10 Worst Things About Living in SYDNEY, Australia

This video is about the 10 worst things about living in Sydney.

In such an amazing city like Sydney, it's not easy to find cons about living here. Anyhow, these 10 topics covered in the video are the most overheard in general when speaking with people living here.

Maybe the worst things about living in Sydney are not that bad after all, but that depends on the experience and priorities each person has.

Music:
1st song: Swallow
2nd song: Solitude by Rook1e

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[annaliza]

“Australia is too far away.” It’s actually not bad nowadays to be far away from the wars and drama that’s happening in other countries.

[Prtyh]

Endless traffic jams, overloaded public transport, terrible government and getting worse, overloaded health system, increasingly expensive health care due to underfunding of the national health system, environmental degradation, ugly new highrises, pretentious people obsessed with real estate, obsession with sport over intellectual pursuits, expensive housing, costs more to hire a trades person than to see a lawyer, freezing in winter, baking in summer and terrible Wifi. Most people do not live near the harbour. They live in endless suburbs that go on for miles. The coffee is still the best in the world. But even that is going downhill.

[fredsalfa]

It is legal to get drunk in pubs. You do not need to be a licensed electrician to change a light globe. The Australian national food used to be the meat pie unofficially

[ctwsine]

Thanks for sharing your experience and perspective. I've evaluating whether to move to Sydney for work and this is super helpful!

[cflamingo]

Bring your Tent if you are coming to Australia so you have somewhere to live in what is going to be a very long and expensive Rental Accommodation Crisis. Fuel/Petrol/Gas is about $2.00 a litre so if you dream of driving around a very large country bring some deep pockets. We have Shortages of food at the supermarkets and everything is super do your own research....the good news is there is lots of work around and the 2 year rain event in Sydney will hopefully be gone by the end of the year.

[sltga]

The WORST thing about Sydney are the tolls.

Internet speed is pretty bad compared to other developed countries but it's good enough that it doesn't need to buffer when watching YT or streaming a movie.

No local Australian food but I'd happily take a plethora of multicultural food anyday of the week.


Agreed that Sydney nightlife is shit but I don't mind.
I'm too old to go out clubbing now anyway. lol

[richardwilliamson]

Melbourne has late night cafes and restaurants which is why it is considered the European capital. Sydney used to have an amazing party scene and late night life in the 90s and 00's but the high cost of real estate, the lock out laws and finally Covid have completely killed it.

[johno]

The only problem with Sydney is that if you want to live in an area with good amenities and access to beaches and the city you need about 5 million bucks . If you’ve got that you can have a good life. If you get packed in the the rest of the gronks (like I was) it’s a shithole.

[zalired]

Best advice is to forget Sydney. It's too crowded, it's too expensive, it's too regulated, it shuts up shop too early, there is no night life, the beaches are too crowded and too polluted and it rains too much.

[artvandelay]

An article came out today mentioning Sydney was one of the lowest in the world to make new friends too lol which is very true!
Sydney and Australia as a whole is basically good for people who want to come study and work! Healthcare is good here and you will feel like it is a safe country to live in. The best thing for tourists is its nature! It has amazing beaches and wildlife. And that's about it for the good points. For most people especially those who come from a poor country or war torn country the above is all that will matter to them! But there are plenty of people who also want more out of a country...
The weather in Sydney is horrible!! Yes it used to be good USED TO BE! NOW? It's 4 seasons in a day! It rains so freaking much! Winter is bad here, obviously not as cold as Russia or some other countries in Europe but it's not what the internet tells you about winter in Sydney. It gets cold and the kind of cold that gets into your bones cold! There has been flash flooding here continuously for the past few years! And when it is finally summer it's either so humid that you can't even breathe and bushfires can be smelled from everywhere or it's yet again raining and storming! Sometimes you see more sun even though it's still cold but you see more sun in the winter than summer lol so no the weather isn't one of the best in the world like some blogs tell you!
Night-life here is shocking! Like the video tells you, if you want a night-life that's vibrant and full of people you will not find it here! There are a few festivals scattered around the year, some clubs and bars but it's nothing and still very dead compared to places in U.S or Europe or even Middle East or Asia! It's just a heavily day orientated country. Everything you would want to do as a night owl besides drinking alcohol won't happen here! Shops close at 5pm! Except on Thursday where they stay open till 9pm lmao! So if you work 9am-5pm mon-fri you and want to go do your hair and nails etc you either have to rush right after work on Thur or do it on Saturday BEFORE 5PM! Only shops open past 5 are for grocery shopping and convenience stores lol the whole country is very much a 9am-5pm routine based country!
Although Australia claims to be a multicultural society and in many ways it is. It has immigrants here from all over the world! BUT.. the majority of them all stick to their own kind here! So it's not really multicultural because most of them are really segregated. Asians stick with Asians. Arabs stick with Arabs. Aussies stick with Aussies. Wogs stick with wogs. There are small amount of people who do have friends from different nationalities but for the most part everyone else you will see stick with their own race! It's not as diverse as you may think! And in some ways it can also feel racist. The only good thing that is diverse is the food options here. Because there are so many different nationalities and they all have their own communities you will get to eat authentic Thai food or authentic Indian food for example. But as far as the people themselves mixing with one another... no majority do not!
Definitely agree with over regulation! It is nicknamed the "nanny state" for a reason! And I don't completely blame the government. Australians themselves love to be told what to do and how to do it! They don't like to think outside the box unfortunately! Perfect example of it was the lockout laws for clubs or the border laws during pandemic. The mentality here is if there is a danger to one person there is a danger to everyone. One of the reasons for example that most high rise hotels in the city don't have balconies is because in the past there were some suicides. So instead of thinking well there are a small minority of people that might possibly do that we shouldn't punish all others for it.. no they just put a regulation in to not have balconies. There's always some complaints with their regulations but the majority just accept it and don't do anything about it. Fines is something the Government has gotten away with for so long in this country and they keep raising the fines too and no one seems to even question why a parking fine that used to be $65 is now over $200. It's just accepted because it's the government and no one knows their people more than this government! They know they can just keep raising prices and their people will just accept it!
Social life is pretty bad here! It's the whole way of life here that wears you down and doesn't make your social life a priority here. Nothing motivates you to go out and be social. Things close early, streets are dead and so quiet, most people are too tired from work all day and the energy and vibe in the streets are just so quiet and suburban, you don't see alot of people walking everywhere in the streets like you see in other countries. It almost has a lonely, cold feel to it. Most people want to catch up on the weekends! The weekends are the biggest 2 days of Aussies lives. They cram everything in on the weekends. Rest of the week they go from work to home and maybe to a pub. And it's the whole system and design of the country that promotes that kind of lifestyle!
Art, culture, music is nothing like other countries! It's almost non existent compared to other countries!
Finally, most Sydney people are not friendly and welcoming! They are closed minded and very robotic at times.
To conclude, if you care about working and studying or need Medicare then Sydney and Australia is the place for you! If you want more out of your life than to work work work then stay far far away! Ofcourse this is all rich peoples problems compared to some countries out there so of course Australia is not the worst out there but definitely way too far and isolated in not just location in the world, you will also feel isolated within the country itself if you are used to a country with alot more life in the streets!
I always used to believe Australia has the potential to be one of the best in the world but unfortunately I've given up hope and think it keeps going backwards.

[louisaklimentos]

We experienced a lot of rain during spring . We normally get a lot of sunshine in Sydney and during the recent summer, the weather was good . So do not judge because we were getting some bad weather . I always find that my relatives from overseas, always complain about things when they come here. Yet we take them everywhere and they have no appreciation for anything that we have done from them . When I was overseas, my relatives hardly took us anywhere and most didn’t want to associate with us . Europeans are very hard to please, in my opinion . Our internet can be slow at times because the government took short cuts to save money and it caused problems to our internet but it isn’t as bad as you think . In fact we developed optic fibres and wifi . It is the government that is the problem, not Australia . There is sone truth with what you are saying but you are making it sound worse than what it is . Look at the positives and not the negatives and Allow your self to adjust to a different life style . Covid crisis did crush our night life but it is getting better . Anyway best of luck with what ever you do and when you go back to Europe, just remember the good times you had instead of dwelling on the negatives .

[rick]

Mate. Australian food are meat & 3 vegetables, meat pies & tomato sauce, fish & chips and chiko rolls. You’re lucky if you haven’t been able to find it. It’s English stodge.

[Syulang-ntkj]

I used to live in Sydney. I loved it so much I moved to the middle of a forest in the mountains, so I could look out my window and remember I'm not in Sydney anymore.

[RyanLye]

Perth has the weather Sydney boasts about. Sydney can be cold in Winter AND it rains all year round. In Perth, it rains in Winter. THAT is what WINTER MEANS!

[padraigreilly]

I lived in Sydney for 5 years and i can differently agree with all these points particularly it been a high regulated country which drives you crazy! Speeding fines are massive!!. Sydney is a great city but you need to be earning 100k + per year to enjoy it i feel.

[maximilian_degen]

It really does seem like life stops after business hours. It's super hard to accept this sometimes when you are used to living in europe

[danr]

I've never lived outside of Australia but have lived an hour north of Sydney my whole life until recently, now I live in Perth. If you think all this about Sydney, come live in Perth

[crankyticket]

As a Sydney resident I can confirm that the night life is shit.

[michaelcobbin]

Yes, Sydney transport is not as good as some European cities but is much better than most people realise. Sydney has invested much in public transportation over the last 10 to 15 years. The new Metro line that opened in 2019 is excellent. The new Light Rail through the CBD, also opened in 2020, has transformed the CBD. Over the next two years, a new Metro line and a Light Rail line will be operational. By 2030, two more Metro lines will be added, another Light Rail line and almost all buses will be electric. Over the last 10 years, there has been a significant increase in the bus network. Sydney is in the top 5 ferry networks in the world. On many parts of the transport network, there is only a 5-minute wait for the next service during peak times.

The Sydney transport system bets almost all North American cities if you come from North America. New York is the only USA with a more significant share of people using public transport.

Parramatta, Sydney’s second CBD, is undergoing a significant transformation. Sydney is more and more getting to the point where there are distributed employment centres across the city, making the 30-minute journey to work possible.

[relaxo]

Sydney is a place where I feel very lonely… people are superficial and if you were not born rich or with property wealth you have no future…..