BG> True, it's a lovely little area now, and even has a couple
BG> of nice little parks, which is more than I can say for my
BG> own suburb. So much for modern urban planning. It sucks.

BL> What stuns me with new areas, is the way they just clear an
BL> block, bung in a few trees, and leave it to become a desert.
BL> Australian soil is bloody awful! A proper park need a foot
BL> of topsoil just to get going... or 50 years. You end up with
BL> houses and neat gardens, and the local park a brown disaster area!

Poor old Bob, obviously knows sweet fuck all
about parks too. Or soil. How surprising.

BL> Newtown always had that, and it was even
BL> better when the trams were still running.

BG> Christ, they stopped around 40 years ago! I can barely remember them.

BL> It was 1960. Newtown was a genuine hub in those days. Buses are not
BL> worth a shit compared to trams. I see empty buses everywhere; trams were
BL> always crowded. They were easy to use and pleasant, and quicker too.

Odd that you dont actually get that effect in Melburg. Poor old Bob.
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