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These are small, cheap studios. I can't recommend it due to the frequent noise (yelling, fighting, swearing, arguments, music/tv blasting) of just a few of the tenants. In a place that cheap, you'll get some nice, quiet neighbours, but also two or three jerks who spoil it for the whole building. Complaints to the real estate agent resulted in letters to every resident saying 'please be quiet at night' which, apart from feeling unfair, accomplished absolutely nothing. The estate agents aren't interested in kicking out any dysfunctional people that may live here (even if they make other people more likely to leave - go figure). Normal levels of noise also came through the walls, albeit muffled, and if someone had a conversation standing on the balcony outside, they might as well be in your room. You could live here if you knew you were doing it for financial reasons, temporarily. If you were hoping to stay long term, the bad neighbours and poor management would spoil it.
Also, cockroaches, large and small.

I lived in a cheap studio in Campsie when I had a low paying job in the city. It's a mix of flats and old houses. The more flats in the street, the more rubbish on the sidewalk. I felt safe during the day and fairly safe at night. Beamish St is busy for most of the day. I felt safer walking from the train station to my car at night because there were still a few stores open and people around. I read about muggings in the paper but never experienced anything 'physical' like that. Someone tried to break into my flat when I was out one day but they only succeeded in screwing up my door knob, not opening the door. The dodgiest thing I saw was a couple of noisy addicts making racist comments at the train station (they were caucasian). Really, most of the residents there are parents with children who just want to work hard to bring up their kids.

It might be better as a commuter suburb than a destination suburb. There is a compact mall of sorts. A decent size library (though it's very noisy). Lots of great international cuisine on Beamish St, but I could only really afford to read the reviews. I wished there were nicer cafes. Most feel like you're half in the street. I had a lot of bad coffee before I found one okay place. But you aren't far from better inner city 'coffee' suburbs. Roselands is also a fairly short drive away for other stuff.

For anyone specifically looking at 27 Fore St:
These are tiny, cheap studios. I can't recommend it due to the frequent noise (yelling, fighting, swearing, arguments, music/tv blasting) of just a few of the tenants. In a place that cheap, you'll get some nice, quiet neighbours, but also two or three jerks who spoil it for the whole building. Complaints to the real estate agent resulted in letters to every resident saying 'please be quiet at night' which, apart from feeling unfair, accomplished absolutely nothing. Dysfunctional people live in these kinds of studio complexes and the estate agents aren't interested in kicking them out (even if they make other people more likely to leave - go figure). Normal levels of noise also came through the walls, albeit muffled, and if someone had a conversation standing on the balcony outside, they might as well have been in your room. You could live here if you knew you were doing it for financial reasons, temporarily. If you were hoping to stay long term, the bad neighbours and poor management would spoil it. I also don't miss the many cockroaches, large and small.