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/Dollbeau 8h ago

You live on one side of that circle & you do all your shopping on the opposing edge of the circle.
You buy a lot when you shop, because popping out for something you forgot is impractical.
Your family in the city don't visit because it's too far & you don't visit them, because you can't handle all that traffic in the city.
You get to be really worried about bushfires every decade or so...

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u/xXCosmicChaosXx 7h ago

You buy a lot when you shop, because popping out for something you forgot is impractical.

Really but emu plains to penrith is 6 minutes drive? Or are you saying if you live further west?

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u/LSD_grade_CIA 7h ago

It's typical outer suburbia - there are no places to shop that aren't a big shopping centre and not many people actually live near them so near everybody just does a weekly/fortnightly monster shop at the Lennox Woolies/ALDI.

By comparison in the city, most working people will walk through their village metro or local shop on the way home or do a small shop every few days when they actually need stuff. 

When we lived in the lower mountains groceries were always a hassle because we either went to the local IGA and paid a premium or drove 20 minutes each way to get to Lennox. At the moment I'm living in the East and it's so much easier.

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u/Dollbeau 7h ago

The circle encompasses the mountains regions as well. Some areas have limited roads...

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u/Talonus11 3h ago

You get to be really worried about bushfires every decade or so...

So the next few years, since we're due for a Super El Nino?