaide so much, theres no other place like it. Though when i was interestate i still had fun cause every place is what you make the most of it. Its just a different environment there.

One thing that annoys me is the victorians who move here and dont stoip whinging about the place and how much better melbourne is if they have that attitude they should go home. I also hate it when some people blame all there troubles on adelaide.

Only major problem i have with adelaide is the fact that we have no freeways, we have traffic lights and 60 kph roads everywhere making it take for ever to go into the city, i guess that will change in time though..

In answer to the question,
I think all the smart people come back. But people had to go for reasons, i knew i had to go to take an oppertunity, but i also knew i would be back, and planned it that way

I moved to sydney for a while...

does that make me smart?

im going to be making a pretty dumb idea but later in my life i want to move to the UK for a couple of yrs and that is where most of my family live.

if i didnt live in adelaide, i would live in perth coz thats where i was born or melb as there's just alot more to do

but i love adelaide to bits, just that it is relaxing as well as party mode at the same time ... we party harder

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Originally posted by hdskp
adelaide doesn't have much to offer for the current younger generation, therefore many of the young people move. However many return when they are older or can have a better career etc

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Originally posted by vinum


Doesnt have anything to offer the yougner generation? What do you mean exactly? In terms of employment, education, recreation. I have only resided in Adelaide for 6 years, however have lived in many other cities, I think there is a veritable smorgasboard of schtuff to do in Adelaide, for the 'younger generation'.

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the only 2 places I'd leave Adelaide permanently for are London and Perth.

London because well, it's just well wicked and... well....... Gatecrasher (!!) who needs another excuse?

And Perth because I have tons of friends and family over there that I miss seeing all the time! That and the fact that I find Perth to be very similar to Adelaide except much nicer weather and heaps better surf beaches...

Time will tell though, and for now Adelaide is home to me

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Originally posted by Nodsta


Like I said earlier, I think the main problem is young people who arent particularly happy with their life choose to blame their environment for the problem, not themselves!

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I am doing everything in my power to come home to Adelaide! There is definitely worse out there!

Last edited by crazy1 on 26-Oct-03 at 09:01pm

Trying to run a business in Adelaide is tough because virtually all the head offices are interstate - this is getting even harder now a lot of global companies are making their purchasing decisions overseas.

Saying that, I still love Adelaide - but I have not been to an Australian city I didn't like, I could happily live in any of them.

good to see that such a stupid topic has been turned into a thought provoking discussion.

By the way, if you want to what Melbourne thinkf of Utils check this out: *click*

This is a good thread

http://www.inthemix.com.au/forum/sh...198#post1333198

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Originally posted by Beekayz
good to see that such a stupid topic has been turned into a thought provoking discussion.

By the way, if you want to what Melbourne thinkf of Utils check this out: *click*

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Originally posted by Nodsta
Have you ever noticed that those who move interstate ALWAYS end up coming back.

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The smarter ones move here

and a lot of those that move away while come to respect what Adelaide has and not what it lacks as stated earlier "that's what holidays are for"

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Originally posted by NTrance

Saying that, I still love Adelaide - but I have not been to an Australian city I didn't like, I could happily live in any of them.

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Originally posted by Nodsta
Have you ever noticed that those who move interstate ALWAYS end up coming back. Ive spent a lot of time around Oz and the only place that I could sya even comes close to Adelaide is Perth. Now thats a rockin city.

I doubt anyone can give me ONE reason why moving interstate is a good option.

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