I need a nice place to live in Sydney? What area?

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Ross M

I'd suggest the Inner West - Newtown, Petersham, Marrickville etc, excellent transport and high street shops, gyms, public and private pools, close to public open space (Sydney park, Cooks river etc). And safe people who don't know the area claim its crime ridden but the facts from the Bureau of Crime statistics show that other suggested areas Manly, Cronulla etc have much higher rates for crime especially assault

Ace

Northern Beaches are better , nice beaches, less traffic, average transport availability,several good gyms around the area, golf courses,
lots of bush walking and national parks,close to shopping centre, lower crime rate than other areas of sydney.

V!C

Northern Sydney, Hills area. Footman Kellyvile ridge, have big mall, nice, not crowded, but it's far from the city. But I think it's a nice place to live. And they have many facilities.

harley d

Redfern.

Kisses & Hugs

It sounds like you are describing my area! I live in the Eastern Suburbs, in Clovelly. Any suburb around that area would be great for you. Where I live, it takes me 1/2 hour by bus to get to the CBD (because of traffic), 15 minutes to Bondi Junction and 10 minutes to Randwick Junction, all which are big for shops. There are also little shops every couple of street, like convenience stores, pretty much wherever you go in the Eastern suburbs. There are a lot of buses in the area, so transport isn't a problem, and if you get to Bondi Junction or the CBD then you can easily get a train, both places are easy to get to by bus. There are 2 gyms in Bondi Junction, 3 between there and my house and too many to count in the rest of the area. There are pools in the area, the main one for me is at the uni and is very cheap, but you are also very close to a lot of beaches, all of which have their own outdoor pools. The crime rate is good, I don't know much about that but it is a safe area to live. For running, there are a couple of big parks. I would suggest Queens Park, Waverley Park or, the biggest, Centennial park.

I hope you find what you are looking for. the one downside of my area is it is quite expensive. It can be hard to find cheap aaccommodationand, because most of the area is so rich, the shops are more expensive too. But it is truly a beautiful place to live.

theoldviolin

You can't beat the north shore for that (suburbs like turramurra, Gordon, pymble, killara, lindfield etc). Its a train ride away from the CBD and has heaps of major shopping areas near by (chatswood etc.), gyms are all over the place (literally, you'd be able to find one in all of the suburbs mentioned), low crime rates, surrounded by beautiful national parks (kuringai national park is gorgeous) and also some lovely gardens, also only about a 30 min drive to the northern beaches (avalon, bilgola etc.) Hope this helps, if the north shore isn't to your liking there are areas further up the train line that are closer to the CBD...newtown, wollstencraft etc. st. leonards and artarmon are about half way between the two, but north shore has better national park/bush lands) good luck ! :)

Liam

WESTLEIGH surrounded by bushland 2min drive to shops 8min to gym NO CRIME AT ALL (serious)

mr_heywhat

Manly...yeah try manly

JOx

Try the Southern suburbs like Cronulla , Woollaware, or Caringbah. They all have lots of what you are after

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