bobr4
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"You'll never be a local"
I may not be "qualified" to comment on living in Goulburn as I moved away from there a few years ago after having had enough of the "small town mentality". Locals are nice enough to you when you are spending cash in their stores, but that's about it. We tried to become part of the community through volunteer work and having the kids in the local schools, the local kids are fine but when the parents started ostracising my children that was it. Best part of Goulburn is it's architecture & seeing it in the rear vision mirror when we finally managed to sell our home. By the way, you'll notice that a couple of the reviews on this page that give Gouburn it's high rating are estate agents - conflict of interest??
Great for
- Architecture
- Easy parking
- Ample doctors / medical facilities
Not great for
- The locals
I think you will find that many small towns have this problem / attitude towards "outsiders", so maybe looking for areas with a larger / growing population will help to alleviate the issue. I can only comment on places I've lived & what happened to us in Goulburn left scars, so just make sure you do your research as it is not a pleasant experience. Good luck with your search
Thank you
You missed out. Making a decision based on one opinion is not recommended. Do your research, read the Council website, check out the online groups and forums including facebook, look at growth stats etc, go for a drive and look around (if you can). Just DONT rely on one person's opinion (no disrespect to that person at all).
Not my experience at all as a Goulburn newbie, but best of luck to you and your new adventures :)
Yeah we found the same thing when we moved to orange years ago.
We went looking at a house in Oberon and thought country people were friendly ,not how I felt on the day. Maybe just a bad day for the Bakery there.
Hello I have been looking at different areas as in friendly place to live in nsw or victoria I was looking at Goulburn until I read your review, think I will give it a miss now but just thought I would ask if you know of any nice areas, with a tafe campus near by thanks sorry for the long post as this is my first time