In 2024, I want to conquer the 'northside' bias

South Yarra in Melbourne has a better class of person, just have to co north of the river across Punt Bridge to se that the lower upper middle classes have it so much better in South Melbourne than the upper lower middle classes of the other. Unfortunately if you need to go into the city (on the wrong side one has to traverse the ditch and suffer the indignities of one of the most exciting vibrant culturally diverse theatre going , world of marvelous Melbourne central. See how petty this is. I don’t understand why Canberra has to have two sitting members of Parliament when it hasn’t even got the population of Blacktown LGA . Oh dear Canberra is in itself an anachronism pertaining to a period other than that for which it exists. If one must reside in the lowest common denominator a perfunctory useful life towards an end that one must try if one can desperately extract the most from what is on offer. ( apologies’ for the tautology). Sydney has the problem also every cultural institution is on the south side , the Opera House , NSW art gallery , etc,, et al . If you reside in Chatswood or anywhere over the harbour it is a Bridge toll too far both ways now and the snobbery . I lived in Newtown cool groovy and hip my friends on the upper north shore would not come over and I would not venture over either.
Canberra does not have enough to quarrel it seems to me some of this was created by the local government and is a source of voter beware of scare campaigns.
There are surely better things to do than discuss the ignominy of shame and disgrace of being imprisoned in a small fish bowl sized truman show with limited offerings .

We used to be one Canberra, Barr has driven half of canberra to be “northside” against southside. Even all the projects now are Northside southside. “Northside hospital”
The current hospital is around the geographic middle of town.

Was a thing when l moved here in early 80s especially with those here before lake infill.

Not so strong now. I go to Tuggeranong and Gungahlin for socialising . Live in inner south. Used to live in Tuggers many years ago.

Have a yummy brunch at Muse cafe and bookshop manuka. Open every morning of the year. The twice baked cheese souffle is stunning.

If there are multiple reports of a large SUV (with a Kelpie dog riding shotgun) towing a horse float with a “Free Tibet” sticker on the bumper bar being seen south of the bridge then we know “Zoya is in town”

You are welcome to drop in to my humble Tuggers place for a cuppa anytime Zoya. Parking your caravan maybe a problem though.

I was born in QLD but moved to the ACT in 1980. I lived in the Southside ever since and never came across the North v South bias until 2000. It surprised me because I never heard of such bias before and don’t understand the BFD. When pointing it out to another friend of mine he said “I’ts Canberra, it’s a Bogan Capital of a Bogan country. What difference does it make? Northside or Southside, you’re still in a Bogan country.” Sure it sounds snobbish but she has a point.

One reason that people might stick to their own area, is that Canberra is very spread out. A small city in Europe for instance might take not much more room than say the inner south, or inner north. So basically, many people are sticking to similar sized areas here too. Old fashioned city sizes, before the advent of cars and city spread that went along with that.

Yeah just stay on the North. There’s nothing of interest there. Just a congested metropolis created by Barr and his cronies.

There is nothing of interest on the north side, with the rare exception of a book fair. It is a wasteland, blighted by 40km/h go-slow zones and traffic cameras, subservient to trams, Gungahlinised and congested into bland apartments and treeless blocks, inhabited by blank faced commuters fixated on their phones, leading lives of quiet desperation.

Your brave. I go south, just over the bridge for work in the well protected Green zone but further south than that, no way. I’d be worried about being carjacked in Tuggeranong or getting abducted and forced into white slavery in Kingston. Best to stay on the good side of the lake where everyone is happy and content and live in freedom. Safe where there’s no crime and Mr Barr lives.