Wallahi I didn't know it was real, but an aussie women pleading that "a dingo ate my baby" is etched it our conscious as Americans, but from where I don't know. I feel bad now reading about the moms suffering.
Ps. Suss, not a word you'll hear here.
Re: World's top and bottom cities for liveability
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:50 pm
by Bella18
^ It must have been heartwrenching for the mother. Losing a child to bloody dingo is beyond comprehension let alone being accused of the murder.
At least the death certificate was officially changed about 2 years ago to say the result of death was due to attack and being taken by a dingo....
Even that will not bring closure to the family but I guess its close enough.
Re: World's top and bottom cities for liveability
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:46 pm
by HooBariiska
Bella18 wrote:
HooBariiska wrote:MELBOURNE #1 for like the last 10 Years
Worldest BEST LIVEABLE CITY
My home for the past 20 years....
I really don't know what the big deal with VIC is to be honest....
I have to agree with this aussie bogan
OMG. Are you aussie ?
Re: World's top and bottom cities for liveability
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:53 pm
by HooBariiska
Machiavelli2 wrote:What difference does it make for the average Somali be they in Manchester, Melbourne or in Minnesota when they are crammed in a 3 bedroom section 8 housing? This is for the well-off humans who could afford their dwellings and holidays for the family.
Not sure about those other cities but have you been to Melbourne? have you lived the great Aussie dream?
houses here are large with massive backyard, lots of Somalis own their own home, specially last 5 years since the boom of family day care businesses
Melbourne is relative cheap for almost everything, rent, schooling, food, etc
its extremely multicultural, it was the British and Scots about 200 years ago
then Italians, Greeks and Turks 100 years ago
Asians in the 70s
Somalis 90s
and Hindi and Sudanese in the 2000s
Simply Melbourne is the greatest city on earth, from work opportunities to great living standards, to health care, etc
One thing Melbourne isn't is the greatest place to party. Its more family oriented even thou things are slowing changing
Re: World's top and bottom cities for liveability
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 3:33 am
by Machiavelli2
HooBariiska wrote:
Machiavelli2 wrote:What difference does it make for the average Somali be they in Manchester, Melbourne or in Minnesota when they are crammed in a 3 bedroom section 8 housing? This is for the well-off humans who could afford their dwellings and holidays for the family.
Not sure about those other cities but have you been to Melbourne? have you lived the great Aussie dream?
houses here are large with massive backyard, lots of Somalis own their own home, specially last 5 years since the boom of family day care businesses
Melbourne is relative cheap for almost everything, rent, schooling, food, etc
its extremely multicultural, it was the British and Scots about 200 years ago
then Italians, Greeks and Turks 100 years ago
Asians in the 70s
Somalis 90s
and Hindi and Sudanese in the 2000s
Simply Melbourne is the greatest city on earth, from work opportunities to great living standards, to health care, etc
One thing Melbourne isn't is the greatest place to party. Its more family oriented even thou things are slowing changing
HooBariiska
I visited Melbourne several times and most Somalis live in inner suburbs like Flemington and North Melbourne projects and places like Heidelberg in section 8 housing projects, but those who live in inner suburbs live in are similar to those in Dixon Toronto, Cedar-Riverside in Minnesota, Hamlet Towers in East London or, in Rikenby in Stockholm.
What is this family day care business that made Somalis in Melbourne wealthy?
Re: World's top and bottom cities for liveability
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 7:07 am
by HooBariiska
Family day care business is booming through the country. It started about 5 years ago. The government funds it. Almost every Somali family is involved directly or indirectly. Somalis are definitely worthier here compared to any other country.
Those high rises do exist it's Tru but most families move out when they saved up enough to rent or buy and someone fresh moves in. It's a cycle
Re: World's top and bottom cities for liveability
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 11:17 am
by jamal9
#140 should be MogadIssue
Re: World's top and bottom cities for liveability
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 11:30 am
by Gabre
Machiavelli2 wrote:
HooBariiska wrote:
Machiavelli2 wrote:What difference does it make for the average Somali be they in Manchester, Melbourne or in Minnesota when they are crammed in a 3 bedroom section 8 housing? This is for the well-off humans who could afford their dwellings and holidays for the family.
Not sure about those other cities but have you been to Melbourne? have you lived the great Aussie dream?
houses here are large with massive backyard, lots of Somalis own their own home, specially last 5 years since the boom of family day care businesses
Melbourne is relative cheap for almost everything, rent, schooling, food, etc
its extremely multicultural, it was the British and Scots about 200 years ago
then Italians, Greeks and Turks 100 years ago
Asians in the 70s
Somalis 90s
and Hindi and Sudanese in the 2000s
Simply Melbourne is the greatest city on earth, from work opportunities to great living standards, to health care, etc
One thing Melbourne isn't is the greatest place to party. Its more family oriented even thou things are slowing changing
HooBariiska
I visited Melbourne several times and most Somalis live in inner suburbs like Flemington and North Melbourne projects and places like Heidelberg in section 8 housing projects, but those who live in inner suburbs live in are similar to those in Dixon Toronto, Cedar-Riverside in Minnesota, Hamlet Towers in East London or, in Rikenby in Stockholm.
What is this family day care business that made Somalis in Melbourne wealthy?
Re: World's top and bottom cities for liveability
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 7:06 pm
by Malachite
I have relatives in NZ, Auckland making it to the top ten is a joke. It has shit public transports, the traffic is a nightmare (for a relatively small city), It was clearly never planned so it looks like a hodge-podge of seventies "brutal" and who knows what. Oh .. and the weather sucks...The only thing Auckland has going for it is its proximity to the ocean.
If they wanted to pick a city in New Zealand, Wellington would have been a far better choice.
