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Living in the Blueys 20-Sep-2010 At 8:03:39 AM evanbb

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I've just moved from the Blueys, after about 20 years on and off.

The commute into the City every day drove me mental. It was 1.5 hours each way (from Lapstone) and that was if everything went smoothly. Some days it would take 3 hours to get home.

I also find (Lower Mountains in particular) that it's dead once it's dark. I keep telling people it's like living in a National Park: 'Beauty' they say, 'it must be very beautiful'. And yes it is nice, but think about how many pubs and cafes there are in an NP... I found the suburbs I lived in (again Lower Mounts) closed minded conservatives who didn't speak to their neighbours much.

The living is much nicer the further up you travel, but you're balancing that against a longer commute. And forget about catching trains on the weekend, when they often run trackwork, which will totally ruin your day.