Sydney or Melbourne?

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• ziggyboy Sydney
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  Joined: Apr 04, 2011

  January 2017

  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.cho Alexandria, NSW
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  Joined: Jan 12, 2017

  January 2017

  Good to know. Naisip lang what if lumipat sa Melbourne
• quicksilver Melbourne
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  Joined: Jul 14, 2014

  February 2017

  i lived in sydney then melbourne. mas mura property here in melbourne. malaking difference.
• HappyChoice Adelaide
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  March 2017

  Adelaide! Hehehehe
• TasBurrfoot Osaka
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  March 2017

  quicksilver said:

  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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• z3design Sydney
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  April 2017

  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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• zanx Posts: 69Member
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  April 2017

  Hello po for IT professional (Network Engineer) which is good Melbourne or Sydney?

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• z3design Sydney
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  April 2017

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

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• zanx Posts: 69Member
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  April 2017

  @z3design salamat..

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• Monic143 USA
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  April 2017

  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.
• engineer20 Sydney
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  April 2017

  z3design said:

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

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