In general folks who frequent Parliament House rarely leave the Inner South, to some extent making Kingston and Manuka what they are, and the rest of Canberra is quite happy with this arrangement.
But the Northside’s MP for Fraser, Andrew Leigh, has been in parliament encouraging them to venture out of the parliamentary zone.
He’s got a lot to say on the glories of the Inner North, and even Gungahlin’s bike paths get a mention.
But I’m not seeing a lot of love for Belconnen there!
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What’s Your opinion?
Andrew Leigh spruiks the northside, but not Belconnen
Deref said :
It’s funny how tuggers and woden people consider Gungahlin out of the way, it’s 10 minoutes or about 10 k’s from Civic.
Depends if you think the world revolves around you I guess.
Voytek said :
Oh give me a break. Belco is the same as pretty much any other middle-class suburban area in Australia. For the most its suburbs are fantastic, even the outer ones. As I live in Mcacgregor said, we are lucky to live in Canberra. We have all the benefits of city living but the added bonus of open space, fresh air, little traffic and nature reserves everywhere.
I have previously commented that I have serious issues with the planning that has gone into some of our newer suburbs, and stand by my belief that we have given the developers of these new suburbs too much leeway to create suburban spaces that lack the amenity of our more established suburbs. However, even these newer suburbs offer a quality of life that a huge proportion of the world would dream about. And I’m not talking about 3rd world countries.
qbngeek said :
South Central LA and the inner suburbs of Washington? Yeah, I think they fall into that category…
Cheap said :
Woah, the US is third world…..fuck me
Voytek said :
Both as ugly as the proverbial hatfull of arseholes, but surpassed, IMO, by the Besser Block horrors of Tuggeranong Town Centre. I still have nightmares about my days working there.
What is it about our urban “planners” and architects that leads them to design such soul-destroying, brutalist abominations?
Well, I grew up Northside, and it was fantastic living both walking distance to ANU, Civic, Dickson, Braddon etc. Whilst maintaining a quiet surburban neighbourhood atmosphere. That was until 2007 when the ACT Government re-zoned my whole area for high-density property development and turned my tiny cul-de-sac into a massive construction site. Gotta love it, but I don’t think I’ll live back north for a while.
I would just like to point out that people residing in Tuggeranong feel the same way as Belco-ites – inner South Canberra is another world to the rest of Canberra and it would be nice if pollies appreciated that we are not all wealthy EL2s and above who can afford to send their kids to Grammar.
LSWCHP said :
So your defense of Belco is that it’s not as bad as many third world countries?
Voytek said :
Dude, you’re blowing smoke out of it. I’ve lived all over this country, and lots of places overseas. Most parts of Belconnen are very nice places to live compared to most parts of Australia. And Belco is paradise compared to…ohh…I dunno…Tijuana, the barrios of San Diego, almost anywhere in Cambodia, south-central LA, much of Washington DC etc etc.
astrojax said :
Damn. Sprung….
Plan B.
Great Andrew, keep them away. We only allow humans in Belconnen.
labor’s mssr leigh canvassing for gunghalin – our own gunghalin al running for the greens – labor/greens coalition keeping the government together: coincidence?
I love the northside of Canberra. Have for 9 years now.
But I have previously lived southside in Waramanga and Kingston. They were fine as well, but the fresh air, serenity, peace and neighbourly love in Macgregor, as well as the convenience of living within walking distance of Kippax and on the edge of a fantastic nature reserve (Umbagong Park and Ginninderra Creek) surpasses every place I’ve lived in before, including 3 different suburbs in Sydney.
We’re very very lucky to live in Canberra. Visit a few countries overseas and you will quickly realise how very fortunate we are to live in such a great city, in such a lucky country.
It hard to say what is the bigger hole – Belconnen or Gungahlin? Belconnen at least would be less offensive on your death certificate. Gungahlin……the place is an out of the way, characterless, ugly as sin hole.
But then again, this isn’t saying much because anywhere is better than the parliamentary triangle.
Have you been to Belconnen? I don’t blame him.