Comments on: 9 Things I Miss About Melbourne http://pushingthesky.net/2006/02/21/9-things-i-miss-about-melbourne/ bylines you can ignore, since 1998 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:24:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: karan http://pushingthesky.net/2006/02/21/9-things-i-miss-about-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-233 karan Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:23:57 +0000 http://pushingthesky.net/2006/02/21/9-things-i-miss-about-melbourne/#comment-233 Daniel: here it's route numbers. They encircle and web the city, so you have to find the one that's roughly heading to your direction. Basically, in Melbourne you can find directions based on compass points - if it's South-East, head east for a bit until you find a major road heading south. Keep correcting until you're there. Sydney, you need a street directory without a doubt. Z: yeah they're a little more on-edge here, but they're also more forgiving (getting way is so much easier). Plus they all drive at least 5kmh over the limit since the police aren't as strict about those things. And I never said I missed Melbourne, merely some aspects of it :P Daniel: here it’s route numbers. They encircle and web the city, so you have to find the one that’s roughly heading to your direction. Basically, in Melbourne you can find directions based on compass points – if it’s South-East, head east for a bit until you find a major road heading south. Keep correcting until you’re there. Sydney, you need a street directory without a doubt.

Z: yeah they’re a little more on-edge here, but they’re also more forgiving (getting way is so much easier). Plus they all drive at least 5kmh over the limit since the police aren’t as strict about those things.

And I never said I missed Melbourne, merely some aspects of it :P

]]> By: Zhi http://pushingthesky.net/2006/02/21/9-things-i-miss-about-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Zhi Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:29:39 +0000 http://pushingthesky.net/2006/02/21/9-things-i-miss-about-melbourne/#comment-232 Not to mention the crazy drivers there. Then again, there are lots of stupid morons here too... At least he misses Melbourne ;) Not to mention the crazy drivers there. Then again, there are lots of stupid morons here too…

At least he misses Melbourne ;)

]]> By: Daniel http://pushingthesky.net/2006/02/21/9-things-i-miss-about-melbourne/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Daniel Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:29:16 +0000 http://pushingthesky.net/2006/02/21/9-things-i-miss-about-melbourne/#comment-231 In Syd, it seemed to me as thought there was a 'correct' way to drive. Even where there's a grid, there'll be a set route for high-volume through-traffic. Your not going to have arguments over the route. They even closed off roads that competed with the tollways. In Melbourne, thanks to the grid, you've a plathora of potential routes- one might be better than another, but you're highly unlikely to ever know. But it's a mystery to me how you know what the set route is in Syd... glad to have never driven there. In Syd, it seemed to me as thought there was a ‘correct’ way to drive. Even where there’s a grid, there’ll be a set route for high-volume through-traffic. Your not going to have arguments over the route. They even closed off roads that competed with the tollways. In Melbourne, thanks to the grid, you’ve a plathora of potential routes- one might be better than another, but you’re highly unlikely to ever know.

But it’s a mystery to me how you know what the set route is in Syd… glad to have never driven there.

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