where to live

[coral]

can anyone help where is the best place to live in and around adelaide:D

[Tyke]

Hi Coral

It really depends on what you want and need.

Adelaide is quite spread out with many different areas from beach to inner city to hills/farms.

Will you need to be near work?

Do you mind commuting??

:)

[cornish Busdriver]

Im a bus driver here and drive around all the different areas.
I would keep away from Prospect / Blair Athol and Port adelaide areas as there quiet depressing.
It depends on the lifestyle your after.
We live out at Christies Beach and it brilliant with everything there and a great beach also very friendy people.

[coral]

thank you i will look into that area

[Django]

Hi Coral,
This is a very hard question to answer as everyone likes where they live otherwise they wouldn't live there. People like/want different things from their surrounding areas. They also see things differently. For instance Matt likes his local beach. We dont rate it much. Its lovely to the eye but don't like the 'feel' of the sand, if you get me. We love other beaches which Matt may find not to his liking. The same goes for suburbs. We like the Morphett Vale/Woodcroft/Reynella location. Others may not.
Basically you cannot decide on an area until you see it first hand for yourself. Before we came out we had a list of suburbs we thought we would like to live in. We ended up living in a suburb that was never in the running. Places we were recommended really didn't suit us. I'm not saying Matt is wrong about CB as you too may find its perfect for you.
My advice is when you get here make sure you are booked in a short term rental for as long as you can afford and have a good look round.

Pete

[ReadyPenny]

I agree with Pete. Before our reccie we were dead set on a coastal suburb to be near the sea. After driving around considerably for days on end, we actually preferred the Adelaide Hills and have secured a rental in Eden Hills for our arrival in just over a weeks time.

As Pete said it is difficult until you see for yourself. Personally we didnt like Noarlunga and surrounding areas but people on here live there and love it. Each to their own.

Good luck with the hunting and the final decision.

Mandy

[Alipally]

I also think that a lot depends on what sort of work you are looking for and how much you're prepared to travel to and from on a daily basis....

If you're into engineering then you may find that all the work is up north.... so if you live down in the Southern Suburbs you can be looking and over an hour travelling each way, each day..... If that's what you're used to then there's no problem. However if you're used to living within 20 minutes of work then it may be a problem....

When looking for a house women tend to look at lifestyle and community facilities (schools, shops etc) and men tend to think about proximity to their place of work.... The solution is to find a location that satisfies all of those needs....

The only thing I can tell you is that nobody wants to live in Elizabeth Vale by the Lyell McEwan hospital.... It's like the worst housing estate in any town in Britain!

If anyone cares to disagree with that, I'd be really interested to hear the rationale!

[ozzieclare2be]

no-where is best, everyones opinions differ depends what you like, whats best for me might not be best for you. My advice and its always the same, listen to people opinions but dont choose an area based on that, get here and look around for yourself x;)

[ozzieclare2be]

I also think that a lot depends on what sort of work you are looking for and how much you're prepared to travel to and from on a daily basis....

If you're into engineering then you may find that all the work is up north.... so if you live down in the Southern Suburbs you can be looking and over an hour travelling each way, each day..... If that's what you're used to then there's no problem. However if you're used to living within 20 minutes of work then it may be a problem....

When looking for a house women tend to look at lifestyle and community facilities (schools, shops etc) and men tend to think about proximity to their place of work.... The solution is to find a location that satisfies all of those needs....

The only thing I can tell you is that nobody wants to live in Elizabeth Vale by the Lyell McEwan hospital.... It's like the worst housing estate in any town in Britain!

If anyone cares to disagree with that, I'd be really interested to hear the rationale!

if you think Elizabeth is bad youve not seen the ones in salford obviously, ok its shabby but ive seen far worse!!

[Wersal Gummage]

I dont think there are any really bad suburbs South of the City, great beaches and wide open spaces, you just feel so free after living in the over crowed UK..
You have a drive around the South, then have a drive around the North / North East ( My god what a Dump the North East is) everything just seems so closed in and Dirty.
If you read the news paper online, you will notice most if no all of the Bikey gangs trouble, shootings, stabbings go on in the City or Just North of the City.
Not somewhere I would like to live thats for sure.

But drive down Brighton road, Lonsdale road, all the way down to Seaford, turn off right or left into any suburb and I dont think you'll be disapointed.
The only dodgey beach I guess is at Hallet Cove but the suburb it's self is very nice.