BobLee
Reviews
"Great part of the world. Constitution Hill is by far the best area for families."
Who lives here?
- Families with kids
"Great suburb for families, in the Centre of Sydney and the foot of the Hills district."
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Families with kids
- Retirees
- Hipsters
- Trendy & Stylish
"Leafy and safe area, perfect for families."
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Families with kids
- Hipsters
- Trendy & Stylish
"Great for shopping, Asian food and cheap rent."
Cabramatta has an amazing allure for many people, the restaurant and shopping options are probably at the heart of it. A Fresh fruit and vegetable store can be found on every corner with everything from bakers to noodle makers crammed in between.
It is a fine example of how the power of a self sufficient migrant community and small business can succeed. But there is a general chaos, griminess and lack of public order or infrastructure that is closer to the the conditions of the third world than what you'd expect in a Sydney Suburb. The lack of adequate parking or traffic control is ridiculous and hygiene and health standards are absolutely appalling.
Migrant families would find the schools a blessing but those who don't want to give their children such a lopsided social perspective typical of dominant ethic communities, I would suggest otherwise. People in the area have a general distain for mainstream Australians. This attitude is rooted in fact that many of the locals rarely venture out of their district, so their view of mainstream Australians is based on those who live in the area.
Public transport is what you'd expect for this type of suburb. There is a two platform train station serviced by regular trains. And frequent buses to and from the station.
Overall great for a day trip, where you can buy cheap clothes, fresh produce and enjoy authentic Asian market style cuisine. (Don't expect five star dining). It is a fantastic place to live for new migrants and low income earners, but unfortunately mainstream or non-Asian Australians will be crippled socially and culturally.
For all it's faults, Cabramatta is loads of fun and has a load of potential. If only the local council fixed the horrendous lack of parking, cleaned the place up and encouraged interactions with the wider Sydney community, it would definately be a much better place to live.
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Singles
The problem with a lot of the reviews on this site is that they're written by real estate agents with obvious financial agendas, hence no real insight given on the Suburb.
I'm from a non Asian speaking background. May I say far from it : I bought there recently - may I say that my Asian neighbours are the moat humble caring people I have ever meet- I was worried to
Start off with but what they have
Proved me wrong
Cabramatta today is a nice place but it can be better. I own a property in cabra and will be honest as possible in my review. The neighbours are fantastic, but in some unit blocks it is frankly 3rd world like. You can grab all the food you need that you would expect from asia. The people of the businesses are friendly? If you of course are friendly yourself. The traffic and parking willbe bad, but thats cause a lot of asians from across sydney come here to buy groceries! Everyday!
Business is booming, leases are expensive. Property is more expensive to neighbouring surburbs. There is a park near the railway that is awesome. You will find elderly chinese/vietnamese doing tai chi at like 5-6am every morning. Really bubbly atmosphere at the park from 7am onwards. You have a good asian concert held every friday and saturday night at the leagues club (vietnamese). There are lion dances every year, chinese new year fire works, moon festival market stalls, overall it is a little Asia in Australia. Im very happy and comfortable here. Feel very safe.
Cabramatta sounds very similar to Sunnybank 4109 QLD. Over the years it has developed a nickname dunnybank and slummy bank . Probably because of the standards of living and life style is not accepted by many Australians
I have to laugh reading BobLee's comments about local residents being "poor, unemployed or drug addicts...and rarely venture out of the local area"
Obviously, BobLee has had very little interaction with the local community and very minimal local knowledge.
In the last five years, local council has been acquiring land for public car parks and has started building car parks on Hill Street, Fisher Street and soon another car park at corner of Hill Street and Cabramatta Road those provide thousands of car spaces for the locals and visitors.
We have fortunately met many young and talented local high school students who then went on to study Medicine, Law, Science, Dentistry and so on while involved in a number of local school programs. Most of them are very polite and studious.
There are always good vibes here as people love to mingle with one another, love to have a good chat and are generally down-to-earth and helpful.
Generalising a community as being "poor, unemployed and drug addicts" is a huge statement - I wouldn't take comment that far, especially from one that has previously lived within the community. Others might say "you came from there".
BobLee obviously has not met some of most successful business and local profiles in the area those help building Cabramatta into the most unique town in Sydney in terms of cultures, foods, traditions and language centres.
We live in Cabramatta since 1991 and have travelled the world twice and pretty sure we are not alone.
Think it's time for BobLee to connect with his Asian Heritage and get to know his community a bit better.