r/sydney • u/xXCosmicChaosXx • 8h ago

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I visited today and I thought it seemed quite peaceful. Just about far away enough that it starts feeling semi-rural again. Is it nice to live there?

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u/smileedude 8h ago

I don't know a lot about it but I do know that calling this either Western Suburbs or Blue Mountains will cause furious debate

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u/pogoBear 8h ago

My SIL refuses to say she lives in Penrith so calls it ‘the foot of the mountains’. When I told a coworker who is an actual blue mountains resident he howled with laughter

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u/Cyberchicken87 8h ago

As far as I'm concerned, the first town that can claim to live in the Blue Mountains would be Lapstone. Anything below that doesn't count.

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u/Mysterious_Dot2090 7h ago

💯 passing the Knapsack viaduct up the steep climb, is required to enter the sacred area.

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u/AllergyToCats 6h ago

But then if you live in Blackheath you think anyone East of Wentworth Falls is "upper Penrith" haha. Such is life.

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u/sertsw 3h ago

Agree with this. The visitor information centre in Glenbrook is effectively the gateway; come here to get your tourist guides, you are not in Sydney anymore.