A friend of mine went to a career seminar in the UK recently. One speaker told them why they should transfer to the Melbourne office, and one why they should transfer to the Sydney office. Now, I wasn’t there, but according to my reliable friend, the main highlight of Melbourne mentioned was that they have more Olympic sized swimming pools.
I actually think that it is a little unfair, as personally I think Melbourne is better than Sydney in two ways. 1) their public transport is better (although my Melburnian friends still complain about it) and 2) it is better for sport.
Being in Australia, Sydney is a huge sporting city in its own right, but if you had to say which one was best, hands down, it is Melbourne. They have the Formula 1 Grand Prix (though there are rumours every year that Sydney will either steal it, or make a better offer), Australian Open, and of course the AFL. Sydney has the NRL, but not all Sydneysiders support a team, whereas most Melburnians go crazy for their AFL team.
Now this is an article about why Sydney is better than Melbourne, not one about sport. So, having got the two things Melbourne is better at out of the way, let’s talk about the obvious things Sydney is better at.
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Your opinion of what makes a city better are quite superficial because you are a foreigner. Doesn't sound like you got out of the bars to visit the beautiful Mornington Peninsula (Greater Melbourne) or travel the breathtaking Great Ocean Road. Weather? At 61 I saw my first snow but it was in New York never in Melbourne We love OWNING our own homes as well. Voted Most Livable City in the World multiple times Melbourne is amazing If it weren't for our migration north to Qld there would not be much wealth to sustain Brisbane and Gold Coast after all As for Mexican Pfft We are Prictorians!! Smug about our beautiful city You're an Immigrant tourist you only see the surface of a place. But I still send tourists to Sydney it is beautiful, and I've travelled the world. But for long term like raising a family come live in Melbourne
Brisbane beats both hands down. But, Melbourne does come second. ;)