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Port Pirie

"great for young families"

I was born and raised in Port Pirie. Childcare and schooling is great for primary school kids and younger, though the public highschool needs to fix its priorities at times. great for people with young children with great neighbourly atmosphere in most places, and is perfectly safe for and you will often see kids at 8-10 upwards wandering the streets on their own during the day just hanging around happily and safely. However it isn't the best place for families with teenagers, with a high unemployment rate and almost nothing for teenagers to do unless they are skaters and go to the skatepark, so often there is vandalism of public property during the nights or hoons down aerodrome road trying to alleviate their boredom.

got all the shops you should need, however there are often problems with strong stench of sulphur in the air caused by the smelters down the main road, and this smell will often blanket the entire town for at least 1/2 an hour. Though has become much less regular compared to when I was younger, though still something to be mindfull of for those with respiratory problems.

Otherwise is a nice little 'city' that is mostly safe to wander around at night, low traffic levels, good options for shopping, great for younger families and their children (apart from lead levels), also high level of gay and lesbian couples coming through with the newer generations, so people are normally quite accepting.

Great for

  • Flinders Ranges
  • People

Not great for

  • Lack of entertainment for teenagers
  • High Unemployment
  • Nyrstar Lead Smelter

Who lives here?

  • Professionals
  • Singles
  • Families with kids
  • Retirees
  • LGBT+
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sm22
sm22

Pirie is the worst place young families could go. Lead levels are at an all time high in young children (five times higher than what it should be - however no lead in your body is safe). Lead in children inhibits brain development. The smelter has been pumping out lead dust over the town for 127 years. SA council advise drying clothes of young children indoors, keep pets outside and shut windows on windy days so lead dust does not enter your home. (However this has been proved to be misleading advice as it does nothing to keep the lead out - its in the air). You cant grow vegetables due to lead contamination in the rain. The smell of sulphur hangs in the air. Nystar have exceeded the daily sulphur limit over 1000 times but are not penalised for it. Respitory related hospital visits in Pirie are 5 times higher than the rest of the state. It is the most polluted town in Australia. Nyrstar manage annual lead levels by shutting down production so they can keep their licence - which means the community are over exposed for most of the year. There were 2 major chemical leaks into the Pirie waterway last year (2019). Port pirie is also the home of a uranium processing plant. Do your homework before moving.

maxp7
maxp7

Sm22 Mate you are so so dumb. You are probably a Sydney sider who has never left NSW. Pirie Lead in Air levels have been reduced drastically but if you were smart you would know lead takes a little while to fully remove itself from the ground. And don't you shut your windows anyway on a hot northerly wind? Lead contamination in the rain? Get a life. Where is your evidence that hospitalization in Pirie is any higher than anywhere else? And lastly, the bloody Uranium Plant close down 40 YEARS AGO. Get a brain before you write a comment. Whyalla, Mount Isa, Newcastle, Wollongong, Tralagon Etc. All much more polluted places.

sm22
sm22

Nah mate, I live in Gladstone SA.. 30kms down the road. Wouldnt live in Pirie if you paid me, no one out here would. You write like someone who has been breathing the Pirie air for too long, so I wont bother explaining to you how wrong you are.

sm22
sm22

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