Life in the burbs
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There’s no other place I’d rather be than the ‘insular peninsula’
The area gets inundated by visitors at holiday time. I don’t mind. We get this wonderful place to ourselves for most of the year.
- Vivien Robotham
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Life in the burbs
We’re celebrating Sydney’s suburbs and local writers have been penning pieces about the neighbourhoods they know best. Read all their stories here.
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- Sydenham
Living here makes no sense at all, but I can’t get enough of it
Anyone who decides to live in Sydenham and complains about the noise really only has themselves to blame.
- Nick Wallace
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- Darlinghurst
Looking for suburban bliss? You won’t find it here … mercifully
Sydney needs Darlinghurst. Even if it’s lost some of its bohemian edge, it was and is a remedy for everything that’s boring about Sydney.
- Vince Sorrenti
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Once dubbed ‘slumless, laneless and publess’, my suburb now resembles a heritage theme park
Skyrocketing house prices have prevented all but the most affluent young families from moving in, and kept plenty of overgrown bambini from flying the nest.
- Grace Lagan
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- Cammeray
My suburb, once a transit lane, has become a destination. Even for Nigella Lawson
When I was a kid, Cammeray was just a route to somewhere more interesting. Now the place is thriving, transformed by bars, fancy restaurants and trophy homes.
- Michael Visontay
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- NSW
My suburb’s no place for pretenders, and it’s the reason I became a journo
The first thing you need to know about Wentworthville is how to pronounce it. There’s no “t”.
- Brianna Parkins
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- Balmain
My suburb has caviar for pub grub and oodles of cavoodles but somehow keeps it real
This peninsula suburb is home, even if I’m a blow-in. At least my daughter can claim to be born and bred.
- Chris Taylor
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- Bankstown
My suburb’s about to be transformed. But constant change is part of its DNA
As one of the most diverse suburbs in Australia, Bankstown is a place of feverish hope, full of lives built from scratch and cultures fiercely preserved.
- Mostafa Rachwani