Hello, just want to share lang din regarding titirhan during your BM, especially for SYD and MEL.
Both SYD CBD and MEL CBD are definitely great in terms of work opportunities and very accessible to work, schools/unis, tourist spots and main train lines. However, i'm lowkey sure that majority of moving in pinoys (c.75%) will eventually settle in a suburb 30min to 1hour away from the main city dahil very expensive talaga ang rents in CBD and surrounding suburbs. Of course, depende din kung saan ba ang magiging workplace or school mo when considering place to live. I work in CBD po.
In Sydney, I lived 30-45min away from CBD. In MEL, i lived 30min away from CBD. Train travel lang po ito at di pa kasama ang bus/train waiting at walking. I can definitely tell na relatively mas mura ang MEL rent vs SYD rent, pero mas OK ang public transpo ng SYD vs MEL based on my experience.
Currently planning to move to CBD mismo but have to consider the potentially smaller space (or less privacy if may ka-share), and higher rent (offset by lower/zero transpo costs). Owning a car for transpo can be a consideration din po for our movers.
Thanks!
