15 February 2012

North v South sniping goes to parliament

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Last week we noted efforts by Member for Fraser Andrew Leigh to recruit his colleagues to Northside living.

Now the southside based Member for Canberra Gai Brodtman has revved up her website to kick off a Southside Rocks campaign, complete with t-shirts.

This week I announced that the Southside was striking back against a campaign that is underway by the member of Fraser to convince members of parliament to move to the north of Canberra!

The Southside Rocks campaign needs your help to highlight everything the south has to offer. So email me your suggestions and tell me what you love about living in the South of Canberra – it could be your favourite place to visit, favourite restaurant or a walk that you like to do every weekend.

Email me at gai.brodtmann.mp@aph.gov.au by Monday 5 March and you could win one of my very funky Southside Rocks t-shirts.

Such a shame Gai can’t think of anything good about the southside without help.

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Captain RAAF said :

Interesting.

On a related note, mate of mine just purchased a house in Chisholm. Nothing unusual about that but he was a deadset fan of buying Northside, considered it more trendy and the better location.

Anyway, he had a look around, a few things influenced his decision, like price, block size, crime rate and types of crime etc and he bought southside. While speaking to his real estate agent about his previous desire to live up North the agent commented that he had made the right decision,

…..”Northside is going downhill, people are moving out in droves, some people are moving before they even sell up, they just want to get out!”

This from a real estate agent!

Has anyone heard of this phenomenon?

PS: Yes, I’m back…..but much nicer now. =-)

Yet to see a collapse in property values on the Northside. Will keep watching. Thanks for the intel, Captain….

Captain RAAF said :

…. While speaking to his real estate agent about his previous desire to live up North the agent commented that he had made the right decision,

…..”Northside is going downhill, people are moving out in droves, some people are moving before they even sell up, they just want to get out!”

This from a real estate agent!

Has anyone heard of this phenomenon?

Yeah, probably from an agent who sells exclusively on the southside! Hahahaha!

Captain RAAF said :

Interesting.

On a related note, mate of mine just purchased a house in Chisholm. Nothing unusual about that but he was a deadset fan of buying Northside, considered it more trendy and the better location.

Anyway, he had a look around, a few things influenced his decision, like price, block size, crime rate and types of crime etc and he bought southside. While speaking to his real estate agent about his previous desire to live up North the agent commented that he had made the right decision,

…..”Northside is going downhill, people are moving out in droves, some people are moving before they even sell up, they just want to get out!”

This from a real estate agent!

Has anyone heard of this phenomenon?

PS: Yes, I’m back…..but much nicer now. =-)

Where’s the biff?

I can’t say I’ve seen lots of people fleeing the inner north recently. Was this real estate agent the one selling your friend a house on the southside? I wouldn’t take what he says as gospel if there was money involved.

Captain RAAF9:23 am 17 Feb 12

Interesting.

On a related note, mate of mine just purchased a house in Chisholm. Nothing unusual about that but he was a deadset fan of buying Northside, considered it more trendy and the better location.

Anyway, he had a look around, a few things influenced his decision, like price, block size, crime rate and types of crime etc and he bought southside. While speaking to his real estate agent about his previous desire to live up North the agent commented that he had made the right decision,

…..”Northside is going downhill, people are moving out in droves, some people are moving before they even sell up, they just want to get out!”

This from a real estate agent!

Has anyone heard of this phenomenon?

PS: Yes, I’m back…..but much nicer now. =-)

GeneralMonash3:14 pm 16 Feb 12

NoImRight said :

Southsiiide Represent!

A suburb named after a General! BRING IT YOU NORTHERN GUM SUCKERS!

Southsiiide Represent!

poetix said :

I-filed said :

Oh come on we can do better than that. How about the east/west of Northbourne social divide?

We don’t like to mention the inhabitants of Ainslie over here in O’Connor. I’m sure some of them are quite nice though, and doing as well for themselves as is to be expected. Watson is another matter, of course…

I grew up in downer Downer and we were ostracised by the inhabitants of upper Downer. Many years later I lived for a year in middle Downer and we weren’t really accepted by either side.

davo101 said :

VYBerlinaV8_is_back said :

whether you prefer the spotted or plain Sumatran Sloth.

Definitely the spotted, the plain is so, well, plain.

Frankly I’d go for the Northern Spotted Sumatran Sloth.

Yes, you’ll get more performance out of your Northern, but they’re not as robust as the Southern or Central.

VYBerlinaV8_is_back said :

whether you prefer the spotted or plain Sumatran Sloth.

Definitely the spotted, the plain is so, well, plain.

I-filed said :

Oh come on we can do better than that. How about the east/west of Northbourne social divide?

We don’t like to mention the inhabitants of Ainslie over here in O’Connor. I’m sure some of them are quite nice though, and doing as well for themselves as is to be expected. Watson is another matter, of course…

Tooks said :

Am I the only one who finds this north v south ‘rivalry’ a little…retarded? People get so fired up about it. Who cares?

Read the thread. You are not.

VYBerlinaV8_is_back9:48 am 16 Feb 12

Keijidosha said :

Tooks said :

Am I the only one who finds this north v south ‘rivalry’ a little…retarded? People get so fired up about it. Who cares?

Agreed. Canberrans should stop arguing about which side of the lake is better and focus on the real enemy – Queanbeyan.

Exactly. We Queanbeyanites yearn for the day when Canberrans are smart enough and have the natural charm needed to compete on an equal footing.

Tooks said :

Am I the only one who finds this north v south ‘rivalry’ a little…retarded? People get so fired up about it. Who cares?

Agreed. Canberrans should stop arguing about which side of the lake is better and focus on the real enemy – Queanbeyan.

Am I the only one who finds this north v south ‘rivalry’ a little…retarded? People get so fired up about it. Who cares?

What’s the point of defining our locations relative to town centres if we can’t argue about which one is besterest?

I-filed said :

Oh come on we can do better than that. How about the east/west of Northbourne social divide?

See, this is why we need light rail down the middle of Northbourne.

Oh come on we can do better than that. How about the east/west of Northbourne social divide?

Jivrashia said :

Let me be the first to say that I have nothing against my southern bogon brothers and sisters.

That comment would have worked well if you could spell ‘bogan’…

A sterile, hollow debate is a safe debate.

The whole argument just shows how out of touch our pollies are. Andrew Leigh’s ‘Northside rools’ business really had me scratching my head. Aside from a brief nod to Gungahlin’s bike paths, he was basically trying to convince people living in some of Canberra’s most expensive areas to have a think about moving to Canberra’s other most expensive areas.

All I took from reading his speech was a mental image of a gentleman with a monocle, standing in parliament, imploring all of his esteemed Mercedes Benz driving colleagues to consider giving a BMW a go. Perhaps a sideways parking Audi too.

Not sure Brodtmann is really all that wise to join in this one.

This thread going nowhere fast! What does that tell you?

45 years in this town and living in approximately 20 suburbs on both sides of the duck pond leads to one conclusion: this town is just not big enough to justify a North vs South debate.

At least there are trees southside. Been to Franklin lately? Houses so close, you can open your window and touch the neigbours’ house

VYBerlinaV8_is_back5:04 pm 15 Feb 12

Given how close everything is in Canberra anyway, arguing north versus south is about as relevant as whether you prefer the spotted or plain Sumatran Sloth.

Let me be the first to say that I have nothing against my southern bogon brothers and sisters.

Good to see politicians tackling the important issues.

Note to everyone, nth side, sth side, gold jacket, green jacket, who gives a sh..?

Extra distance between us and Sydney AND us and Gungahlin!

shadow boxer4:22 pm 15 Feb 12

By any standard (schools, entertainment, sporting facilities, universities, pools, movies, concerts, hotels, shopping etc) its going to be a very short list.

The best thing about the Southside is the big lake between my house and them.

Holden Caulfield3:53 pm 15 Feb 12

Really?

I think Brodtman and Leigh should concentrate their efforts on making sure they have enough members they can call mates in the next parliament.

Aside from that, she’s wrong.

Having the pollies on the southside of LBG is far enough south for my liking.

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