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Tanah Merah

"Blue-collar suburb with no infrastructure"

The people in this suburb are entirely blue-collar workers. If you go to the supermarket after work, you will never see a male dressed in office clothing coming from a job in the city as they simply do not exist. Only the females will be dressed in office clothing as they come back from their administrative positions.

There is no infrastructure at all out here. That includes buses (the busway stops at springwood), restaurants, decent shopping centers, and so on. The hyperdome is an extremely poor shopping center. There are very few shops compared to places like Chermside and the food court is straight out of the 80s. The most popular restaurant is McDonalds.

You will hear a lot of swearing in normal conversation. When you walk the streets, you will hear a combination of dogs barking and people yelling things like 'you f***** c***'. That is the sound of the suburb.

The entire area is completely dead. I wonder if a nuclear attack has occured because I am not even sure if anybody lives here. You will never see anybody out on the street going for a walk. Any forms of exercises are generally discouraged in this area as most people are sitting at home watching Neighbours if they are a girl, or the footy if they are a guy. The only form of exercise that is accepted is walking your dog. This is because it is not seen as exercise but rather a method of tiring out your maltreated and bored dog to stop it from barking all night. If you are seen walking without a dog, you will be looked at like an alien and people may catch on that you are not like them.

It is 9pm on Saturday night and as I look out my window, it appears there are no lights on anywhere in the street and no signs of life at all. It feels like that book 'Tomorrow when the war began', only that sounded kind of adventurous.

Don't even try getting into the city as the highway is a complete mess most times of the day and night. Expect to drive for over an hour during peak hour, and even when you are driving somewhere on the weekend, you will often be hit by traffic. I am surprised that more people around here aren't outraged as they sit in their cars for hours each day, wasting their lives away. I am guessing time isn't too important to some people.

Having said that, there are quite a lot of really hot babes that live in this suburb, but they are generally still living with their parents as once they are able to move out, they do.

There are no apartments in the area, so the only way you would want to live is by purchasing a large house and spending your weekends mowing your lawn and repairing the roof.

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faitha
faitha

You sound like a really nice guy... No wonder you don't see anyone around, although maybe it's because they all run away the moment they see you leave the house? Or it's probably from the lack of a social life, since you said you're looking out your window writing this review on a Saturday night. Your review was ridiculous...
1. A lot of sexist comments.
2. You clearly think you deserve the world and you're better than everyone else.
3. If you're 'so great' and hate it so much then leave to so somewhere more suited for you.
Everything you said is wrong (except for it being quite at night, which I'm highly confused WHY you would complain about that?). There's people walking all the time, every single day.. how is exercise possibly discouraged? There's bus stops everywhere. Traffic is always on the Highway at peek hour no matter where you live, so I don't understand why that's related to Tanah Merah at all. There's new restaurants all through the Hyperdome (maybe you just didn't walk past Mcdonalds) plus all the big stores, nothing 80's about it. Yes there's some people with very little fashion sense in the center, but also people dressed professionally too, just like every shopping center, and even the city. Walking through the streets I have never heard swearing at all. I hardly even hear my neighbours.
So overall you're complaining about normal people?... Hard workers and families that want to live in the suburbs on a quite street? Just because you want to live in an apartment on a noisy, busy road in the city, doesn't mean the suburb is wrong, it means you're wrong for it.

danielstrange
danielstrange

wow........ like actually......... I'm not sure what kind of guy you are..... wait no.... I am pretty sure, my mistake.... carry on

trishf2

Ive been visiting Tanah Merah for the past few weeks from my home in one of Melbournes posher leafy suburbs, Kew. I have to say Ive been absolutely blown away by how lovely everyone around has been and what a really pleasant, friendly neighbourhood it is.
I suspect the original comment comes from someone who prefers to hide behind a keyboard, because Ive met many people out walking and jogging at all times of the day.
Theres lots of tradies vehicles parked in driveways and, in my opinion, thats a really good thing. Lots of good, honest people making a good, honest wage.
As for the language that was mentioned, I hear that everywhere, nowadays, although Ive heard nothing of the sort, around here.
I think Tanah Merah is a hidden gem. 25 minutes to the CBD and 35 minutes to the beach at Surfers. Youve got a number of major roads, a train only minutes away to take you to either, or buses if you prefer.
Hyperdome has pretty much everything you need but, if you cant survive without Nike, Country Road and David Jones, theres always online shopping. ;)

christopherl8

I'm an aerospace engineer living in Tanah Merah; next door to me is a pilot for Virgin. Nothing wrong with blue collar, but there is plenty evidence of a good mixture of professions/trades.

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