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Sydney or Melbourne?

lord.cholord.cho Alexandria, NSWPosts: 5Member
edited January 2017 in General
Meron po ba dito na-experience na tumira na sa Sydney and Melbourne? Saan mas OK - in terms of lifestyle and job/business opportunities? Thanks!!

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  • ziggyboyziggyboy Sydney
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    Joined: Apr 04, 2011
    I'll be honest - it depends on your job, but at the moment I would say lifestyle is slightly better in Melbourne. Slightly cheaper costs of living, but that's assuming you have a job. When it comes to things like finance or IT mas madami paring trabaho sa Sydney.
  • lord.cholord.cho Alexandria, NSW
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    Joined: Jan 12, 2017
    Good to know. Naisip lang what if lumipat sa Melbourne
  • quicksilverquicksilver Melbourne
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    i lived in sydney then melbourne. mas mura property here in melbourne. malaking difference.
  • HappyChoiceHappyChoice Adelaide
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    Adelaide! Hehehehe
  • TasBurrfootTasBurrfoot Osaka
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    i lived in sydney then melbourne. mas mura property here in melbourne. malaking difference.

    Exactly... And I just learned from first hand source; for someone living in the Blacktown part of Sydney, to drive to the city mga around $17 ang toll - god know how much ang parking as well...

    Whereas kami we live in the Outer East park of Melbourne, toll is like a paltry $2.5...

    Living expense is much higher in Sydney but they say mas higher naman ang sweldo but is it enough to justify the bloated living expense? I doubt it though...

    In all fairness, maganda din ang Sydney... :)

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  • z3designz3design Sydney
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    Just go where the job is. Many migrants are having difficulty starting up here in Melbourne. To be honest, matumal ang job market sa Melby. I have friends who first landed in Melby but after few months of job hunting, they decided to move Sydney.

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  • zanxzanx Posts: 69Member
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    Hello po for IT professional (Network Engineer) which is good Melbourne or Sydney?

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  • z3designz3design Sydney
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    @zanx Sydney. There are a lot of job openings in Sydney

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  • zanxzanx Posts: 69Member
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    @z3design salamat..

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    05/08/17 | PTE L/R/S/W 60/68/71/64 (failed)
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  • Monic143Monic143 USA
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    I do agree with you guys and would like to recommend him make move around Sydney. No doubt this is a great place for having unique time. I have also heard about this place much from members and they said there is lots of way for getting a job.
  • engineer20engineer20 Sydney
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    z3design said:

    @zanx Sydney. There are a lot of job openings in Sydney

    @z3design tara na sa sydney! :D

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