Second Choice Suburbs

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Marrickville is among the second choice suburbs of Sydney. The article, Cheapest Sydney Suburbs, included a list of these so called suburbs and began with advice given by that fancy real estate bloke McGrath.

McGrath urges buyers to shop around to find affordable property and look at second-choice locations a little further out than their first-choice suburbs.

"Annandale and Glebe might cost too much, but Erskineville and Camperdown are very affordable,” McGrath said.

What planet is he living on?

Anyway, the story goes on further to include comments from our illustrious local real estate agents.

“Marrickville is another well-priced suburb in the area, with a median of $534,000. Its big selling point, says Ray White Dulwich Hill agent Nick Karvouniaris, is that it’s so close to town and has good cafes and restaurants.

“We’re getting a lot of young families buying here as it’s so affordable. There are good schools, good shopping and plenty of transport,” Karvouniaris said.

$534 big ones. Isn’t that half a million? Wow how affordable is Sydney?

Karvouniaris is right about the schools – provided you are ok with Catholic and public schools, and yes great shopping and plenty of transport – minus the train delays and the inevitable traffic pile up on King St.

With all these attributes why are we considered a second choice suburb?

But then again, perhaps that’s a great thing. At least it keeps the Sydney arseholes away.

I recalled a conversation I had with a lady who drove me home after shopping at Woolies – she came to my rescue when after my $100 grocery shop, the staff at Woolies failed to tell me that home delivery had finished.

“A lot of people initially look at Marrickville because it is affordable, then they see what we all look like. Drive on I say to those people. We don’t want people like you in our suburb.”