Melbourne's liveability choice: soar like Manhattan or sprawl like LAMelbourne CBD is fast becoming dominated by high rises.If Melbourne followed a Los Angeles-type sprawl, would traffic jams like this become the norm?New York City offers more compact and high-density living.London is the cited example of a medium-density city. Walking at street-level in the CBD (Central Business District), you'll notice the music wafting up through pipes and peer down into a network of underground alcoves, bustling with foodies. The English idea of not trying but trying in the process of not trying has caught on down there: everyone seems to have worked out how to adopt that 'Kate Moss' air of indifference. The Mercer Quality of Living Survey 2012 ranks Melbourne #17 in the world and London #38.
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Melbourne is constantly ranked the World's Most Liveable City or at least in the top 3. What started as an environmental effort and a means to dodge strict outdoor licensing laws has quickly become a quirky trend at the city's best breakfast venues.Don't be alarmed if you spy what appear to be astronauts traipsing across the rooftops, they're actually just urban beekeepers doing their very Melbourne thing. For those Melbournites that have visited the states, what city do you feel is the most like Melbourne? New housing will be built near rail hubs such as Sunshine and Footscray, or at repurposed industrial sites like Essendon Airport.
It's a Monday morning in Melbourne and, as the sun rises, bleary-eyed commuters stagger towards urban cafés, desperate for their single origin fix. But, aside from their accent, the one thing that sets Melbournians apart is the colour black. Numerous restaurants in the city now have hives to generate their own liquid gold.
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You can We pit the two hipster-heavy cities against each other: which will take the bobble-hat crown?You will find the very same bearded, tattooed, thick-frame-framed and painfully-skinny-jean-wearing punters down under, with the same unkempt facial hair, sporting similar vintage clothing and piercings. Jobs will also grow there, at employment hubs in Werribee, Sunshine and the Tottenham industrial estate. 'How do you take your coffee?' By Amanda Valmorbida The Locals.
Melbourne’s population centre will move west, as it absorbs an extra 900,000 residents. We pit the two hipster-heavy cities against each other: which will take the bobble-hat crown? Lots of good riding around Kent/Surrey. The federal government’s infrastructure adviser says in a new report that Melbourne and Sydney are at watershed moments in their histories, as population growth pushes them to a future where they will resemble megacities more like today’s Hong Kong, London and New York.On current projections, Melbourne’s population will grow by 2.8 million to 7.3 million by 2046.Infrastructure Australia’s report, Future Cities, released on Friday, models three potential futures: a centralised high-rise version, where growth is concentrated in the inner city and along major transport corridors; a sprawling version based on continued low-density growth in the outer suburbs; and a medium-density scenario that involves more intensive development in Melbourne’s middle suburbs.Infrastructure Australia’s chief executive Philip Davies saidthe modelling suggested that Melbourne would cease to be the world’s most liveable city unless it changed its approach to city planning.“In the next 30 years, Melbourne will be comparable to the sizes of New York and London today,” Mr Davies said. 14.7°C vs 11°C; 61.88$ cheaper monthly public transport ticket? Crime and racial tension is more prevalent in London. ADDITION: What I liked most about Melbourne was the amazing public transport, the diversity, the general good vibe of everyone, the random things to look at everywhere, and feeling like I was safe to walk by myself at 1am in the cbd. the barista asks, coolly stroking his rosary of coffee beans. But the report argues that planning should start now for further enhancements, including another underground rail link through the city, signalling upgrades and tram route extensions.