| Ditto what Jools said. I lived in Perth for about 8 months. No matter how distant you think you are to your family and friends its so hard to realise they they just can't pop round and visit.
Perth is very isolated, 20 miles of city and suburbs then nothing for 3000 miles. No good biking roads either! The city is set up very like the US, on a grid system. Perth City centre is just two long streets of shops.
Good points, well its clean, everything works, the weather is fantastic if you like serious heat !! (they say WA has the climate that California would like to think it has). Houses are cheap, food is cheap, no MOT system for cars, road tax inclused third party insurance but you need it for trailers and caravans as well.
Bad points, very high income tax, plus taxes on almost everything else you can think of like writing cheques, driving licences etc.
If you like the outside lifestyle, don't have close family and can stand 40 degrees in the summer then i'd say go for it.
Personally i think the east coast has more to offer.  |